Patient Access Representative

UPMC; Altoona (PA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC Altoona is hiring Patient Access Representatives for multiple sites including the Emergency Department, OP1, the Hospital, and the Station Medical Center. We are seeking friendly faces to help provide excellent experiences to our patients.

You will coordinate patient access across the revenue cycle, assist with scheduling, registration, and insurance eligibility, and create a positive first impression of our hospital services for patients and families. Full-time opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Friendly personality with a positive impact on patients.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with medical staff, nursing, insurance carriers, and other external professionals to assist patients.
• Complete the registration and insurance eligibility processes and create the first impression of the Hospital's services.
• Interview patients/guarantors to obtain demographic and confidential clinical and financial information.
• Understand the revenue cycle and the importance of securing financial resources for patients to maximize reimbursement.
• Enter information into the Hospital's computer system to expedite data collection, billing, and reimbursement.

Job description

Patient Access Representative

UPMC Altoona has immediate openings for Patient Access Representatives for the Emergency Department, OP1, the Hospital, and the Station Medical Center. We are looking for friendly faces to help provide excellent experiences to our patients at UPMC!

If you have a friendly personality and like to have a positive impact on someone’s day – this could be the perfect position for you! We currently have full-time opportunities available.

Purpose:

Functions under the general direction of department leadership in Patient Access. Coordinates patient access for all phases of the revenue cycle from scheduling and registration up to and including referral and denial management.

Responsibilities:

• The PAS Representative works directly with medical staff, nursing, ancillary departments, insurance carriers, and other external professionals to assist patients in obtaining health care and financial services.


• Reporting to the Manager/Supervisor, this position is responsible for completing the registration and insurance eligibility processes with Patient Access Services and creating the first impression of the Hospital's services to patients, family members, and other external customers.


• Additional responsibilities include interviewing patients/guarantors to obtain demographic and confidential clinical and financial information necessary to appropriately schedule, register, obtain treatment authorizations, and verify insurance eligibility and corresponding benefit levels.


• The Patient Access Services (PAS) Representative must have a working knowledge of the managed care environment, third-party reimbursement, hospital and community services, and hospital and healthcare policies.


• All information is entered into the Hospital's computer system to expedite data collection, billing, and Hospital reimbursement.


• Critical to this position is the ability to gather and record all appropriate information that lays the groundwork for the remaining or future fiscal efforts of the Hospital


• Also works as a team member and positively accepts change throughout the Hospital.


• Critical to this position is understanding the revenue cycle and the importance of evaluating and securing all appropriate financial resources for patients to maximize reimbursement to the Hospital.


• The PAS Representative must be capable of articulating information in a manner that patients, guarantors, and family members know what to expect and what their financial responsibilities will ultimately be.