Patient Admissions Specialist

Northern Nevada Health System; Sparks (NV); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Sierra Medical Center, part of Northern Nevada Health System, seeks an Admissions Clerk to handle efficient admission of inpatients, outpatients and ER admissions. You will collect patient demographics, insurance information, explain hospital policies, and route information to appropriate departments.

You will interview patients or representatives, ensure forms are complete, provide billing and visiting hours information, and support CQI activities to improve performance.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Additional languages preferred.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for obtaining all pertinent information including demographic and insurance information.
• Responsible for ensuring that all admissions forms are complete and accurate, spelling is correct. Applies patient labels to all necessary forms
• Provides information to the patient/representative about billing, complaint process, patient rights, HIPAA and visiting hours.
• Responsible, when previous arrangements have been made or a co-payment is required, to collect such payments, record payment and forward to the business office personnel

Skills

Customer service

English communication

Multilingual

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Sierra Medical Center, part of Northern Nevada Health System, seeks an Admissions Clerk to handle efficient admission of inpatients, outpatients and ER admissions. You will collect patient demographics, insurance information, explain hospital policies, and route information to appropriate departments.

You will interview patients or representatives, ensure forms are complete, provide billing and visiting hours information, and support CQI activities to improve performance.