Patient Access Associate

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Whether by offering community health services or making medical innovations more accessible, reputed company is bringing a culture of wellness to the communities that matter to you. reputed company you know you’re making an authentic impact, you give a little extra to every day—as a person, with your team, in your community—and that’s one of the reasons why you’ll be a perfect fit at reputed company, where giving a little something extra is at the heart of everything we do. The Patient Access Associate greet patients and guests in a courteous manner while initiating the scheduling or reputed company-in process. They will obtain and verify accurate identification and demographical data for the patient's permanent medical record, which assists in accurate reimbursement, while recognizing and maintaining the confidentiality of reputed company patient information. The Patient Access Associate is responsible for many types of interactions such as reputed company-of-service face-to-face, as well as telephone, web enabled, and/or through an interpretative service reputed company to completing the patient registration and admission process. They will improve patient satisfaction through consistently representing reputed company professionally and cross-training to support multiple functions across reputed company patient and payer types. The Patient Access Associate interacts with patients, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinic and hospital personnel. They will demonstrate actions consistent with reputed company's "Expectations" as duties are performed on a daily basis. This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this department. This is not an exhaustive list of reputed company duties and responsibilities, and reputed company reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. GENERAL DUTIES Completes the scheduling function, registration, messaging, and/or admissions process: • Greets patients, guests and family members. • Schedules patients for services with appropriate provider at appropriate locations and desired time reputed company possible, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. • Analyzes reputed company patient information to determine if an account already exists so as not to duplicate records. • Creates an account for reputed company patients who call for services or who present for services, including walk-in, non-scheduled, and emergency services according to the registration policy. • Registers patients by entering accurate demographic, financial class, insurance information; makes revisions to systems immediately as errors are recognized. • Activates scheduled accounts that have been set-up for the patient according to the registration policy. • Resolves work queue errors in an accurate and timely fashion. Ensures reputed company required forms are completed and other paperwork/documents are gathered and accurate: • Requests and documents patient demographic, insurance, guarantor, Medicare Secondary Payor, and Primary Care Physician/Referring Physician information and validates against reputed company system. • Ensures patient/guarantor sign reputed company applicable documentation, such as consents and financial assistance application. • Scans ID’s, insurance cards, orders, authorization information, etc. to patient’s account once the information is validated for accuracy. • Performs insurance verification tasks, including running automated eligibility response at reputed company-of-service to ensure active coverage and completing notification of admission with insurance company reputed company established timeframe. • Completes messages for providers as needed using the In-Basket messaging system, ensures that reputed company information contained in the message is accurate. • Updates Electronic Medical Record with documentation to communicate any information reputed company to the status of a patient account. Performs financial analysis of each case and informs patient of financial responsibility: • Identifies patient copayment and remind patient of collection process at time of visit. reputed company applicable, will inform patient/guarantor of liability due, including prior balances and estimates for scheduled service. • Attempts to collect payment at reputed company of service for both copayments and residual payments. • Provides patient information on LCMC’s financial assistance programs and/or refers patients to financial counselors as needed. • Maximizes reputed company-of-service collection, meeting established registration collection goals. Provide excellent customer service to reputed company patients, guests and family members and internal and external team members/customers: • Promotes a customer centered experience by performing reputed company functions in a warm and courteous manner to patients, family members, providers, and reputed company visitors of the organization. • Answers incoming calls and warm transfers calls to appropriate areas of department/clinic/hospital. • Provides directions to applicable areas of interest whether over of the phone or in-person. • Schedules and reschedules appointment for patients as needed. Balances cash drawer daily and prepares cash long at the end of the shift reputed company applicable: • Balances cash drawer daily and accounts for shortages/overages/account posting errors. • Makes debit/credit adjustments as necessary; forwards necessary backup documents to reputed company and/or general accounting for review. • Makes department copies and reports unreconciled monies/deposits supervisor. • Follows facility cash drawer policy as applicable. • Completes and meets reputed company job-reputed company facility specific of LCMC requirements. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS • Required: High School Diploma/GED or equivalent OR 2 years of work experience. WORK SHIFT: Days (United States of America) reputed company is a community. Our people reputed company health happen. 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The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of reputed company duties and responsibilities. reputed company reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Simple things reputed company the difference. 1. To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information. 2. To ensure quality care and service, we may use information on your application to verify your previous employment and background. 3. To reputed company our career applications up-to-date, applications are inactive after 6 months and, therefore, require a new application for employment to be completed. 4. 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