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Krish R.

Chennai, India

$10/hr
5.0
16 jobs

We have extensive experience supporting home health TeleMed, Physician and Hospital billing organizations across multiple practices and specialties. Our team is well-versed in: 🏥 Operational & Clinical Support • 📋 Patient intake and referrals • ✅ Insurance verification and authorizations • 📅 Visit scheduling and confirmations • 📝 OASIS review and coding • 🚑 Start of Care (SOC) documentation • 📄 Plan of Care (POC) documentation 💰 Revenue Cycle Management • 📤 Claims submission • ⚠️ Denial and rejection management • 💳 Patient collections • 📊 Payment posting and reconciliation 💼 Flexible Pricing Models • 📈 Collection Percentage Model – Starts from 2–4% • 📄 Pay Per Claim Model – Starts from $5–$8 • 👥 FTE Model – Starts from $1,500/month • ⏱️ Hourly Model – Starts from $8–$10/hour 🚀 We’re confident that partnering with us can help optimize collections, improve cash flow, and give your team more time to focus on patient care while increasing patient volume.

  • Medical Mastermind Medical Billing Services
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  • NextGen Web Solutions JobX
  • Dashboard
  • drchrono
  • Revenue Management
  • Accounts Receivable Management
Melissa Rose S.

Santa Maria, Philippines

$12/hr
5.0
11 jobs

If your practice is dealing with delayed payments, denied claims, or administrative overload, you need more than just a virtual assistant. You need someone who understands how to keep your operations running smoothly and efficiently. I’m a Senior Medical Virtual Assistant with 3+ years of experience supporting US-based healthcare providers. I specialize in delivering accurate, reliable, and detail-driven medical administrative support that helps reduce errors, improve turnaround time, and keep your daily operations organized. Core Expertise: • Insurance Verification & Benefits Investigation • Prior Authorization Processing • Claims Submission, Tracking & Denial Resolution • Payment Posting & EOB Review • Patient Scheduling, Intake & Front Desk Support • HIPAA-Compliant Documentation & Medical Records Management Systems & Tools I Work With: EHR/EMR: E-Clinical Works | NextGen | Athena Health | Tebra | Practice Fusion | Charm EHR | TouchMD | WebPT | StreamlineMD Billing & Insurance Platforms: Availity | Waystar Payers & Networks: UHC | VSP | EyeMed | Optum | Echo Operations & Communication Tools: Go High Level | HubSpot | Google Workspace | Vagaro | Acuity Scheduling | Trainerize | Gym Master | Time to Pet | Sling | Canva | RingCentral | Slack | Dialpad What sets me apart: • Strong understanding of healthcare workflows and administrative processes • High level of accuracy to minimize claim errors and delays • Proactive, organized, and able to work independently with minimal supervision • Clear and professional communication with both teams and patients I focus on helping practices stay organized, efficient, and consistent, so you can focus more on patient care and less on backend tasks. If you're looking for a dependable and experienced Medical Virtual Assistant who can seamlessly support your operations, I’d be glad to work with you. Let’s connect and discuss how I can support your practice.

  • Science & Medicine
  • Insurance
  • Electronic Medical Record
  • Video Editing
  • Receptionist Skills
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Calendar Management
  • Data Entry
  • Payment Processing
  • Medical Billing
Grace A.

Iligan City, Philippines

$7/hr
4.8
102 jobs

I am a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills, writing skills, time management, resourceful, and well organized. I strive to achieve your goals and get the results you want. 📍 My Skills and Expertise: ✅ Data Entry ✅ Virtual Assistance ✅ Data Mining ✅ Data Scraping ✅ Research ✅ Lead Generation ✅ LinkedIn Scraping and managing CRM ✅ EMR system ✅ Phone and Email handling ✅ Zendesk ✅ Medical Office Virtual Assistant. Have strong English language skills, and quite capable of meeting tight deadlines, working under intense pressure while making sure to create quality work for the client. I am passionate about delivering exactly whatever is asked of me, and always concerned about the client's satisfaction by providing the highest possible results.

  • Data Entry
  • Data Scraping
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Zendesk
  • Lead Generation
  • Data Mining
  • Real Estate Appraisal
  • Amazon
  • Transaction Data Entry
  • Shopify
  • Business with 1-9 Employees
Imran S.

