Patient Access Schedule Agent, Partially Remote, 8:00am-4:30pm

HAHHH; Worcester, Northern (MA, KY); Hybride; USD 44 000 - 61 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

UMass Memorial Health is seeking a Patient Access Scheduler to handle incoming calls, coordinate appointments across multiple clinics, and gather essential patient and insurance information. The role requires strong communication and organizational skills, with a focus on patient experience and accuracy.

Responsibilities include outbound scheduling, processing insurance updates, and coordinating in-office procedures.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• English speaking, reading and writing skills.
• Bilingual abilities may be required or preferred.

Responsabilités

• Handles incoming phone calls from patients, families and providers to schedule appointments.
• Makes outbound calls to schedule appointments with specialists across multiple clinics.
• Secure information for billing and insurance details during scheduling.
• Collects patient liabilities prior to or on the date of service as appropriate.
• Schedules in-office procedures and coordinates room availability.

Connaissances

Interpersonal skills

Clear communication

Bilingual (English/Spanish etc)

Formation

High school diploma

Associate’s degree in business or healthcare-related field

Description du poste

**Exemption Status:**Non-Exempt**Hiring Range:**$20.94 - $29.27**(based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).****Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.****Schedule Details:**Monday through Friday**Scheduled Hours:**8:00am-4:30pm**Shift:**1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)**Hours:**40**Cost Center:**99940 - 5492 Patient Access Center**Union:**SHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees)This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.# # **Everyone Is a Caregiver**At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.**Major Responsibilities:*** Handles incoming phone calls from patients, families and referring providers to schedule patient appointments. Scheduling scope includes multiple providers across multiple clinics/departments, practices across multiple campuses.* Makes outbound phone calls to patients to schedule appointments with specialists and subspecialists**.*** As part of the appointment scheduling process, secure the information needed to facilitate the financial aspects of medical care such as patient demographics (name, date of birth, etc.), insurance information, and account guarantor. Processes updates and corrections to patient insurance and demographic information. Collects patient liabilities prior to or on the date of service, as appropriate.* Based upon appointment visit type, secure medical records from outside health care organizations to ensure the provider has the necessary medical information to provide care.* Schedules in office procedures (such as biopsies, etc.), which often requires scheduling the appointment and scheduling the room where the procedure will take place.*.***Position Qualifications:****License/Certification/Education:****Required:*** High school diploma.**Preferred:*** Associate’s degree in business or healthcare-related field.**Experience/Skills:****Required:*** English speaking, reading and writing skills.* Strong intrapersonal and communication skills.**Preferred:*** Previous scheduling and/or phone customer services experience.* Previous experience in a health care organization.* Bilingual speaking, reading, and writing skills.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.