Patient Access & Registration Specialist II

GPH - North Platte NE Hospital; North Platte (NE); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Plains Health in North Platte, NE is seeking a Patient Access Tech II to coordinate all patient access activities including phone handling, scheduling, registration, and check-in/out. The role requires maintaining high accuracy in patient status and registration data within the Hospital Information System and Document Imaging System.

Primary responsibilities include interpreting insurance information, ensuring eligibility, performing financial screening, and explaining payment plans and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Must be 19 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Maintain understanding of Registration modules to pre-register and register patients; update database reflecting changes in patient status, transfers, newborns, discharges.
• Interpret insurance information and cards.
• Operate chart and order repositories in the Hospital Information System and Document Imaging System.
• Manage downtime procedures and re-initiation of HIS and DIS.
• Check patient insurance eligibility via websites.
• Complete patient financial screening to facilitate needs and reimbursement.
• Process patient payments and explain financial reasonableness, including good faith estimates and payment plans.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Great Plains Health in North Platte, NE is seeking a Patient Access Tech II to coordinate all patient access activities including phone handling, scheduling, registration, and check-in/out. The role requires maintaining high accuracy in patient status and registration data within the Hospital Information System and Document Imaging System.

Primary responsibilities include interpreting insurance information, ensuring eligibility, performing financial screening, and explaining payment plans and