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

$15/hr
4.9
54 jobs

Active U.S ITIN, Medical Billing & Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Specialist | 15+ Years Experience 100% Job Success | $200K+ Earned on Upwork | 13,400+ Hours Delivered Is your practice losing revenue to clean-claim rejections, aging AR, or a disorganized billing workflow? I'm a HIPAA-Certified RCM Specialist with an active U.S. ITIN, offering fully tax-compliant and seamless business integration for U.S. healthcare practices. Over 15+ years and 45 completed Upwork projects (100% Job Success), I've helped clinics hit 97%+ first-pass clean claim rates and recover AR sitting past 60/90/120+ days — including several "rescue" accounts that were months behind before I stepped in. *** PROVEN RESULTS *** - First-Pass Claim Acceptance Rate: 97%+ - AR Recovery: consistent collection on claims 60/90/120+ days old - Denial Turnaround: appeals filed within 48 hours of clearinghouse alert - 100% HIPAA-compliant data handling & secure remote access - Client feedback: "reliable," "detail-oriented," "accountable for outcomes" (13x Reliable, 8x Detail-Oriented — direct client endorsements) *** EHR & BILLING SOFTWARE I WORK IN DAILY *** AdvancedMD | Kareo (Tebra) | athenahealth | eClinicalWorks (eCW) | Therabill | Office Ally | WebPT | SimplePractice *** SPECIALTIES *** - Outpatient: Urgent Care, Telemedicine, Family Practice, Radiology - Behavioral Health: Psychiatry, Psychology, Substance Abuse - Physical Medicine: Physical Therapy, Chiropractic - Facility Billing: Inpatient/Outpatient Hospital, SNF *** WHAT I HANDLE, START TO FINISH *** 1. Front-End: Eligibility verification, prior auth tracking, accurate ICD-10-CM/CPT coding 2. Claims: Daily electronic submission with correct modifier usage (-25, -59) to prevent bundling denials 3. AR & Denials: Immediate appeals, root-cause tracking, credentialing-error correction 4. Patient Billing: Clear statements, payment plans, responsive phone support Ready to stop the revenue leak? Click Invite or Hire and let's set up a short intro call — I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit before we start. Available for: Comprehensive Billing Audits | Ongoing RCM Management | AR Clean-Up

  • Medical Billing
  • Revenue Cycle Management
  • Accounts Receivable
  • ICD Coding
  • Electronic Health Record
  • Medical Billing & Coding
  • Insurance Claim Submission
  • Healthcare Management
  • Insurance Verification
  • Preauthorization
  • HIPAA
  • Accounting Software
  • Financial Audit
  • Financial Report
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Internal Auditing
  • Team Management
Ahsan S.

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

$7/hr
5.0
28 jobs

Are unpaid claims, insurance denials, and delayed reimbursements affecting your practice's cash flow? I help healthcare providers, medical practices, and billing companies maximize collections, reduce denials, and improve revenue through accurate medical billing and complete Revenue Cycle Management (RCM). ✔️✔️Who Am I? - Certified Medical Biller - Certified Medical Coder - Medical Auditor (CPC and CPB from AAPC) - RCM Manager and Accounts Receivable Specialist - Credentialing Specialist - Medical Research Writer, QA, and Regulatory Pharmacist > My Services ✔ Medical Billing ✔ Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) ✔ Insurance Eligibility Verification (VOB) ✔ Claims Submission (Primary, Secondary & Tertiary) ✔ Charge Entry ✔ Payment Posting (ERA/EOB) ✔ Accounts Receivable (AR) Follow-Up ✔ Denial Management & Appeals ✔ Patient Billing ✔ Credentialing & Provider Enrollment ✔ Medicare & Medicaid Enrollment ✔ ERA, EFT & EDI Setup ✔ ICD-10, CPT & HCPCS Coding ✔ Clearinghouse Management > Medical Specialties Mental Health • Family Practice • Internal Medicine • Physical Therapy • Pain Management • Cardiology • Behavioral Health • Orthopedics • Chiropractic • Pediatrics • Dermatology • Gastroenterology • Urology • Telemedicine • DME • Home Health • Primary Care > Billing Software Expertise: - AdvancedMD PM and EHR - eClinicalWorks (ECW) - Kareo (Tebra) - CollaborateMD - CareCloud - Medisoft - Athena - DrChrono - OFFICE ALLY - Practice Fusion - e-MED - Synamed - CriterionsEHR - Practice EHR - Allscripts - Centricity - NextGen - RXNT - Simple Practice - Hino Soft -Therapy Notes -Therapy Appointment > Clearinghouses Worked On: • Availity • Waystar • Optum • Trizetto • Emdeon • ZirMed > I believe in hard work and honesty. I'm committed to building long-term professional relationships with my clients and won't consider a project complete until the client is 100% satisfied. Thank you for viewing my profile.

