Patient Access & Registration Specialist (Evening Shift)

Salinas Valley Health Medical Center; Salinas (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Salinas Valley Health Medical Center in Salinas, CA seeks a Registration Clerk to support patient admissions and registration operations. You will interview patients or representatives to collect demographics and financial data, and enter information into the hospital system to register inpatient and outpatient visits.

The role requires a High School Diploma or GED and about one year of data entry and medical office experience.

Qualifications

• One year data entry and medical office experience.
• Experience with patient registration processes and hospital workflows.
• Ability to verify and collect patient demographics and financial data.

Responsibilities

• Interviews patient or patient representative to obtain demographic and financial data and enters information into the computer system.
• Prepares, processes and routes initial paperwork for charts, patient identification bands, labels and cards.
• Contacts physicians' offices for authorization numbers for treatment when appropriate.
• Reviews patient data for accuracy and enters required information into the system.
• Monitors transfers and bed swaps and adheres to regulatory requirements.
• Supports compliance with Federal and State regulations including Advance Directives, Patient Rights, Medicare/Medicaid rules.

Skills

Data entry

Medical office

Patient registration

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Salinas Valley Health Medical Center in Salinas, CA seeks a Registration Clerk to support patient admissions and registration operations. You will interview patients or representatives to collect demographics and financial data, and enter information into the hospital system to register inpatient and outpatient visits.

The role requires a High School Diploma or GED and about one year of data entry and medical office experience.