Patient Access Specialist - PRN - Full-time / Part-time

Min: USD $16.00/Hr. Max: USD $23.64/Hr. Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Our Patient Access Specialist pre-registers and register patients.  Schedule patients for procedures and tests at MHS facilities.  Collects accurate patient demographic and billing information in a timely manner.  Interviews incoming patients or Associates, enter information into potential all appropriate software packages.  Serves as a liaison between ancillary departments and other Patient Access Services areas. /span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"PRN - Evening Hours - (With Every Other Weekend)/span/strong/p Qualifications: p style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Education:/span/strong/pullispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"High School Graduate or equivalent strongrequired/strong./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Experience:/span/strong/pullispan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"One year customer service experience preferred. Previous clerical, medical terminology, medical office, registration or billing experience preferred./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Word processing/computer application experience and knowledge desired./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:/span/strong/pullispan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Minimum typing skill of 40 WPM preferred./span/lilispan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and communication skills./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Demonstrates ability to work independently./span/li/ul Responsibilities: ulli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Greet the majority of visitors and patients, answer patient questions (via telephone/ in person) and give directional information./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Effectively perform general clerical/administrative functions./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Responsible for completing all steps of pre-registration/registration including patient interview, obtaining of signatures, providing Advance Directive information and distributes hospital specific literature./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Pre-register and register all types of patients in multiple software systems./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized and function well in stressful situations./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Maintains a professional demeanor in respect to patients and fellow employees./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Ability to conduct financial collections and referrals for Financial Counseling. Ability to interview/prescreen self pay patients for possible financial assistance./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Understands and complies with state and federal regulations as well as hospital, department and The Joint Commission policies and procedures related to patient access./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Communicates with ancillary department, physicians, medical offices and within Patient Financial Services department./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Conducts insurance verification tasks, pre-certification, or referral information from MD offices and/or insurance companies and authorization for elective and emergent patients./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Ability to complete legal admission paperwork for psychiatric admits in accordance to DHS guidelines./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Ensures accurate documentation of patient information./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Responsible for checking and re-stocking supplies as needed./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Participates in performance improvement activities for the department and organization./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Adheres to all HIPAA guidelines and patient confidentiality policies./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Completes annual educational and training requirements./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Promotes the mission, vision, and goals of the organization and department./span/li/ululli style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Performs other related work as required or requested./span/li/ul