Patient Financial Services Representative Endocrinology

Banner Health Corporate; Sun City West (AZ); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Health in Sun City West, Arizona, is seeking a Front Desk Patient Financial Services Representative to join the Endocrinology clinic. You will be the first contact for patients, handling registrations, insurance verification, and financial counseling to maximize reimbursement.

Schedule appointments and support care teams in a fast-paced environment. The role emphasizes customer service, accuracy, and communication with patients and internal teams to ensure a positive experience and smooth

Qualifications

• Front desk customer service experience preferred.
• Experience with medical billing or insurance information processing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Register/check-in and data entry for patients and; collect and verify insurance details.
• Verify insurance eligibility and referrals/authorizations as needed.
• Collect patient liability and explain financial policies to patients.
• Enter payments/charges and balance cash drawer; prepare daily deposits.
• Schedule appointments and coordinate with care teams to optimize patient flow.
• Communicate with patients and staff to ensure accurate information and good service.

Skills

Customer service

Phone etiquette

Insurance verification

Job description

Primary City/State: Sun City West, Arizona

Department Name: C/P-SCW Endocrinology-Clinic

Work Shift: Day

Job Category: Revenue Cycle

Great careers are built at Banner Health. We understand that talented health care professionals appreciate having options. We are proud to offer our team members many career and lifestyle choices throughout our network of facilities.

Banner Health Endocrinologist study and provide treatment of conditions that affect glands and hormones that regulate metabolism, growth and development, sexual function and other important functions. Metabolism and hormones all working in harmony is important to overall health. When there are problems, an endocrinologist will work with patients to pinpoint the issue. Our endocrinologists have several treatment options to help patients with any of the conditions they may face.

As a Front Desk Patient Financial Services Representative, you are the first point of contact as patients and visitors approach the front desk. You'll work collectively with a dedicated group of healthcare professionals to ensure patients have a positive experience. This is a perfect opportunity to apply your great customer service skills and make patients and visitors feel welcomed. A career with our team is a great opportunity if you are just starting out or have many years of experience.

Location: Banner Medical Group Sun City West Endocrinology - 14416 W Meeker Blvd. Bldg C Sun City West, 85375

Schedule : Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm

At Banner Medical Group, you'll have the opportunity to perform a critical role in the community where you practice. Banner Medical Group provides both primary and specialty care throughout the communities in which Banner Health operates. We do this in a variety of settings - from smaller group practices like our Banner Health Clinics in Colorado and Wyoming, to large multi-specialty Banner Health Centers in the metropolitan Phoenix area. We currently have more than 1,000 physicians and more than 3,500 total employees in our group and are seeking others to enhance our ability to deliver our nonprofit mission of providing excellent patient care.

Position Summary

This position coordinates a smooth patient flow process by answering phones, scheduling patient appointments, providing registration of patient and insurance information, obtaining required signatures following established processes, procedures and standards. This position also verifies insurance coverage, validates referrals and authorizations, collects patient liability and provides financial guidance to patients to maximize medical services reimbursement efforts. This also includes accurately posting patients at the point of service and releasing information in accordance with organizational and compliance policies and guidelines.

Core Functions

• Performs registration/check-in processes, including but not limited to performing data entry activities, providing patients with appropriate information and intake forms, obtaining necessary signatures and generating population health summary.
• Verifies insurance eligibility benefits for services rendered with the payors and documents appropriately. Assists in obtaining or validating pre-certification, referrals, and authorizations
• Calculates and collects patient liability according to verification of insurance benefits and expected reimbursement. Explains and provides financial policies and available resources for alternative payment arrangements to patients and their families.
• Enters payments/charges for services rendered and performs daily payment/charge reconciliation in a timely and accurate manner. Balances cash drawer at the beginning and end of the day and prepares daily bank deposit with necessary paperwork sent to centralized billing for record purposes.
• Schedules office visits and procedures within the medical practice(s) and external practices as necessary. Maximizes reimbursement by scheduling patients in accordance with payor plan provisions. Confirms patient appointments for the following day as necessary and ensures patients are properly prepared for visits.
• Demonstrates proactive interpersonal communications skills while dealing with patient concerns through telephone calls, emails and in-person conversations. Optimizes patient flow by using effective customer service/communication skills by communicating to internal and external customers, care team, management, centralized services and HIMS.
• Assists in responding to requests for patient medical records according to company policies and procedures, and state and federal laws.
• Provides a variety of patient services to assist in patient flow including but not limited to escorting patients, taking vitals and patient history, assisting in patient treatment, distributing mail and fax information, ordering supplies, etc.
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