At a clinic, hospital, or medical practice, you handle billing and insurance verification — running eligibility, submitting claims, posting payments, working denials, and answering patients about explanations of benefits.
The rhythm tends to be half-administrative, half-detective work — running eligibility before visits, posting payments, chasing denied claims through payer portals, decoding EOBs that patients call asking about. You might find yourself on hold with three payers before lunch. Clean claim rates quietly anchor the day.
The friction surfaces in payer rules that change without warning — what was reimbursable last month suddenly denies, and the appeal cycle eats hours. Variance across employers can be sharp: large hospital revenue-cycle teams specialize you on one payer or step, while small practices have you running intake-to-collection end to end.
This work rewards patient persistence and a tolerance for small wins — a denial overturned, a balance collected, a prior auth that took three calls. CPB or CRCR credentials anchor advancement. The trade-off is modest pay for work that quietly holds the revenue cycle together.
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View all Admin & Office roles →At a clinic, hospital, or medical practice, you handle billing and insurance verification — running eligibility, submitting claims, posting payments, working denials, and answering patients about explanations of benefits.
Median pay for a Billing and Insurance Coordinator is about $48K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $37K to $73K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Speaking, Active Listening, and Critical Thinking.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 3.7% through 2034, with roughly 229,070 people working in it today (BLS).
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