Patient Access Representative (Pontiac)

Mclaren-Health-Care; Pontiac (MI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan is seeking a part-time Patient Access Registrar to perform accurate registration in the EMR, collect demographic and insurance information, and guide patients to the correct care setting.

You will greet customers, verify data, collect copays, and ensure compliance with hospital policies while maintaining professional, courteous service. Prior customer-service or health-care experience is preferred; EMR knowledge is a plus.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 1-year experience in a customer service role or health care industry required.
• Working knowledge of Windows, Excel, Word, Outlook and EMR systems preferred.
• Medical terminology preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accurately/registers patients in EMR with demographic and financial data.
• Greet customers promptly with a warm reception.
• Collects, documents, and scans required demographic and financial information.
• Directs patients to appropriate setting and explains delays as needed.
• Maintains professionalism and adheres to department standards.
• Estimates and collects copays, deductibles, and other patient financial obligations.
• Ensures compliance with hospital and department policies; supports Meaningful Use requirements.
• May facilitate use of electronic registration tools (e.g., tablets).
• Performs other duties as assigned by Management.

Skills

Customer service

Healthcare experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Windows

Excel

Word

Outlook

Cerner/EPIC EMR

Job description

McLaren Health Care

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Position Summary

Under the direction of the Patient Access Registration Front Line leadership team, the Patient Access Registrar is accountable to ensure a smooth timely registration/admission process.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Accurately and efficiently performs registration and financial functions via Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to include: thorough interviewing techniques, registers patients in appropriate status, following registration guidelines while ensuring the accurate and timely documentation of demographic and financial data; obtains the appropriate forms and scans into the medical record as per department protocol.
• Greet customers promptly with a warm and friendly reception.
• Collects, documents, scans all required demographic and financial information.
• Direct patients to appropriate setting, explaining, and apologizing for any delays.
• Always maintains professionalism and diplomacy, following specific standards as defined in the department professionalism policy.
• Estimates and collects copays, deductibles, and other patient financial obligations
• Manage all responsibilities within Compliance guidelines as outlined in the Hospital and Department Compliance Plans and in accordance with Meaningful Use requirements.
  Applies recurring visit processing according to protocol.
• May facilitate use of electronic registration tools where available (Wacom’s, iPads, etc.).
• Performs duties otherwise assigned by Management.

Qualifications

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• 1-year experience in a customer service role or health care industry.

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of Windows, Excel, Word, Outlook, Cerner, EPIC or other EMR system, Electronic Eligibility System and various websites for third party payers for verification is preferred
• Medical terminology preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrates characteristics that support the values, vision, mission, policies, and procedures of McLaren Health Care.
• Provides service excellence standards:
  • Responds promptly, professionally and courteously to all customers’ needs.
  • Cooperates and communicates effectively with all McLaren Health Care team members.
  • Contributes to continuous quality improvement efforts.
  • Must be able to understand, explain, calculate, analyze and interpret the information reviewed daily.
• Ensures customer interactions are done in a professional and courteous manner.
• Communications:communicates verbally and in writing in a positive, consistent, enthusiastic, and open mannered approach with all internal and external customers.
• Works independently in a self-directed, non-confrontational, collaborative manner.
• Constantly seeks opportunities to improve processes to support more efficient and effective work outcomes.
• Customer Focus:promotes positive internal and external relations by actively seeking and being responsive to customer feedback.Ability to support and participate in continuous quality improvement projects.
• Translates Mission and Vision into daily interactions with internal and external customers.Demonstrates drive, initiative and ownership in all endeavors undertaken for the benefit of the McLaren Health Care.
• Displays high ethical standards.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Part-time
• Daily Work Times: 10:00am-6:30pm
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.