Finance Clerk - Toronto, Canada - Humber River Hospital

Humber River Hospital

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Position Profile:

Join our financial reporting team as we work together to achieve sustainable, responsive and efficient growth and asset utilization.
***At Humber River Hospital, or Finance department plays a pivotal role in developing, implementing, and managing financial, accounting, and reporting policies, processes, and operational activities that meet all Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) legal, regulatory, requirements.

We are currently seeking a
Finance Clerk - Accounts Receivable to join our Finance team
.

Hours of work:
Must be available to work rotating shifts (days, afternoons, evenings and weekends)

Employee Group:
Teamsters

Hourly rate:
$ $26.681

Position Responsibilities

Perform all accounting functions related to billing, adjustments and collections for all types of hospital related revenues, including OHIP, Insurance, WSIB, Federal government, other province billing, ambulance billing, and other patient and sundry billing on a timely basis
Creating and processing of transaction batches in Meditech for charges, receipts, adjustments, refunds
Answering patient and client inquiries in a calm, patient and courteous manner.
Update patient demographics and insurance information to ensure accurate billings
Obtain credit/debit card payments over telephone upon patient request
Prints bills, statements and checks for accuracy prior to sending to patients/ clients
Sort mail and distribute to Finance staff
Coverage of other Finance clerk tasks as per operational requirements
Cross train team members
Work with other team members to coordinate responsibilities, and prioritize tasks, ensuring all important deadlines are met
Shares with other clerks the responsibility of return mail
Provides excellent customer service to patients, families, hospital staff, Doctors' offices and employers, internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate communication methods to respond in a timely, helpful, and courteous manner
Responds to all types of billing and payment inquiries in a calm, patient, and courteous manner. Inquiries may be professional, personal or on the phone for patients, families and insurance companies
Reports promptly any accident or incident to the Manager and cooperates fully in all investigations
Practices good safety and housekeeping habits and demonstrates familiarity with disaster, fire, and bombthreat procedures
Prepares bank deposits, process remote cheque deposit and post to the B/AR module, daily.
Collects payments from all outpatient clinics, emergency, medical imaging locations
Balance days' work and post activity to B/AR module daily.
Posting of selected client, patient, insurance payments, as required
Ensure all client accounts are balanced at month end.
Issues monthly parking passes, student ID badges, as requested.
Verification of insurance coverage, procedure rates from internal departments
Maintain coin/cash orders
Maintain and release patient valuables, ensuring a safe mechanism for storage and recording of all valuables received according to hospital policy.
All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

College Diploma including Accounting course
Good knowledge of Meditech with focus on B/AR system required
2 years' work experience in Accounting and dealing with customers and billing issues, preferably in a hospital Meditech environment
Data Entry and mathematical aptitude required
Excellent command of English language—both oral and written
Ability to interact successfully with other staff
Ability to work independently
Mathematical aptitude
Working knowledge of Accounting
Ability to prioritize workload to meet deadlines
Excellent attendance and discipline free record required

Why Humber? Why Now? Humber River Hospital is on an exciting transformation journey of redefining patient care as we leverage the most advanced technologies to enhance all aspects of delivering highly reliable safe, quality care. We continue to build a people-centered workplace with excellent staff and physician engagement by hiring passionate, diverse and inclusive healthcare professionals. People who care and live our values of
_Compassion_,
_Professionalism _and
_Respect_. People who are committed to making a positive difference.

We are a

Studer Group hospital, focused on evidence-based leadership practices and hardwiring a culture that WOWs.

Why? Because at Humber River Hospital, we know it's our people and our ability to innovate that allows us to consistently deliver a positive patient experience.

At Humber River Hospital we believe in

exceptional care...healthier community.- Humber River Hospital is committed to inclusion and diversity. We believe that diversity drives our culture of innovation. By bringing together a variety of different perspectives, it fuels our creative thinking, generates new ideas and creates solutions designed to a