Front Desk Representative Orthopedics

Banner Health; Chandler (AZ); Vor Ort; USD 36.000 - 42.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Banner Health Clinic Orthopedic Surgery in Chandler is seeking a Front Desk Representative to join the team. This role handles patient check-in, verifies insurance, schedules appointments and assists with billing and payments in a fast-paced setting.

You will provide courteous customer service, collect copays, answer phones, and support patient flow while ensuring accurate registration and documentation in compliance with policies.

Qualifikationen

• High school diploma or GED.
• 1+ year experience in patient financial services or insurance.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Performs registration/check-in, data entry, provides patients with information and intake forms, and collects signatures.
• Verifies insurance eligibility and benefits; assists with pre-certification, referrals, and authorizations.
• Calculates and collects patient liability; explains financial policies and available payment options.
• Enters payments/charges and performs daily reconciliation; balances cash drawer.
• Schedules office visits and procedures; confirms appointments and ensures patient readiness.
• Demonstrates effective communication with patients, families, and care teams to address concerns.

Kenntnisse

Data entry

Phone etiquette

Patient service

Insurance verification

Ausbildung

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Jobbeschreibung

Front Desk Representative Orthopedics### Front Desk Representative OrthopedicsApply: Banner Health Clinic Chandler Medical Pavilion Orthopedic (1125 S Alma School Rd Suite 210): Full time: Posted Today: R4460739**Primary City/State:**Chandler, Arizona**Department Name:**Ocotillo Orthopedic Surgery**Work Shift:**Day**Job Category:**Revenue CycleFind your path in health care. We want to change the lives of those in our care – and the people who choose to take on this challenge. If you’re ready to change lives, we want to hear from you. As the Patient Financial Services Rep, you provide customer service to patients and families. Perform registration and assist in the check in process assisting with forms, intakes, and insurance cards. In this role you will assist with answering phones and taking messages as well as calculate and collect patient payments according to insurance verification and benefits. **Location:** 1125 S Alma School Road Suite 210 Chandler AZ**Clinic:** Banner Health Clinic Orthopedic Surgery**Hours:** 8:30am-5pm Monday through FridayAt Banner Medical Group, you'll have the opportunity to perform a critical role in the community where you practice. Banner Medical Group provides both primary and specialty care throughout the communities in which Banner Health operates. We do this in a variety of settings - from smaller group practices like our Banner Health Clinics in Colorado and Wyoming, to large multi-specialty Banner Health Centers in the metropolitan Phoenix area. We currently have more than 1,000 physicians and more than 3,500 total employees in our group and are seeking others to enhance our ability to deliver our nonprofit mission of providing excellent patient care.POSITION SUMMARY This position coordinates a smooth patient flow process by answering phones, scheduling patient appointments, providing registration of patient and insurance information, obtaining required signatures following established processes, procedures and standards. This position also verifies insurance coverage, validates referrals and authorizations, collects patient liability and provides financial guidance to patients to maximize medical services reimbursement efforts. This also includes accurately posting patients at the point of service and releasing information in accordance with organizational and compliance policies and guidelines. CORE FUNCTIONS 1. Performs registration/check-in processes, including but not limited to performing data entry activities, providing patients with appropriate information and intake forms, obtaining necessary signatures and generating population health summary. 2. Verifies insurance eligibility benefits for services rendered with the payors and documents appropriately. Assists in obtaining or validating pre-certification, referrals, and authorizations 3. Calculates and collects patient liability according to verification of insurance benefits and expected reimbursement. Explains and provides financial policies and available resources for alternative payment arrangements to patients and their families. 4. Enters payments/charges for services rendered and performs daily payment/charge reconciliation in a timely and accurate manner. Balances cash drawer at the beginning and end of the day and prepares daily bank deposit with necessary paperwork sent to centralized billing for record purposes. 5. Schedules office visits and procedures within the medical practice(s) and external practices as necessary. Maximizes reimbursement by scheduling patients in accordance with payor plan provisions. Confirms patient appointments for the following day as necessary and ensures patients are properly prepared for visits. 6. Demonstrates proactive interpersonal communications skills while dealing with patient concerns through telephone calls, emails and in-person conversations. Optimizes patient flow by using effective customer service/communication skills by communicating to internal and external customers, care team, management, centralized services and HIMS. 7. Assists in responding to requests for patient medical records according to company policies and procedures, and state and federal laws. 8. Provides a variety of patient services to assist in patient flow including but not limited to escorting patients, taking vitals and patient history, assisting in patient treatment, distributing mail and fax information, ordering supplies, etc. 9. Works independently under regular supervision and follows structured work routines. Works in a fast paced, multi-task environment with high volume and immediacy needs requiring independent decision making and sound judgment to prioritize work and ensure appropriateness and timeliness of each patient’s care. This position requires the ability to retain large amounts of changing payor information/knowledge crucial to attaining reimbursement for the services provided. Primary external customers include patients and their families, physician office staff and third party payors. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge. Requires knowledge of patient financial services, financial, collecting services or insurance industry experience processes normally acquired over one or more years of work experience. Requires the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously with minimal supervision and to work independently. Requires strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills to effectively interact with a wide range of audiences. Strong knowledge in the use of common office software, word processing, spreadsheet, and database software are required. Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment. An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSWork experience with the Company’s systems and processes is preferred. Previous cash collections experience is preferred. Additional related education and/or experience preferred **EEO Statement:**EEO/Disabled/VeteransOur organization supports a drug-free work environment.