  • Medical Billing
  • VOB
  • ICD Coding
  • Insurance Claim Submission
  • Data Management
  • Revenue Cycle Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Virtual Assistance
  • Electronic Health Record
  • Insurance Verification
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Medical Writing
  • Medical Billing & Coding
  • Medical Mastermind Medical Billing Services
  • Administrative Support
  • Revenue Management
  • HIPAA
  • EMR Data Entry
Saqib G.

Islamabad, Pakistan

$15/hr
4.8
39 jobs

Hello, I extend my best wishes for your well-being and health. My name is Saqib Gardezi, and I specialize in practice revenue recovery, credentialing and medical billing services with 99.9% successful result . Also, I am providing comprehensive credentialing services for all specialties like mental health and substance use disorder, dental, emergency rooms, diagnostic laboratories, home health and hospice, primary care physician and specialist clinics with a decade of experience in various states. My focus is on securing 100% in-network approvals with all insurance companies across any state, all at competitive rates. I am a research analyst ✅Medical Billing and Coding I have worked on all functions of medical billing and also did quality checks for the same. I have also prepared a training manual for AR and payment posting. I have great experience working on the below-mentioned functions of Medical billing. ✅Patient Registration ✅Insurance Verification ✅Pre Authorization Request and verification ✅Charge Posting / Superbill review ✅Evaluation of valid HCPCS codes, ICD 9-10 and Modifier ✅Fixing Rejected Electronic claims ✅Checking clearinghouse reports (Phicure, Trizetto, availity and Navinet) ✅Provider PIN calling (for verifying provider TAX id, NPI, and billing address) ✅EOB and check search via websites and batches ✅Payment Posting of Insurance and Patient ✅AR Follow up on denied claims via call or websites ✅Appeal project ✅Collection / Refund / Over-Payment ✅Scheduling new patients Project Specialization ✅Credentialing & Enrollment Experience Practice and provider credentialing, re-credentialing with all US government, commercial, managed-care payers/insurances of any provider or practice specialty. ✅Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare & Medicaid plans and commercial insurance and plans enrollment ✅Follow up on submissions of all enrollment every week ✅Getting Type 1 and Type 2 NPI through NPPES registry ✅ERA and EFT enrollments ✅Contract negotiations and fee schedule settlements ✅CAQH up to date, NPPES up to date and weekly track the issues and communicate with front office and providers. ✅Provider Directory maintenance ✅Maintain spreadsheet with following dates tasks regarding progress enrollment follow-up. ✅Daily & Weekly basis provider communication regarding enrollment concerns, missing information, and latest updates on enrollments. ✅Providers and NP’s/PA’s Hospital affiliation paper work and approval with any of desired hospital ✅Software Experience (PM and EMR) Work Experience of Software I have work experience with the below software mentioned in medical billing. I have excellent grasping power, so it does not take much time to navigate new software. I am comfortable and adaptive with using many different types of medical billing software. 1. Waiting Room Solutions 2. AdvancedMD 3. Zen desk 4. Xifin 5. Phicure 6. Trizetto 7. EZ Claim 8. Office Ally 9. Kareo 10. Simple Practice 11. Care Cloud 12. Brightree 13. Collaborate MD 14. Ipatient Care 15. Limbs ✅Major follow up Insurance 1. Medicare 2. Medicaid 3. BCBS 4. Aetna 5. UHC 6. Cigna 7. Molina (Medicare, Medicaid and marketplace plans) 8. Tricare 9. ChampVA 10. Humana 11. Guardian 12. Oxford 13. Workers Compensation Ability to control multiple assignments and tasks by identifying their level of importance • I have the ability to listen, writing and speaking effectively. • I have excellent interpersonal abilities that help me maintain a good relationship between my employer and colleagues. I am willing to be trained and open to learning new things. I am a fast learner and self-motivated. Looking forward to working with you

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  • Electronic Medical Record
  • Medical Mastermind Medical Billing Services
  • Electronic Data Interchange
  • Medical Billing & Coding
  • Medical Report
  • Medical Procedure Coding
  • Software
  • Medical Referrals
  • Telemedicine
  • Insurance
  • Insurance Claim Submission
  • Insurance Verification
  • Legal Practice Management

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What does a Billing specialist do?

A billing specialist compiles and verifies financial data to generate accurate invoices for goods or services. This role focuses on the precise calculation of charges based on established rate books or service records. The specialist resolves discrepancies in accounting records before statements reach the customer. Accurate record keeping supports healthy cash flow and maintains clear audit trails for every transaction.

