Clerk 1 (Accounts Receiveable/collections)

**RENFREW VICTORIA HOSPITAL**

**Clerk 1 (Accounts Receivable/Collections)**

The Renfrew Victoria Hospital (RVH) is a 55-bed, fully accredited facility located just 45 minutes west of Ottawa, serving a catchment area of over 60,000. Part of the Renfrew and Area Health Village, RVH provides medical, surgical and complex continuing care as well as extensive ambulatory care with over 30,000 emergency and clinic visits per year.

In this role you will enjoy perks like a generous health & benefits package, education funds every year, an on-site modern gym open 24/7, and outstanding staff recognition, appreciation and wellness activities. We offer a unique nursing bursary program that provides RVH nurses with thousands of dollars each year to further their education and certifications.

We are people who provide excellent care for patients and their families, who support each other and our teams, keep each other safe, and are committed to our reputation as a model of excellence in health care. We are very proud of our high retention of staff and are continuously grateful for the amazing support of our community.

Come join us Due to an upcoming retirement, we are hiring a Permanent Part-Time **Clerk 1** to join our Finance Team.

Reporting to the Manager, Finance, you will work to support our teams in maintain financial records to all out-patients, processes, and verifiers that the appropriate charges are invoiced to patients or their insurers; follows up on their collection and performs other related clerical duties.

Some responsibilities include:

- Reviewing and sending patient invoices and monthly statements. Ensuring accuracy and completeness of invoices.
- Preparing and posting manual billing for all outpatient charges, uninsured residents, out of country patients and physician fees.
- Communicating with departments for accuracy of billing information
- Addressing patient’s inquiries, resolving any issues regarding invoices, payments, accounts and outstanding balances.
- Follow up on outstanding accounts, contacting patients who have past due accounts using reminders and processing accounts for external collection.
- Submit external collection claim, process and post EFT deposit form collection agency.
- Receiving, processing, and posting payments form various sources and issue receipts.
- Maintaining accurate records of patient accounts, including balances, payment history and outstanding amounts. Prepare monthly aged trial balance.
- Process billing submissions to WSIB, DND, and for Refugee Patients. Submit and track OHIP claims on a timely basis, ensuring accuracy, following up on denied claims with OHIP, addressing any errors and resubmission of claims.
- Investigate any OHIP billing errors and discrepancies with remittances and follow up.
- Post and process WSIB, DND and inter-provincial remittance statements. Download and process OHIP remittances, summarizing and reconciling OHIP remittance advise by professional fees and technical fees.
- Summarize professional fees and prepare monthly remittance to physicians.
- Prepare and summarize Non-OHIP professional fees to remit to physicians.
- Record payments/remittances on cash receipts journal for WSIB, DND, and OHIP.
- Print monthly payment register, reconciling to cash receipts journal, making necessary adjustments.
- Print cash receipts journal, post to the general ledger, and provide reports to finance manager.
- Answer all inquiries relating to out-patient billings while respecting PHIPA.
- Adhere to OHIP billing regulations and hospital policies.
- Provide back-up for Inpatient AR Clerk in their absence including entering and reconciling cash receipts, preparing bank deposits, etc.

**Qualifications**:

- **Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.**_
- At least 2 years in community college in accounting or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Computer skills including Excel (spreadsheet) and Word (word-processing).
- Ability to work in a deadline-oriented atmosphere with mínimal supervision.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Experience in billing and collections.
- Everyone is Welcome_
- RVH is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce that comprises individuals who have an array of identities, abilities, background, culture, skills, perspectives, and experiences that are representative of our current and evolving population. We are passionate about fostering a workplace where all people feel welcome, can reach their full potential, and contribute their unique perspectives and experience to the success of the team._

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: $26.59-$27.54 per hour

Work Location: In person