Enhanced Scheduler

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; Montana; On-site; USD 28,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Intermountain Health is seeking an Enhanced Scheduler to register and schedule patients across our Montana facilities. This role emphasizes a single-call experience to schedule and register for services, reviewing insurance benefits, costs, and payment options while gathering demographic, clinical, and prep information from patients or representatives.

The enhanced scheduler also serves as a liaison between physician offices and facility departments, coordinating appointments across locations

Qualifications

• Demonstrated excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience managing multiple tasks or priorities.
• Proficient with word processing, spreadsheets, email, and calendaring.
• Typing proficiency.
• Ability to work effectively in time-sensitive situations.
• Independent and critical decision making skills.

Responsibilities

• Verify accuracy of EMPI link.
• Interacts with customers to gather and verify required registration and scheduling information.
• Input patient demographic, insurance, and scheduling data for billing and reporting.
• Explain legal documents per regulatory requirements.
• Discuss insurance benefits, costs, and financial obligations with patients.
• Coordinate appointments across multiple system locations and providers.

Skills

Communication skills

Multitasking

Job description

Job Description: The Enhanced Scheduler is responsible for registering and scheduling patients at Intermountain Healthcare facilities system-wide ensuring that processes and procedures exceed customer expectations. This position enhances the patient experience with one telephone call to schedule and register for services. The Enhanced Scheduler reviews insurance benefit information, estimated costs, and payment options with the patient. Also obtains or reviews all necessary demographic, clinical, procedural, and prep information with the patient or representative. This position also enhances the Provider experience by offering a single point of contact for the referring offices. The Enhanced Scheduler acts as a liaison between the physician office and facility departments across multiple service lines within the enterprise.

Posting Specifics

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Shift Details: Monday - Thursday 8am to 5pm, Fridays 8am to 12pm

Accountability & Responsibilities

• Accountable to verify accuracy of EMPI link.
• Identifies and reports possible Compromised Records or Identity Theft.
• Interacts with customer to gather and verify needed registration and scheduling information.
• Accurately inputs patient demographic, insurance, and essential scheduling and admission information into the appropriate database so that billing, reporting, and analysis by facility, corporate, state, and federal agencies can be performed.
• Comprehends and provides explanation of legal documents in accordance to regulatory requirements.
• Holds financial discussion with patient or representative which includes insurance benefits, cost estimation, financial obligation, and identifying financial assistance needs.
• Articulates billing process information and maintains the stats determined reasonable for position.
• Interacts between physicians, physician's office staff, and ancillary departments as needed in the interest of the patient to obtain orders and diagnosis for patients.
• Provides customers with information concerning examination content and pre-examination instructions including preps and timetables providing way-finding as needed.
• Coordinates appointments for patients between multiple locations in the system.
• Documents discussions with patients by entering detailed notes in the software, and ensures accurate record keeping for any follow up needed.
• Satisfies all Intermountain requirements regarding procedural, operational, and compliance training and updates.
• Greets patient/clients in person and on the phone while upholding Intermountain mission, vision, and values, responding with empathy and positive interpersonal skills.
• Maintains expected productivity, quality, and department standards.
• Tactfully handles difficult situations with unhappy customers applying Healing Commitment principles to achieve positive service recovery.
• May lead, mentor, and/or train new employees.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated excellent communication and interpersonal skills Experience managing multiple tasks or priorities.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, email, and calendaring programs.
• Demonstrated typing proficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in time sensitive situations.
• Demonstrated independent and critical decision making skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual - Spanish speaking
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Versed in CPT/ICD codes
• Two years of experience working with patient access or two years of experience in and extensive knowledge in the health insurance industry (Commercial Insurances, Medicare, and Medicaid); health claims billing or Third Party contracts.

Physical Requirements

Interact with others requiring the employee to communicate information.

Operate computers and other office equipment requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.

See and read computer monitors and documents.

Location: St. Vincent Regional Hospital - Cancer Centers of Montana

Work City: Billings

Work State: Montana

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $20.35 - $30.97

Benefits

• We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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All positions subject to close without notice. Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery. Join our world-class team and embark on a career filled with opportunities, strength, innovation, and fulfillment. To find out more about us, head to our career site here.

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