Why Salud Para La Gente
FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedProvides quality medical, dental, vision, and behavioral health care to Medi-Cal and underinsured patients.
- Medical: our health centers are staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of health care professionals who work collaboratively to provide quality, patient- centerd cared to improve individual health and the health of the community. Our medical staff includes physicians, advanced-practice clinicians…$26.5M spent in FY2024
- Obgyn: splg provides comprehensive obstetrical and gynecological care, including sexual and reproductive health care, to women across the lifspan, through its team of obstetricians/ gynecologists, advance-practice clinicians, nurses and health coaches. In addition to the amangement of pregnancy in the…$8.2M spent in FY2024
- Dental: splg provides preventive and restorative oral health care to the whole family. Using the latest equipment and technology our team of dentis, registered dental assistants and dental assistants screen for oral health disease and provide preventive care such as…$7.1M spent in FY2024
Before you apply
FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgAbout the role
The org's own posting, as writtenDescription Salud Para La Gente (SALUD) provides high quality, comprehensive and cost-effective medical, dental, behavioral health, optometry and other services to underserved, low-income communities in the Monterey Bay area, including Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties. SALUD began in Watsonville in 1978 as a storefront free clinic, and became a FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center) in 1992. With four health center sites, satellite and school-based health centers and over 400 employees, we provide high quality services to patients of all ages.
Under immediate supervision (Billing Clerk I), or general supervision (Billing Clerk II/III), of the Billing Supervisor or Manager, the Billing Clerk performs a full range of billing and revenue cycle support functions to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant processing of patient encounters and claims. This position supports organizational financial health by managing patient accounts, resolving billing issues, working with clinical and administrative staff, and providing responsive customer service to patients and payers.
This position supports the organization's mission, vision, and values through excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, commitment to our community, and accountability and ownership. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: Billing Clerk I: This is the entry-level, trainee class in the Billing Clerk series. Incumbents perform routine billing support duties while learning applicable systems, payer requirements, departmental procedures, and revenue cycle operations. Work is performed under close supervision with detailed instructions and review.
Billing Clerk II: This journey-level classification performs a full range of standard billing, payment posting, claim follow-up, and account resolution duties under general supervision. Incumbents independently process routine work using established procedures and resolve common discrepancies. Billing Clerk III: This journey-level classification performs, in addition to any Billing Clerk II responsibilities, the most complex or specialized billing functions requiring extensive knowledge of payer rules, billing systems, and revenue cycle processes. Incumbents resolve complex account issues, recurring claim problems, and non-routine discrepancies requiring the most independent judgment.
Duties and responsibilities
Consistently adhere to SPLG communication guidelines and maintain professional interactions with patients, peers, and supervisors. Support patients with billing matters through effective communication. Respond to patient inquiries regarding balances, bills, or account correspondence professionally and timely; answer incoming calls courteously using proper phone etiquette. Task the Patient Service Representatives to update registrations or correct registration mistakes; charge posting and assist in payment posting across Salud specialties and payers accurately and confidentially within the practice management system; provide…
About Salud Para La Gente
From its Form 990- Budget $74.4M
- Staff 558 · founded 1980
- Pays its leaders $8K–$659K (12 reported)
- Open jobs 14 · Jobs at Salud Para La Gente · Full 990 report