  • Compute exact charges by reviewing service logs, product delivery records, and applicable rate manuals. Identify any missing data points that prevent accurate billing and contact customers or internal teams to confirm account details. Enter the verified amounts into the accounting system to create itemized bills that clearly list each fee. This step prevents revenue leakage caused by underbilling or customer disputes arising from vague line items.
  • Generate and distribute itemized invoices or credit documents through mail, email, or over-the-counter channels. Record the specific amounts due in the general ledger to keep financial reports current and accurate. Maintain organized files of all support documentation, such as purchase orders or signed service agreements. These records serve as proof of delivery and justify the charges listed on every statement sent to clients.
  • Investigate and resolve billing discrepancies reported by customers or identified during internal audits. Compare disputed charges against original contracts and service logs to determine if an error occurred. Issue corrected invoices or credit memos when mistakes are found and update the accounting records accordingly. Communicate directly with clients to explain complex charges and relay necessary account information to close open items.

How to hire a Billing specialist on Upwork

Step 1: Post a job

Define your billing workflow and invoice volume to attract qualified candidates. Use the Job Post Generator powered by Uma™, Upwork's Mindful AI to draft a precise description. Describe your needs in a few sentences and Uma drafts a job post for the role. You can write a new post, update a saved draft, or reuse an existing post.

  • Specify the software platforms used for invoicing and the expected monthly transaction volume.
  • List required experience with verifying billing data accuracy and resolving account discrepancies.
  • Clarify if the role involves contacting customers to confirm account information or relay billing details.

Step 2: Evaluate candidates

Look for proof of accurate record-keeping and error resolution in past work. Uma can run instant video interviews and build shortlists with side-by-side comparisons to speed up this process.

  • Review samples of itemized invoices or statements they prepared for previous clients.
  • Check their history of maintaining organized billing records and supporting documentation.
  • Assess their method for computing charges from rate books or manual sources.

Step 3: Interview your top choices

Discuss their approach to reconciling billing errors and managing high-volume cycles. Interviews can be scheduled and conducted within Upwork Messages with an immediate transcript and summary after each one.

  • Ask how they verify billing data before posting amounts due to accounting records.
  • Request examples of how they resolved complex billing discrepancies for past employers.
  • Confirm their familiarity with routing statements for delivery via mail or digital channels.

Step 4: Agree on scope and begin work

Set clear milestones for invoice generation and discrepancy resolution tasks. Use Upwork Messages and the contract workroom for communication and project management, plus identity verification, payment protection, hourly tracking, and project funds for security.

  • Define the weekly output of itemized bills and credit documents required.
  • Establish protocols for recording billing data and archiving support documents.
  • Agree on the process for contacting customers to obtain missing account information.

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How much does hiring a Billing specialist cost?

$500-$1,500 per project is a typical range for focused Billing specialist work. Final pricing depends on scope, technical complexity, required integrations, source-material quality, revision needs, and the freelancer's experience level.

Invoice preparation

$500-$1,000/project

Entry-level to mid-level
  • Compiled invoices for services or goods delivered
  • Recorded amounts due in accounting records
  • Filed support documents for billing audit trails

Discrepancy resolution

$1,000-$2,000/project

Mid-level
  • Identified and corrected billing data inaccuracies
  • Matched charges against rate books and manuals
  • Documented steps taken to fix account discrepancies

Customer account management

$2,000-$3,500/project

Mid-level to senior-level
  • Confirmed customer details and relayed information
  • Prepared and dispatched statements for delivery
  • Recorded customer interactions regarding billing queries

Billing system setup

$3,500-$5,000/project

Senior-level
  • Established processes for computing charges and fees
  • Designed standard invoice and credit document formats
  • Authored instructions for ongoing billing operations

Complex billing audit

$5,000-$8,000/project

Expert-level
  • Audited historical billing data for systemic errors
  • Recommended improvements for accuracy and speed
  • Submitted detailed findings and corrective action plans

Frequently asked questions

Is hiring a Billing specialist worth it?

For most businesses, yes: hiring a Billing specialist is worthwhile. This role removes the manual burden of compiling billing data and verifying invoice accuracy so your internal team focuses on core operations. A dedicated specialist also resolves discrepancies faster, which keeps accounts receivable current and reduces payment delays.

How do I evaluate Billing specialist candidates?

Look for candidates who demonstrate precision in reconciling billing records and clear communication when resolving account discrepancies. Ask them to describe how they verify rate sources against computed charges to prevent invoicing errors before statements go out.

What tasks does a Billing specialist handle?

A Billing specialist compiles and verifies billing data to prepare itemized invoices for services or goods. They also resolve discrepancies in accounting records and maintain support documentation for every transaction.

How does a Billing specialist resolve invoice errors?

They review billing data against rate books or manuals to identify computation mistakes. The specialist then corrects the records and issues updated invoices or credit documents to reflect accurate amounts due.