This position is located in the Business Office of the Yakama Service Unit. The incumbent serves as Lead Billing Technician and performs recurring work leader duties over Billing Technicians engaged in third-party billing and claims processing work.
The incumbent also assists the supervisor by coordinating routine Business Office workflow and providing technical guidance to Business Office staff on billing related processes, as needed, without exercising supervisory authority.
Analyze, maintain and direct the billing operation for third party program. Distribute, monitor and report on the status and progress of work, checking on work in progress and reviewing completed work to see that the supervisors' instruction on work priorities, methods, deadlines and quality have been met. Provide data to the Business Office Manager for inclusion in reports and use in performance appraisals.
Receive and examine alternate resources claims to assure claims are complete with appropriate supporting documents; verify accuracy of health claim numbers; identify errors, omissions, duplications in documents and contact the appropriate individuals to resolve problem.
Provide technical assistance with processing and maintaining CPT coding, abstraction of the complete chart and compliance enforcement of all regulatory requirements; review, analyze CPT coding, abstract and compile data, maintain and identify potential risk areas in outpatient medical record.
There are no education requirements. Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. The Indian Health Service (IHS), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) have student loan repayment programs for qualifying health disciplines. This is a competitive process separate from the hiring process. Opportunities for LRP are based on agency hiring priorities and availability of funds.
For additional information please visit: For IHS - http://www.ihs.gov/loanrepayment/ For NHSC - https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/ For HRSA Nurse Corps - https://bhw.hrsa.gov/loansscholarships/nursecorps
marlen.ramos@ihs.gov · (480) 217-9496
This position is with Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
The posted pay range is $50460 – $65599/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-12-31.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-16 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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