Devereux is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations providing services, insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Devereux-Arizona serves more than 4,000 individuals with emotional, behavioral, and cognitive differences each year across the state. We offer residential treatment, short-term residential treatment, a private school, community-based services, integrated care services, prevention programs, respite services and therapeutic foster care.

Reporting to the Revenue Cycle Manager, the Accounts Receivable Specialist performs medical billing, collections, and accounts receivable reconciliation functions. This position communicates with payors to resolve billing issues and any discrepancies on payments. Other job duties include: reviewing billing system reports and working with programs to ensure completeness, accuracy of revenue, and billing generation; performs related duties, special assignments, and projects as required. This position is also the liaison between the financial department and Devereux Arizona programs and works collaboratively to improve systems and foster strong business relationships with funding agencies and other stakeholders.

Pay Range: $20 - $22 / hr

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am-5pm, with evenings and weekends as required

Hybrid Work Enviornment: remote (home office) and in-office days

Benefits and Rewards

We strive to create an inclusive environment, and retain the talented employees who make our organization a great place to work. We offer:

• ASCEND – the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. Full-time employees in career-aligned tracks receive 100% of tuition, fees and textbook costs, up to $15,000 for undergraduate classes (annually), and $25,000 for graduate-level classes(annually)

• Paid time off (24 days per year, increase with years of service); Sick time (64 hours per year)

• Retirement, eM Life for Mental Health and Work/Life Programs, Service Anniversary Awards

• Free access to Payactiv, a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods

• Employee Assistance Program and Employee Discounts – Available the first day of employment through Carebridge

• Quality Low-Cost Benefits (medical, dental, vision, pet insurance) - 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires! http://benefits.devereux.org

• Must be 21 years of age or older (per licensing standards)

• Minimum high school diploma or equivalency required

• Two (2) years of related experience in accounts receivable/billing/collections preferred
• Certified Professional Biller (C.P.B.) or certified coding specialist preferred but not required.
• Strong computer literacy and receivables software knowledge
• Knowledge of behavioral health terminology preferred
  

OTHER:

• Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 36-month history check
• Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results
• Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment
• Must be available to attend new hire orientation (paid, Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm) plus on the job training
• Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions). Arizona Revised Statutes Notice (ARS 36-411 Residential care institutions; nursing care institutions; home health agencies; fingerprinting requirements; exemptions; definitions). If a person's employment record contains a six-month or longer time frame during which the person was not employed by any employer, a completed application with a new set of fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of public safety. For more information, visit HERE.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Devereux is committed to the health and safety of our staff. All Devereux centers have formal infectious-disease and emergency-management plans tailored to specifically address the unique aspects of communicable disease prevention including COVID-19. Learn More: https://jobs.devereux.org/#covid.