Patient Care Coordinator — Sign-On Bonus & Admitting

Optum; Commerce (GA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

Optum in Glendale, CA seeks an Admitting/Registration professional to ensure accurate patient intake and data entry in the ADT system. You will handle demographic verification, consent signatures, document scanning, and patient education materials, while adhering to CMS and EMTALA requirements.

The role requires on-site work in the Admitting Department with a flexible schedule (Mon–Fri, 8 AM–5 PM) and a $2,000 sign-on bonus for external applicants.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a hospital Patient Registration department, physician office setting, healthcare insurance company, revenue cycle vendor, and/or other revenue cycle related role
• 3+ years of experience with insurance - Medicare Medi-Cal, and Commercial
• 1+ years of experience in requesting and processing financial payments
• 1+ years of experience working in medical terminology
• Advanced level of computer proficiency
• Ability to work on-site at our Admitting Department at 1420 S Central Ave., Glendale CA 91204

Responsibilities

• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of registration requirements for all areas (Main Admitting, OP Registration, ED Registration, Maternity, Rehabilitation)
• Ensures complete, accurate and timely entry of demographic information into the ADT system
• Identifies patients to prevent duplicate medical record numbers
• Reviews assigned accounts for accuracy and required documentation
• Meet CMS billing requirements and document completion in hospital systems
• Collects and enters data into the ADT system with focus on accuracy
• Reviews ADT information with patient at registration and corrects errors
• Obtains signatures on forms requiring patient/guarantor signatures
• Ensures all required documents are scanned into systems
• Provides patient hand-outs (Rights, HIPAA, Advance Directive)
• Follows downtime procedures during ADT outages
• Follows EMTALA-compliant registration steps
• Assesses self-pay patients for presumptive eligibility
• Supports bed management and IT system updates for Admits/Transfers/Discharges
• Escalates issues to appropriate staff when needed
• Communicates with facility/providers to clarify information
• Complies with HIPAA, ABN, EMTALA, and related regulations

Skills

Hospital registration

Insurance knowledge

Finance/payments

Medical terminology

Computer proficiency

On-site work

Education

High School diploma/GED

Tools

Cerner

MS4

Job description

Optum in Glendale, CA seeks an Admitting/Registration professional to ensure accurate patient intake and data entry in the ADT system. You will handle demographic verification, consent signatures, document scanning, and patient education materials, while adhering to CMS and EMTALA requirements.

The role requires on-site work in the Admitting Department with a flexible schedule (Mon–Fri, 8 AM–5 PM) and a $2,000 sign-on bonus for external applicants.