Accounting Technician

Supplemental Information The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and State as a Model Employer (SAME) to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
The mission of the Louisiana Veterans Homes is to primarily serve the Veterans' population of Louisiana through the provision of medical, restorative, and rehabilitative services in an atmosphere of respect and compassion.
The primary objective of home is to provide quality nursing care to eligible veterans with the ultimate goal of returning the veterans to the highest possible levels of physical and mental capacity.
Summary of Position Prepares all billing to Medicare, Medicare + Choice and Private insurance for all Part A and Part B services provided within the Skilled Nursing Facility.
Ensures that the CPT & ICD-9 codes are appropriate and compliant with payor's guidelines prior to billing.
Maintains Medicare and third party accounts up to date, including maintaining proper financial class within Pioneer.
Responsible for claims, follow ups, appeals, claim tracking, denials and resubmitting corrected claims.
Corrects electronic and paper billing errors and keeps current with coding and billing updates.
Assists patients with problems concerning billing and for resolving the billing problems.
Assists the Accountant Supervisor 2 in preparation of billing reports and maintains Billing Logs as required by Medicare according to Policy and Procedure.
Assists the Accountant Supervisor 2 in preparation of billing reports as required for preparation of timely filing of Medicare Cost Report.
Performs other related billing duties as assigned.
This position is located in the Fiscal Department at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans Home in Monroe, LA.
The position will be filled by a probation appointment or promotion of a permanent state employee.
**Note regarding the advertised pay range: The advertised maximum amount listed is the maximum salary a person can make while in this title/level over their career and not the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
A Resume will not be accepted in lieu of work experience.
An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed.
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DISQUALIFICATION: While we encourage all interested applicants to apply, please be aware that there are various reasons that your application may be disqualified from consideration including, but not limited, to: Failure to fully complete the education and work experience sections of the application; (Please note for the education section that the semester area refers to the # of credit HOURS and not the # of semesters you completed) Submission of a resume and/or SF-10 application in lieu of the online application.
Information on the resume will not substitute and must also be included on the actual job application in order to be considered.
Failure to list complete license information (if applicable to the job position).
Failure to submit an equivalency evaluation statement for an international degree by the closing of this announcement.
The State of Louisiana only accepts online applications.
Paper applications will not be accepted.
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For further information about this vacancy contact: Jamaile Burton Human Resources Analyst Jamaile.
Burton@la.
gov Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Three years of experience in bookkeeping, accounting, payroll, or numerical computation.
College training will substitute for the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience.
An Associate Degree in Accounting, Accounting Technology, or Business from an accredited college or university will substitute for two years of the required experience.
Training in a vocational-technical school or military school in Accounting, Accounting Technology, or Business will substitute for up to one year of required experience on the basis of one month of training for one month of experience.
NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts Function of Work: To provide the full range of paraprofessional accounting services.
Level of Work: Advanced.
Supervision Received: Generally from higher-level fiscal or administrative position.
Supervision Exercised: May supervise lower-level paraprofessional fiscal or administrative positions.
Location of Work: May be used by all state agencies.
Job Distinctions: Differs from Accounting Specialist 2 by responsibility for preparation of basic-level financial reports.
Differs from professional accountants by assisting accounting professionals in the performance of various tasks within the accounting process.
Examples of Work Extracts information and prepares portions of reports and/or schedules for higher-level accounting professionals in a budget unit.
Extracts and manipulates information and prepares weekly or biweekly financial reports and schedules for state and federal reports to be used by higher level accounting professionals.
Responsible for posting and journalizing ledgers and preparing financial accounts reports such as those for complex grants in a large central fiscal office.
Reconciles biweekly or monthly bank statements/accounts.
Prepares biweekly financial projections.