Accounting Technician
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Accounting Technician
Salary
$2,922.00 - $5,734.00 Monthly
Location
Pineville, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
CLSH-2025-61
Department
LDH-Office of Behavioral Health
Opening Date
07/07/2025
Closing Date
7/17/2025 11:59 PM Central
Description
Benefits
About this Job
CLSH MISSION: Strive to provide quality, person-centered care with a focus on recovery and resiliency in a safe and secure environment.
CLSH VISION: Strive to be the best public psychiatric hospital possible
CLSH VALUES "I CARE": Integrity,Compassion,Accountability,Respect, andExcellence
We are looking for an Accounting Technician who plays a vital role for the Louisiana Department of Health in the Behavioral Health community by utilizing CLSH's values and mission to deliver quality and effective care to our patients. The hospital is highly committed to cooperative work with other state agencies and with the state and regional mental health programs to ensure the integration and coordination of hospital-community services into a comprehensive system of mental health care.
Minimum Qualifications
Three years of experience or training in accounting, auditing, bookkeeping, or financial operations or computations.
EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will substitute for one year of the required experience.
Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=139340) .
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
Incumbent is knowledgeable of federal laws governing the Medicaid Program and the state laws governing ineligible fees billing. Accounting records are maintained in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and state accounting well as federal mandates. This position is responsible for monitoring and maintaining Medicaid eligibility for all inpatients, which includes annual renewals and periodic updates of patient data. Patient Medicaid eligibility is the cornerstone used to determine the facility's Medicaid Inpatient Utilization Ratio (MIUR), a requirement of Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) funding.
Incumbent is responsible for notifying LA Medicaid and Social Security when a patient is admitted or discharged. Responsible for requesting a current Third Party Query System (TPQY). Verify Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance benefit, and adding the information to QuickBooks (QB), PIP, and various other reports used by the Accountant 1 and Accounting Supervisor 2. Responsible for assisting the Accountant Supervisor 2 in the payment preparation of patient medical bills for services rendered in other medical facilities. ··
Responsible for billing and collection of ineligible fee accounts, which includes setting up files on each client who has private insurance or ineligible for free care, preparing bill(s) at the beginning of each month and upon discharge, posting all billings and payments to QuickBooks, to the ledger cards and respective log sheets, making adjusting entries as needed, sending delinquent notifications, balancing end of month log sheets, QuickBooks reports and ledger cards, and preparing and mailing monthly billing statements. Responsible for the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for the Accountant Supervisor 2.
Responsible for the reconciliation of monthly bank statements for the two (2) Patients' Fund Accounts. Calculate monthly Interest Statement for each patient earning interest and prepares log sheet for the 10991NT reporting. Responsible for balancing receipt books to QB reports and maintaining receipt logs for receipts written by Admissions and the Switchboard.
Responsible for preparing and maintaining patient benefit and information forms upon admit. The forms are maintained on the share drive and used by other departments when patient travels off grounds for medical care at area providers such as Rapides Regional Medical Center, LSU-Shreveport Medical Center, Rapides Primary Healthcare, Christus St. Francis Cabrini Hospital and HP Long Urgent Care Center. Duties include preparation of all forms, maintain forms on the hospital network (share drive), updating all forms for policy updates, and updating patient benefit information annually. Approximately 775 to 900 off ground medical visits are scheduled by clinic staff for patients, annually.
Responsible for verifying prepared petty cash boxes before each cash disbursement, balancing funds received to cash withdrawal forms and funds returned, accounting for all necessary signatures and receipts, posting cash withdrawals to patient account and reimbursing petty cash. Accepts and performs additional duties not listed in job description but necessary for the smooth operation of the department.
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: Probational, Promotion, Job Appointment, or Detail to Special Duty.
Location: Pineville, Louisiana
Division: FISCAL DEPARTMENT
Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Contact Information:
For further information about this vacancy, contact:
Kelcie Cox
Human Resources Analyst
Central Louisiana State Hospital
Telephone: 318-484-6333/ Kelcie.Cox@LA.GOV
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave- Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
*** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement - State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the @type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\Retirement\System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
Employer
State of Louisiana
Address
For agency contact information, please refer to
the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm
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