Patient Financial Advocate - Part-Time

Rutgers University; The Ironbound (NJ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC) in Newark, NJ is seeking a part-time Financial Assistance Advisor for the Outpatient Services – Newark. You will register patients, collect demographic and financial data, verify insurance and forward packages to Clinical Records to complete medical folders.

The position is on-site, 20 hours per week, with day shifts. Requires two to three years of clerical experience, including medical billing or insurance activities.

Qualifications

• Two to three years of progressively more responsible clerical experience, one year of which must have been in a physician’s office, hospital billing office or insurance company which involved billing and collection or medical insurance activities.
• Prior experience functioning in a computerized environment.
• Familiarity with medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Interviews the patient and/or relatives and assists in completing all required registration forms.
• Obtains demographic and financial information prior to treatment.
• Obtains copies of insurance cards and identification prior to treatment.
• Reviews patient insurance information that was verified prior to patients’ appointment.
• Enters completed insurance data into revenue cycle system.
• Completes requirement tracking when a client is initially registered and/or routinely updated.

Education

Clerical experience

Medical billing/insurance experience

Job description

Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC) in Newark, NJ is seeking a part-time Financial Assistance Advisor for the Outpatient Services – Newark. You will register patients, collect demographic and financial data, verify insurance and forward packages to Clinical Records to complete medical folders.

The position is on-site, 20 hours per week, with day shifts. Requires two to three years of clerical experience, including medical billing or insurance activities.