Patient Access Financial Advocate-ABQ Position Control

phsorg; United States; On-site; USD 23,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Presbyterians Hospital in Albuquerque, NM is hiring a Patient Access Financial Advocate for full-time daytime shifts. The role performs financial screening for inpatients and outpatients, explains coverage and costs, and assists with financial assistance applications and charity care programs.

Qualified candidates have a high school diploma and 3–5 years in healthcare billing or patient accounting, with EPIC proficiency and strong communication skills. Knowledge of CARES behaviors is a plus.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Three to five years of healthcare experience in a physician office or hospital setting.
• Prior billing office and collection experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial screening to scheduled, admitted inpatient and discharged patients for patients in a hospital setting.
• Confirm patient insurance eligibility and provide benefits review; review coverage extent.
• Use cost estimate technology to create estimates and communicate estimated costs to patients.
• Post payments and assist in creating payment plans for services and/or balances.
• Coordinate and complete financial assistance applications for charity care program.
• Handle Medicaid eligibility determinations and related enrollment tasks.
• Understand revenue cycle and escalation pathways.

Skills

Communication skills

Healthcare experience

Data interpretation

Patient education

Education

High school diploma

Tools

EPIC

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location Address:

1100 Central Ave SE

Albuquerque, NM 87106-4930

Compensation Pay Range:

Minimum Offer $16.79

Maximum Offer $27.67

Now Hiring: Patient Access Financial Advocate-ABQ Position Control

Summary:

Performs financial screening on hospital, Pre-registration, ER and outpatient account, high-deductible plan participants and self-pay patients. Requires thorough knowledge of assistance programs to include Financial Assistance application, Medicaid (PEMOSSA) application and other alternate resource programs in addition to full competency of Presbyterians policy for payment plan application. In depth understanding of benefits administration of PHS contracts and their respective in and out of network arrangements. This role requires comprehension of the pre-billing/pre-adjudication of claim filing to successfully identify out of pocket expense the patient should anticipate. Possess a broad understanding of Presbyterians affiliates and their billing methodologies. Successfully counsel patients and/or families regarding financial responsibilities to Presbyterian. Ability to use standardized procedures that emphasize assertive steps to resolve and gain reimbursement of patient financial obligatory amounts using CARES Behaviors. Ability to research disputed account balances and resolve accounts with outstanding residual balances. Escalates chronic no pay or bad debt accounts to superior. Demonstrates a commitment to Presbyterian s Sense of Mission by role modeling CARES Behaviors and appropriate customer service techniques to perform patient education and act as a resource and advocate to our patients and members.

Type of Opportunity:

Full time

Job Exempt:

No

Job is based:

Presbyterian Hospital

Work Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Responsibilities:

• Provide financial screening to scheduled, admitted inpatient and discharged patients for patients in a hospital setting.
• Responsible for confirming patient insurance eligibility and providing benefits review. Reviews benefits to ensure that organization and patient understand the extent of coverage for services.
• Accurately utilizes cost estimate technology to create cost estimates for services and communicates estimated costs to patients and other affected parties.
• Accurately posts payments and assists in the creation of payment plans for upcoming services and/or outstanding balances.
• Responsible for reviewing account details for patient education and/or correction.
• a. Reviews balances and communicates to patient and other affected parties about outstanding balances.
• b. Assists patients in resolving account questions and concerns.
• c. Responsible for coordinating and completing financial assistance application for charity care program.
• Will be Medicaid eligibility determiner
• a. EMSA,
• b. Baby BOT registrar
• c. Institutional Medicaid
• Insurance certified enrollment counselors for the Healthcare Exchange
• Handle walk in billing and Albuquerque Ambulance billing question.
• Work with Medicare patients that have an open MSP.
• Screen all Indian Health patients.
• Responsible for understanding the revenue cycle, including all involved parties and appropriate escalation pathways.
• Knowledge of various regulatory agencies: JCAHO, Medicare/Medicaid Laws, State & Federal Laws, Hospital/Departmental Policies.
• Duties performed may include one or more of the following core functions: a) Directly interacting with or caring for patients; b) Directly interacting with or caring for human-subjects research participants; c) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting patient records (including patient financial records); or d) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting human-subjects research records.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Academic Preparation:

• *High school or equivalent

Experience:

• *Three to five years of healthcare experience in a physician office or hospital setting
• *Prior billing office and collection experience preferred
• *Significant provider and patient interaction experience

Abilities:

• *Demonstrates a commitment to Presbyterians Sense of Mission by role modeling CARES Behaviors and appropriate customer service techniques to perform patient education and act as a resource and advocate to our patients and members
• *Requires detailed knowledge of operations in a medical practice in terms of what and how work is to be done as well as why it is done
• *Familiarity with the Affordable Care Act and healthcare s role in assisting patients and patients families with health care costs
• *Must be able to interpret data
• *Comprehension of billing methodology for an integrated delivery system to include lab and other ancillary services in scope.
• *Demonstrated strong keyboarding skills, ensuring efficient data entry and documentation.
• *Knowledge in Microsoft Office Products.
• *Pass EPIC proficiency test required with a 85% score at completion of the Epic Training class.

Candidates must be at least 18 years of age at the