Billing Specialist

At the Achievement Center of LECOM Health, we believe in those we serve as much as we believe in those who serve. If you’re looking for a place that invests in your growth and values your contributions, come join us! Together, we can help ensure that any child, through any challenge, can achieve.

• Recognized as a 2025 Best Place to Work by The Nonprofit Partnership's Nonprofit Excellence Awards, we're proud of the culture we've built - one where our team feels supported, celebrated and inspired to do their best work every day.
• More than a Century of Service: Since 1923, we’ve built a legacy of making a meaningful impact on children’s lives—stability you can trust.
• Employee Engagement Above the Benchmark: We consistently score above national benchmark for employee engagement. Our team is happy, mission-driven, and supported, fostering a positive and uplifting workplace.
• Flexibility & Fun: Enjoy a work environment that values your well-being, offers flexibility, and encourages a sense of humor along the way.
• Mission-Focused Impact: Be part of helping any child overcome challenges, knowing your role truly matters.
• Feel Valued & Grow: With annual professional development dollars, tuition discounts, and year-round trainings, you’ll find real opportunity for professional growth and personal fulfillment.

Description: Fulltime position with responsibilities including commercial insurance, medical assistance, Medicare Healthcare billing. Candidate must be organized, detail oriented, be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment and have strong communication skills to be used when verifying coverage, authorizations, and payments/denials with insurance companies and/or patients.  The position is hybrid.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures client billing data is current and accurately entered billing system.
• Processes and submits claims to all relevant payers on a weekly basis.
• Performs appropriate follow-up procedures on all claims older than 60 days to ensure payment.
• Interacts appropriately, demonstrating good customer service skills with all clients, client family members, external parties, clinicians, and fellow employees.
• Meets goals set for overall days in aging, cash collections, unbilled percentage, workload, and percent of claims older than 90 and 270 days.
• Follows up on denied and pending claims.
• Adheres to HIPAA and confidentiality of our consumers and staff.
• Attends agency staff meetings, in-services, and other relevant agency meetings.

Requirements:

• 1 year coding/billing experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products.
• Experience with an EMR system.

Preferred Degree:

• Associates degree or medical billing certificate(s).

Why join the Achievement Center of LECOM Health?

Time Off: 8 Paid holidays in addition to generous vacation, sick, and paid time off.

Professional Advancement: Professional development opportunities and dedicated training budget.

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance
  • When using the Home Host benefits, all copayments and deductibles are waived with the exception for advanced diagnostics, certain types of therapy, durable medical equipment, infertility treatment, transplants, and certain surgical expenses.
  • Employee only coverage costs only $100/month and family is only $370/month!
• Home Host option – waived co-pays and deductibles when utilizing LECOM physicians and Millcreek Community Hospital.
• Highmark BC/BS Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
  • Employee coverage is only $10/month and Family coverage is only $27.20/month.
• BAI Insurance
• Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability and AD&D are provided at no cost to you.
• Various other elective benefits are available such as Identity theft protection, Short-Term Disability, travel insurance, pet Insurance, etc.
• Employee Assistance program (EAP).
• Employee Referral program.

Retirement: 403(b) Savings Plan enrollment with company match up to 6% of your pay after one year of employment.

• • One Year of Service is completed after working 1,000 hours within a 12-month period. If you do not reach 1,000 hours in your first year, you will earn your Year of Service in any future year when you meet that requirement.
  • Returning employees may take advantage of the retirement match immediately or earlier than one year.

Wellness: No cost Employee Assistance Program, discounted membership to LECOM Wellness Center, and a dedication to work/life balance.

Student Loan Forgiveness:  We are a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit which qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Bilingual individuals are encouraged to apply

The Achievement Center of LECOM Health commits to further living our values of inclusion and compassion and to strengthening policies and practices that better demonstrate social responsibility, diversity, inclusion equity, and cultural humility. We are committed to continuously listening, learning, and growing. We believe that an informed, diverse, and representative workforce will help everyone achieve more and do better.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.