Outpatient Float Team- Patient Access Representative II

C002 Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA); Town of Charleston (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Medical University of South Carolina seeks a Patient Access/Admissions Clerk to support preadmission and admission processes at MUHA’s CHS - Ambulatory Resource Team. The role requires accurate data entry and liaison work with patients, financial counselors and accounting staff.

Responsibilities include processing demographics, insurance data, and ensuring compliance with state, federal, and MUSC policies, with a standard 40-hour work week on an offsite team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university; or a high school diploma or equivalent (GED) and two years of work experience in MUHA Patient Access, or at least 6 months of medical related work experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Process patient preadmission and admission demographic and insurance data; enter information in the hospital computer system.
• Maintain quality control for each preadmission and admission to ensure accuracy of information.
• Act as liaison between patients, financial counselors and hospital patient accounting; ensure policies followed.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description Summary . Entity Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Cost Center CC000260 CHS - Ambulatory Resource Team (Offsite) Pay Rate Type Hourly Pay Grade Health-22 Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Work Shift Day (United States of America)

Job Description

Processes patient preadmission and admission demographic and insurance data; enters information in the hospital computer system; maintains quality control for each preadmission and admission to insure accuracy of information; acts as liaison between patients, financial counselors and hospital patient accounting; insures that all state, federal and MUSC policies and procedures are followed. Functions in the Patient Admissions Department.

Additional Job Description

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university; or a high school diploma or equivalent (GED) and two years of work experience in a Medical Office, Call Center, and/or customer service business environment and a minimum of 6 months satisfactory work experience in MUHA Patient Access, or at least 6 months of medical related work experience is required. If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Company Culture

Thank you for wanting to be part of the Medical University of South Carolina team. Whether you want to teach the next generation of health care leaders, innovate new business models, discover the next breakthrough or provide patient care, there's a role for you that fuels your passion and takes advantage of your skills.

There are career opportunities available in academics, research, hospital medicine, physician practices and support services, from patient billing to IT. As an applicant, you can search jobs for all MUSC entities as well as search by category and location.

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The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program aims to advance clinical and translational science to increase the speed at which new treatments become available to patients.

MUSC Health, the clinical enterprise, operates a 750 bed medical center, which includes a nationally recognized Children’s Hospital, the Ashley River Tower (cardiovascular, digestive disease, and surgical oncology), Hollings Cancer Center (one of fewer than 70 elite National Cancer Institute designated centers), a Level I Trauma Center and the Institute of Psychiatry. In addition, there are more than 100 outreach clinics, hospital/health system affiliations, and telehealth sites.

U.S. News & World Report placed us among the top one percent of all American hospitals, with 11 specialties in the top 50. The MUSC Medical Center is also one of only three Magnet designated hospitals in South Carolina.