PartTime weekend Patient Services AssociateFinance Brooklyn

NYU Langone Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is seeking a Part-Time weekend Patient Services Associate/Finance to join our patient access team. The role includes coordinating registrations, ED unit clerk functions, insurance verification, financial assistance assessment, billing and follow-up activities.

The ideal candidate will triage and review daily work to minimize backlog, maintain HIPAA compliance, and communicate clearly with patients and insurers in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

• Complies with HIPAA, OSHA, JCAHO, NYU policies and procedures.
• Admitting Office: performs registrations/admissions accurately, including insurance, demographic and billing information, and escorts patient to unit when necessary.
• Screens patients to determine Medicaid eligibility and refers accounts to Medicaid Area; verifies insurance recipient/policy number and effective dates.

Job description

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

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Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Part-Time weekend Patient Services Associate/Finance - Brooklyn.

In this role, the successful candidate Performs diversified duties in the patient access departments. Duties will vary depending on the needs of the work in the specific area. Duties include but are not limited to: coordinating registration and ED unit clerk functions, triaging and reviewing daily work to ensure prioritization and minimal backlog, insurance verification, financial assistance assessment, billing and follow up activities.

Job Responsibilities

• Complies with HIPAA, OSHA, JCAHO, NYU policies and procedures
• Admitting Office:
  • 1.Performs registrations/admissions promptly and accurately, including accurately adding insurance, accident information and account notes, reviews and completes MSPs as required Obtains demographic and financial information from patient/family in a courteous and sensitive manner, securing signatures, copying insurance cards, updating computer system, printing charts and labels, and escorting patient to unit when necessary, in an accurate and timely manner.
  • 2.Ability to accurately change names, change patient types and transfer patients
  • 3.Calls appropriate insurance carrier to notify of visit and/or request authorization for admission, and documents account accordingly
  • 4.Screens patients to determine eligibility for Medicaid and refers accounts to Medicaid Area
  • 5.Verifies insurance recipient/policy number and effective dates