Night Shift Patient Access Registrar – Seamless Admissions

University Medical Center, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

UofL Health is seeking a Patient Access Registrar for the South Hospital - UMC in Shepherdsville, KY. The registrar interviews patients and collects demographic, medical, and financial information for admissions and billing, ensuring accuracy and compliance.

This role emphasizes courtesy, data accuracy, and coordination with physicians and nurses to place patients correctly, verify insurance, explain payment options, and refer to a Patient Financial Counselor when needed.

Responsibilities

• Receives and interviews patients in a courteous, empathetic, and professional manner
• Obtains and enters complete and accurate patient demographic, guarantor, and insurance information
• Assures completion of forms for signatures, authorization and consents
• Reviews patient insurance information and assigns appropriate insurance payor plan codes including policy, group and authorization numbers to ensure proper billing
• Assigns appropriate patient types and beds according to the type of registration (ER, Inpatient Admits, Observations, Outpatient Surgery (ODSU), Lab, Radiology, T-accounts, etc.)
• Works with physicians and nurses to ensure accurate patient placement.
• Corrects all changes to accounts prior to billing (inpatient to observation, observation to inpatient, inpatient to ODSU, etc.)
• Ensures that the ordering, attending, referring and primary care physicians are documented in the hospital computer system (SMS) correctly when registering patients
• Maintains awareness of individual patient needs and wait times for registration.

Job description

UofL Health is seeking a Patient Access Registrar for the South Hospital - UMC in Shepherdsville, KY. The registrar interviews patients and collects demographic, medical, and financial information for admissions and billing, ensuring accuracy and compliance.

This role emphasizes courtesy, data accuracy, and coordination with physicians and nurses to place patients correctly, verify insurance, explain payment options, and refer to a Patient Financial Counselor when needed.