Join Our Team at Peachtree Orthopedics and Help Others "Get Better"
At Peachtree Orthopedics, we're on a mission to make a difference in healthcare, and we're looking for dedicated individuals to join our team. With nine convenient offices across Greater Atlanta, we're committed to providing top-notch care and your skills and passion can make a real impact. We're not the largest practice in Atlanta, but we take pride in delivering dedicated and compassionate care to everyone who walks through our doors. If you're ready to be part of a team that values your contribution and offers room for growth, consider joining us in our mission to help others "Get Better."
Our Culture
Peachtree Orthopedics has a rich history of 70 years in business and has earned recognition as a Top Workplace by the Atlanta Journal Constitution for 5 consecutive years. We take pride in our family-oriented, dedicated, passionate, and hardworking culture. When you join our team, you become a part of a community that values excellence in healthcare while working in a supportive and nurturing environment.
Why Choose Peachtree Orthopedics?
At Peachtree Orthopedics, we offer more than a job; we offer an opportunity to be part of something extraordinary:
- Limitless Growth: Propel your career with abundant professional development opportunities within our dynamic organization.
- Empathetic Culture: Immerse yourself in a supportive, lively work culture that values your well-being and celebrates your contributions.
- Dedication to Excellence: Join a team of like-minded individuals who share your commitment to delivering top-notch care to our cherished patients. Your Impactful Role
Location:
College Park office
(remote after successful completion of 90-day probationary period)
Schedule:
Monday – Friday; 8:00am – 5:00pm
Job Type:
Full time
Your Impactful Role
- Maintain and track all scheduled cases for accurate billing.
- Report any missing operative reports to CBOM daily.
- Assigns diagnosis and procedure codes for each case using current generally accepted code structures on a daily basis, according to the cases performed as stated in operative note, or intra operative record.
- Enter charges and file paper and electronic claims daily within 72 hours of date of surgery.
- Take all appropriate contractual adjustments at the time of billing.
- Daily review and correct all electronic billing reports to ensure these claims are filed correctly.
- Provide all appropriate documentation to third party payors.
- Bill all implants and billable supplies according to payor guidelines.
- Review all Medicare cases to assure compliance.
- Maintain updates and modification of all code books as published.
- Maintain complete and accurate files on all insurance information and contracts.
- Communicate current needs and insurance updates to other office or facility personnel to ensure appropriate reimbursement.
- Be familiar with and follow all billing requirements of local and national payors.
- Help maintain patient confidentiality standards for both medical and financial information.
- Maintain updates and modification of all code books as published.
- Keep job related skills current through training programs.
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
- Minimum 3 years of patient and third party collection experience.
- Knowledge of third party explanation of benefits, global billing, and Georgia’s worker's compensation and Medicare reimbursement practices. Proficient in multiple payers' insurance verification.
- Knowledge of physician billing and/or collections. Typing speed 55 wpm and the ability to use a calculator.
- 2 years’ experience surgical billing/coding -hospital or ambulatory surgery center preferred.
- Orthopedic coding and billing knowledge preferred. AR experience a plus.
- Payer contract knowledge, analytical skills, intermediate mathematics aptitude.
- Dependable, independent self-starter with ability to manage high volume, fast paced practice.
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC) preferred.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. These duties could require the ability to lift files, open file cabinets, and bend or stand as necessary. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. The employee will operate a keyboard, calculator, telephone, copy machine, computer, and other office equipment as necessary. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. It is necessary to view and type on computer screens for long periods of time and to work in an environment that can be very stressful. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Must be able to deal with aggressive, hostile, and sometimes irrational behavior of patients and family members and can respond to all patients in a calm and professional manner.
Peachtree Orthopedics is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
