Assistant Manager of Patient Financial Services

The Assistant Manager of Patient Financial Services assists with planning, organizing, coordinating, staffing and directing a wide range of patient billing, collections and other business office activities. They will also coordinate various patient financial services related functions within the department and act for the Manager of Patient Financial Services in their absence.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in business or public administration, accounting, economics, finance, mathematics, health science, or a closely related field.
• Two years of patient accounting supervisory experience in a health care setting within the last five years, including at least one year of direct hospital Business Office experience supervising and follow-up for at least two of the following payers; Medicare, Medi-Cal and contract insurance.
• Supervise the revenue cycle activities of a hospital business office; staff in the performance of supervisory, paraprofessional, technical, and hospital billing, collections and related work; interpret complex health care billing regulations and ensure compliance with such regulations; develop and administer budgets and perform related general management activities; establish and maintain effective working relationships with third party payers, physicians, health care managers, patients, and others.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: San Joaquin County provides a comprehensive benefits package to employees of this bargaining unit.
• Dental Insurance: The County provides employees with a choice of two dental plans: Delta Dental and United Health Care-Select Managed Care Direct Compensation Plan.
• Vision Insurance: The County provides vision coverage through Vision Service Plan (VSP).
• Life Insurance: The County provides eligible employees with life insurance coverage as follows:
• 125 Flexible Benefits Plan: This is a voluntary program that allows employees to use pre-tax dollars to pay for health-related expenses that are not paid by a medical, dental or vision plan (Health Flexible Spending Account $2550 annual limit with a $500 carry over); and dependent care costs (Dependent Care Assistance Plan $5000 annual limit).
• Retirement Plan: Employees of the County are covered by the County Retirement Act of 1937.
• Deferred Compensation: The County maintains a deferred compensation plan under Section 457 of the IRS code.
• Vacation: Maximum earned vacation is 10 days each year up to 3 years; 15 days after 3 years; 20 days after 10 years; and 23 days after 20 years.
• Holiday: Depending on date of hire into the unit, employees earn either 10 or 14 holidays per year.
• Administrative Leave: Each fiscal year, department heads grant 10 days of administrative leave to eligible salaried employees.
• Sick Leave: 12 working days of sick leave annually with unlimited accumulation.
• Bereavement Leave: 3 days of paid leave for the death of an immediate family member, 2 additional days of accrued leave for death of employee’s spouse, domestic partner, parent or child.