Patient Access Registrar – On-Site, Part-Time

Southeast Georgia Health System Inc / SGHS; Brunswick (GA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Southeast Georgia Health System is seeking an on-site Registrar for part-time hours. The role involves greeting patients, coordinating the registration process, and ensuring accurate demographic data entry and insurance verification at the point of service.

You will also handle phone registrations, precertifications where applicable, and bedside or bed assignments while communicating hospital policies and expected financial responsibilities to patients.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Registration or bed control experience in a hospital setting and experience with determining financial responsibility for medical services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Greeting incoming patients and coordinating the registration process with applicable departments.
• Creating accurate patient encounter records by collecting and entering demographics into the computer system.
• Performing phone registrations to ensure scheduled patients are processed and served in a timely manner upon their arrival.
• Verifying insurance coverage on all patients having outpatient surgery.
• Initiating insurance precertification on inpatients and outpatients where applicable.
• Coordinating the assignment of patient beds in accordance with physician orders.
• Gathering and processing patient registration data to meet state, federal and accreditation standards, and informing patients of their estimated financial responsibility.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Southeast Georgia Health System is seeking an on-site Registrar for part-time hours. The role involves greeting patients, coordinating the registration process, and ensuring accurate demographic data entry and insurance verification at the point of service.

You will also handle phone registrations, precertifications where applicable, and bedside or bed assignments while communicating hospital policies and expected financial responsibilities to patients.