Access Service Rep- PART TIME

Northwell Career Site; Bay Shore (NY); Presencial; USD 36.000 - 54.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Northwell in New York is seeking an experienced registration assistant to collect demographics and insurance information, verify coverage, and enter data into the registration system. The role involves admitting patients and explaining hospital policies while coordinating with clinical teams.

Responsibilities include communicating financial obligations, processing signatures on forms, and maintaining accurate patient records.

Formación

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Prior customer service experience, required.
• Data entry skills (80 keystrokes per minute), required.
• Must pass training program within the normal probationary period.
• Ability to communicate well and interact effectively with patients and families.

Responsabilidades

• Conducts interviews to obtain demographics, insurance information and enters data into registration system.
• Contacts insurance carrier(s) to obtain information necessary for billing of third party payers; re-verifies insurance for recurring patients.
• Performs collection duties including meeting with uninsured and ineligible Medicaid patients to discuss financial responsibility; establishes payment arrangements.
• Informs patient of all financial obligations, communicates collection policy and collects outstanding balances, deposits and at-service payments.
• Signatures on medical, legal and financial forms; prepares charts, registration forms and related documents; forwards items to nursing unit/clinic.
• Admits patients and provides information regarding hospital policies (Patient Bill of Rights, Advance Directives, Health Care Proxy, etc.).
• Reconciles charge documents with patient logs and enters charges into the registration system.
• Receives and records discharge notices to ensure timely data transmission to financial management.
• Schedules patients for pre-admission testing as necessary.
• Maintains and reconciles daily census to nursing units and notifies unit of patient arrival; arranges escort as needed.
• Answers telephone, maintains files, sorts mail and keeps inventory of supplies; informs manager of activities and issues; aggregates data for performance reports.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are essential under the ADA.

Conocimientos

Customer service

Data entry

Communication

Educación

High School Diploma or equivalent

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

Conducts interviews to obtain demographics and insurance information. Keys information
into registration system. Verifies financial and insurance information. Obtains appropriate
signatures on medical, legal and financial forms. Admits patients and provides information
regarding hospital rules and regulations.

Job Responsibility

• 1.Conducts interviews to obtain demographics, insurance information and enters data into registration system.
• 2.Contacts insurance carrier(s) (or references insurance databases) to obtain information necessary for successful billing of third party payers. Re-verifies insurance of recurring patients.
• 3.Performs collection duties including, but not limited to, meeting with uninsured and ineligible Medicaid patients to discuss financial responsibility.Establishes payment arrangements for uninsured patients and resolves open balance issues.
• 4. Informs patient of all financial obligations, communicating collection policy and collects outstanding balance amounts, deposits and point of service payments.
• 5.Signatures on medical, legal and financial forms. Prepares charts, registration forms, ancillary slips, patient addressograph plates, etc. Forwards required items to nursing unit/clinic.
• 6.Admits patients and provides information regarding regulations and policies, such as Patient Bill of Rights, Advance Directives, Health Care Proxy, etc.
• 7.Reconciles charge documents with patient logs and enters charges into the registration system.
• 8.Receives and records discharge notices on the registration system to ensure timely transmission of data to financial management.
• 9.Schedules patient for pre-admission testing as necessary.
• 10.Maintains and reconciles daily census to nursing units. Notifies nursing unit of patient's arrival and arranges for patient's escort.
• 11.Answers telephone, maintains files, sorts mail and keeps inventory of supplies. Informs manager of all activities, needs and problems. Accumulates data for performance reports.
• 12.Performs related duties, as required.
• 13.Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Prior customer service experience, required.
• Data entry skills (80 keystrokes per minute), required.
• Must pass training program within the normal probationary period.
• Ability to communicate well and interact effectively with patients and families.

Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).