Patient Financial Services Representative Phys Pract

Banner Health; Goodyear (AZ); On-site; USD 38,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Medical Group Family Medicine and Pediatrics in Goodyear, AZ is seeking a Patient Financial Services professional to manage registration, check-in/check-out, verify insurance, and guide patients through financial responsibilities.

You will post payments, coordinate with payors, schedule visits, and deliver clear financial policies while providing compassionate service that supports patients' access to care.

Qualifications

• Requires 1+ year of patient financial services, insurance, or billing experience.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with common office software and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Handle registration/check-in and data entry with accuracy.
• Verify insurance coverage and document eligibility.
• Collect patient liability and explain financial policies to patients.
• Post payments/charges and reconcile daily transactions.
• Schedule appointments and manage patient flow to maximize reimbursement.
• Respond to patient questions via phone, email, or in person.
• Assist with patient records requests and maintain compliance with privacy policies.

Skills

Insurance verification

Patient registration

Cash handling

Customer service

Data entry

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Billing software

Job description

Primary City/State: Goodyear, Arizona Department Name: Admin-Clinic Work Shift: Day Job Category: Revenue Cycle

Step into a rewarding Patient Financial Services role at Banner Medical Group Family Medicine and Pediatrics. As the financial navigator for our patients, you’ll manage the complete registration, check-in, and check-out process while providing clear guidance on insurance coverage, referrals, and authorizations. You'll serve as a trusted advisor, helping patients understand their financial responsibility and maximizing reimbursement efforts through expert insurance verification and collections. This role combines essential administrative skills—including appointment scheduling, point-of-service posting, and compliance management—with meaningful patient interaction that directly impacts their healthcare journey. If you’re detail-oriented and want to use your financial services expertise to support patients pursuing better health, this position offers the perfect blend of purpose and professional growth.

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 AM-5:00 PM Location: 1800 N Civic Square Goodyear, AZ 8539S5

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

• 1. 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.
• 2. Verifies insurance eligibility benefits for services rendered with the payors and documents appropriately. Assists in obtaining or validating pre-certification, referrals, and authorizations
• 3. 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.
• 4. 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.
• 5. 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.
• 6. 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.
• 7. Assists in responding to requests for patient medical records according to company policies and procedures, and state and federal laws.
• 8. 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.
• 9. Works independently under regular supervision and follows structured work routines. Works in a fast paced, multi-task environment with high volume and immediacy needs requiring independent decision making and sound judgment to prioritize work and ensure appropriateness and timeliness of each patient’s care. This position requires the ability to retain large amounts of changing payor information/knowledge crucial to attaining reimbursement for the services provided. Primary external customers include patients and their families, physician office staff and third party payors.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Requires knowledge of patient financial services, financial, collecting services or insurance industry experience processes normally acquired over one or more years of work experience.
• Requires the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously with minimal supervision and to work independently.
• Requires strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills to effectively interact with a wide range of audiences.
• Strong knowledge in the use of common office software, word processing, spreadsheet, and database software are required.
• Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment. An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Work experience with the Company’s systems and processes is preferred.
• Previous cash collections experience is preferred.
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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