Bed Management Specialist (8 Hours Per Week | Shifts Vary)

Children's National Medical Center; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 32,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC seeks a Bed Management Specialist to support clinic operations, register patients, and coordinate bed assignments while interacting with families, physicians and staff with moderate supervision.

The role emphasizes accurate data entry, precertification contact, and adherence to admission policies, with a focus on service, safety, and efficient bed management.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED (Required).
• 2 years related experience, including billing, patient registration, scheduling, medical insurance verification, insurance screening and charge posting.

Responsibilities

• Assign beds to patients promptly per policy.
• Maintain accurate bed management and notify units of admissions.
• Perform patient registration for inpatients and outpatients and obtain required forms and signatures.
• Contact payers for precertification, co-pay and deductible information.
• Maintain waiting lists and communicate bed status to physicians.

Skills

Patient registration

Billing

Insurance verification

Scheduling

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Cerner

Job description

Kids Are Our Everything.

Department

10112 Patient Access

Pay Range

$22.87 - $45.99

The Bed Management Specialist will provide patient services and administrative support in clinic operations, and interact with parents, patients, physicians and other staff under moderate supervision in a courteous manner. Responsible to obtainin and validate patient information from various sources and to ensure information entered into the computer management system is accurate. Perform the registration process for all inpatients and outpatients and obtain required forms and signatures, and complete all managed care notification requirements. Contact various payers to obtain precertification, co-pay and deductible information. (Will notify patient that a co-pay or deductible is required.)

Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED (Required)

Minimum Work Experience

2 years related experience. Experience performing billing, patient registration, and scheduling, medical insurance verification, insurance screening and charge posting. (Required)

Functional Accountabilities

Technical Responsibilities

• Assign beds to patients in accordance with established criteria in the "Accommodation Policy".
• Change the accommodation code for all transfers that cannot be accommodated (i.e. A request for transfer is received for an ICU patient for an IMC bed but patient cannot be moved. Accommodation code must be changed in the HBOC/Star Application.
• Assign beds within 15 minutes of patient's arrival to floor4. Notify AD of Direct Admissions Update Cerner Application when an Emergency Room Patient is admitted.
• Communicate with the AD/Unit if unable to accommodate patient within 15 minutes.
• Collaborate Insurance Verification to insure reimbursement criteria are met (i.e. evs, rte, faxing face sheets).
• Refer direct admits to Insurance Verification for processing.
• Contact AD in regard to inpatient transfers from other hospitals.
• Respond to telephone request for beds and complete information on Request for Admission Forms. (I.e. date and time of request, time bed assigned reason for cancellation, contact person).
• Admit NICU babies as quickly as possible
• Maintain waiting list of patients to be admitted. (Keep physicians and patients aware of admits status
• Complete Quality Assurance (QA) Reports on a daily basis. (i.e. RMB charges and outpatient in bed 23 hours, monitor OPO bed in the ED).
• Ensure all applicable Admission forms are completed in their entirety.
• Function as a Registrar when requested.

Customer Service

• Meet or exceed hospital/department. "Service Excellence" standards as outlined by CNMC.
• Meet or exceed hospital/department telephone etiquette standards.
• Answer the phone within 3 rings.
• Assume responsibility for any call answered to completion of request; ask permission to place callers on hold or transfer their calls; thank the caller for calling CNMC.
• Assist with interpreter services when possible.
• Maintain composure during difficult situations; exhibit sensitivity and good judgment when resolving patient problems and referr issues to the department manager .

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children's National believes an individual's base pay rate will fall for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range. The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children's National compensation philosophy. These factors are legitimate and non-discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual's combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications. Children's National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees. This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The "Know Your Rights" poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here:Know Your RightsPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a "drug-free" work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.