Patient Services Rep II-Ambulatory care center

Nemours Children's Health; Meilsen; Vor Ort; EUR 37.000 - 47.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Patient Service Representative II to greet patients, verify demographics and finances, and schedule follow-ups in a fast-paced outpatient setting.

You will use AIDET communication, collect co-pays, scan insurance cards, and ensure HIPAA compliance while coordinating with clinical staff.

This role supports patient flow, accuracy in registration, and smooth end-of-day reporting to close out shifts.

Qualifikationen

• High School diploma or equivalent is required.
• Computer/typing skills are required.
• Clerical experience in a physician's office and EPIC experience preferred.

Aufgaben

• Greet and communicate with each patient and family using AIDET protocol at the start of the visit.
• Verify demographic and financial information prior to the appointment.
• Scan insurance cards and collect co-pays; reconcile payments and complete End of Day reports.
• Coordinate with clinical staff to keep patients informed of wait times and status of appointments.

Kenntnisse

Computer/typing skills

Clerical experience in a physician's '

EPIC experience

Ausbildung

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

EPIC

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

Nemours is seeking a Patient Service Representative II

Work Hours

Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. There may be a future requirement to work a minimum of six Saturdays per year according to business needs.

Provide service excellence to each patient and family by performing and completing designated business processes associated with an outpatient visit. At each outpatient visit, complete processes in an efficient fashion, ensuring that the patient and family are prepared for their outpatient appointment in a timely fashion. Also, ensure that all demographic and financial information is accurately verified in advance of the patient visit, and monitor the waiting room and work environment to ensure patient safety and high service levels.

Participate in Nemours programs for continuous quality, performance, and service improvement and work with department management to improve the services provided, through a team-based approach.

Essential Responsibilities

• Greet and communicate with each patient and family at the start of their outpatient visit and at each interaction using AIDET protocol (acknowledge-introduce-inform about duration-explain-thank).
• Accomplish tasks that are a part of the Nemours’ outpatient appointment business functions prior to and at the time of appointment check-in, visit and check-out. Duties may be specific to each outpatient location. All general duties include butare not limited to:
• Prepare for scheduled patient visits <=48 hours prior to the appointment of each patient using protocol established for each location/service.
• Make confirmation calls that are not completed by Televox to ensure all visits are in “confirmed” status prior to visit or per Department protocol.
• Confirm authorization and/or collect referrals for the days’ visit. Notify Pre-Registration and Authorization Department of visits scheduled same day, as necessary. Fax hard copy referrals to the PRAG department within 24 hours of receipt.
• At the time of patient check-in, while maintaining patient confidentiality and all aspects of HIPAA,:
• confirm all patient personal demographic information.
• confirm patient identification with two identifiers as approved by Nemours.
• confirm legal guardianship
• confirm referral information for patient visit; if applicable
• prepare, complete and/or collect consents and all other required documents
• scan insurance cards and other important documents
• collect and post co-pays and past due balances
• achieve Registration Accuracy percentage of => 95%
• Schedule follow up appointments (utilizing iGuide to determine participation, if appropriate)
• Responsible for MyNemours sign ups and facilitation activations.
• Throughout shift, regularly communicate with clinical staff in the assigned work area regarding the status of waiting patients, particularly those who have been waiting more than ten minutes and then with waiting patients/families to ensure they have status updates on their appointment.
• communicate clinic status to families in the waiting area using the principles of AIDET
• contact manager with problem situations or when assessment is that service recovery is necessary.
• Accurately reconcile payment collections at the end of each shift, as per Cash Collections Policy, and completes End of Day (EOD) Reports including DCRF and LDCRS.
• Complete assigned work queues daily.
• Maintain computer and electronic system competency including but not limited to processes for: scheduling, appointment cancellations and order entry for clinical system, use of Iguide, EOD status changes, work queue processing, linking referrals, posting “other” payments, use of scanner device and electronic insurance verifications.
• Maintain inventory of clerical supplies and ensure the work environment and outpatient waiting room is in an orderly and clean condition to ensure patient safety and security.
• Complete EOD (End of Day) Report.
• Other duties that may be assigned by manager/supervisor may include:
• Schedule and cover the phones between check-in and check-out duties as necessary or determined by supervisor. This responsibility may include scheduling:
• incoming calls as an agent for automated call distribution (ACD) services
• maintaining in-basket regarding clerical functions from Online Scheduling, MyNemours and office communication.
• recalls
• patients from waitlist
• follow-up calls upon discharge from inpatient units
• clinic cancellations
• Works collaboratively with clinical team by opening, sorting and routing correspondence, laboratory and imaging results, procedures and consultations to appropriate team member to complete patient communication, as necessary.

Position Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent

Minimum Of 3-6 Months Of Job Related Experience

• Computer/typing skills required
• Clerical experience in a physician's office preferred; EPIC experience preferred

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org .