accounting technician

About the Position: This position is with the Defense Health Agency located in the Uniform Business Office (UBO), Directorate of Business Operations at the Womack Medical Center in Fort Bragg, NC. Incumbent is responsible for the billing, receipting, transferring, depositing, and accounting for the collection of cash received from numerous sources within the medical treatment facility (MTF).

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

• Ensure all areas of hospital reimbursement are billed, collected, transferred, and deposited for hospital services.
• Calculate the full civilian cost of care using the correct charge rate table.
• Verify and enter data in to computer billing system.
• Interview patients for health insurance and Medicare information.
• Interpret and comply with requests for data from external services or agencies.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position has mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirements and is subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations unless otherwise exempted for medical or religious reasons (documentation of exemption must be provided upon hire).
• The incumbent must complete training and meet position requirements for certification at Level 1 within 2 years of appointment. Failure to obtain and maintain this certification within the required time may subject the incumbent to adverse action.
• This position requires a pre-employment physical annually and thereafter