Accounts Receivable Specialist

Description

St. Croix Health is looking for a full-time (1.0 FTE) Accounts Receivable Specialist to join our team!  This position will work day shifts, Monday through Friday.   Training will take place on-site (at St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin location).  Once fully trained, hybrid with partial remote work considered.  

Job Summary:

The Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible for tracking and resolving outstanding payment issues and reconciling of accounts to ensure efficient, timely and accurate payments of accounts as assigned.   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Post customer and insurance payments by recording cash, checks, and credit card transactions

• Accurate data entry
• Understanding of payer remittance advice
• Appropriate calculation of contractual adjustments and routing of denials

2. Post revenues by verifying and entering transactions from payments received

• Prepare bank deposits
• Resolve balancing discrepancies

3. Research misapplied and missing insurance remits

• Understanding of insurance payers
• Attention to detail for follow-up with payer

4. Perform A/R reconciliation to General Ledger

• Understanding of the accounting processes
• Ability to research and resolve reconciliation issues
• Technical ability to process deposits electronically 

Requirements

Education & Licensure:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Associates degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, or related field preferred

Experience:

• Previous hospital/clinic business office experience required
• Previous experience with reconciliation processes required

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with little direction and manage multiple demands and priorities
• Proficient in relevant computer software (Microsoft Excel)
• Attention to detail and accuracy

Role-specific Competencies:

• Basic knowledge of accounts receivable
• Basic knowledge of office administration and procedures
• Basic knowledge of general bookkeeping procedures
• Basic knowledge of general accounting principals

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Prolonged periods of standing, bending, and reaching
• Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds at times

St. Health has been a healing force in the St. Croix Valley for over 103 years. We are a purpose-driven organization with a dedicated team committed to serving our patients and communities throughout the St. Croix Valley. This commitment is rooted in our mission, vision and values.

Mission:  We help people live healthier, happier, and longer lives.

Vision:  To transform from quality sick care to quality well care that is sustainable and affordable.

Values:  People Centered, Trust, Innovation, and Growth.

Here at St. Croix Health we offer our employees with a robust benefits package that includes:

• Health, vision and dental insurance
• 403b retirement program with employer match
• Paid time off
• Short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance options
• Education reimbursement
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Wellbeing incentive program
• Free parking

St. Croix Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system located in St. Croix Falls, WI dedicated to helping people live healthier, happier, and longer lives. St. Croix Health offers the services of 80+ providers and 20 specialties with five community clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin all supported by a critical access hospital on the main campus in St. Croix Falls, just an hour northeast of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Nestled in the bluffs of the St. Croix River Valley, St. Croix Falls is the ideal place to work, live and play.