Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and your life's best work.(sm)

Are you looking for a chance to get your foot in the door with a great company? You have found it here. Already one of the world’s leading health care companies, Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, is restlessly pursuing new ways to operate our service centers, improve our service levels and help people lead healthier lives. Here, you are not just working. You are making great things happen for the people who rely on us for health care across the United States. Your part of an elite team that is equipped with the best tools and resources, the most thorough training and learning opportunities and a mission that can inspire you every day.

The Data Entry Clerk will be supporting our Quest Diagnostics operations through Billing Data Entry, Billing Data Acquisition, Manual Mail Returns and/or Third-Party Denials processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Data entry of billing mnemonics and all required billing information that appears on imaged requisitions (such as US postal address, medical codes, insurance carrier details etc.)
• Follow procedural guidelines to enter information in the systems and answer patient inquiries
• Navigate multiple computer applications (MS word, MS Excel, Online applications, Mainframe applications)
• May be required to conduct basic research in computer applications to performing data entry (address, billing codes, reject codes etc.)
• Data entry utilizing templates for letters and other correspondences
• Data Entry/Transfer/Enter received data from Quest Diagnostics in required applications to start the billing cycle.
• Research mail returns and update invoices with current information in the appropriate billing system and note the patient bills with actions taken.
• Research denied bills due to patient not being covered on the date of service, errors with the patient's information or with the insurance information provided in the claim/bill and resolve for re-billing.

***ENGLISH PROFICIENCY & DATA ENTRY PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT WILL BE REQUIRED AFTER APPLICATION ***

This position is full-time (40 hours/week) Monday - Friday. Employees are required to have flexibility to work our normal business hours of 7:00am - 6:00pm AST. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime or weekends. We have 2 different locations in the metropolitan area. (This position can be in any of those locations)

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1+ years of data entry experience
• Customer Service Experience
• Professional proficiency in both English and Spanish
• Proficiency with computer, Windows PC and web applications including ability to navigate and learn new and complex computer system application

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical degree or higher
• Medical Billing experience
• Knowledge of medical or health insurance terminology
• Solid Microsoft Excel skills

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.