Hourly Pay Range: $20.29 - $29.42 - The hourly pay rate offered is determined by a candidate's expertise and years of experience, among other factors. Position Highlights: Position: Patient Access Representative II - Specialty Clinics Call Center. Location: 3040 and 3060 Salt Creek Lane, Arlington Heights, IL. Full-Time: 40 hours/weekly. Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Travel: Coverage at all surrounding offices in the area.
What you will do:
- Performs complete and accurate registration and/or admission functions across multiple access services areas or sites to provide information to maximize reimbursement, and ensures timely and thorough information to all other providers and users of patient data.
- Verifies insurance requirements, obtains and understands insurance benefits.
- Collects non-covered fees.
- Registers and pre-registers outpatients in more than one clinical and diagnostic location within their primary area of responsibility and multiple access areas outside hiring location.
- Access areas include but may not be limited to Busse Center, Emergency/Admitting Department, Immediate Care Centers, Laboratory and Cancer Services.
- Interacts with patients and their representatives to collect and interpret all required demographic, insurance, financial, and clinical data necessary to facilitate patient check in and registration at point of service.
- Offers and/or schedules interpreter services for patients when necessary.
- Obtains and scans general consent for treatment, identification and insurance cards, Coordination of Benefits and other appropriate documents.
- Obtain and submit National Provider Identification (NPI) for providers not on staff ordering outpatient diagnostic tests.
- Interpret physician orders for completeness and compliance with regulatory agencies and NCH policies.
- Informs patients of registration processes and privacy notification, establishes financial responsibility to meet internal, regulatory or payer requirements.
- When applicable, completes the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) questionnaire and discusses potential deferral of services according to NCH policy.
- Initiates the Medicare Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN), as appropriate, and explains payer policies to patients.
- Streamlines check in process for patient previously pre-registered and appropriately updates the account for changes identified upon arrival.
- Reviews physician’s orders for compliance with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations and NCH and medical staff office policies.
- Ensures financial protocols and requirements are met.
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