Patient Placement Representative

C002 Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA); Town of Charleston (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

The Medical University of South Carolina is seeking a Patient Placement Representative to manage electronic placement, activate patient arrivals, and update demographic and insurance data. You will liaison between registration, clinical staff and the Admit Transfer Center (ATC).

Responsibilities include accurate registration, ICD-10/CPT coding, verification of medical necessity, and active participation in quality improvement and departmental meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in health information, business management or related field with two (2) years of work experience; or high school diploma with four (4) years of work experience in healthcare or a business related field.
• Ability to interpret and apply financial procedures and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Register patients accurately in medical systems.
• Assign ICD-10 and CPT codes relative to patient registration.
• Verify diagnosis and coverage criteria using medical necessity tools.
• Provide excellent service to physicians, patients, families and staff.
• Participate in quality improvement and departmental meetings.

Skills

Patient registration

Medical coding (ICD-10/CPT)

Communication with physicians/patients

Quality improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in health information or related field

Tools

Hospital information systems

Job description

Job Description Summary The Patient Placement Representative reports to the Admit Transfer Center Supervisor. Under limited supervision, the Patient Placement Representative is responsible for administratively managing the electronic placement process to include activation of patient arrivals, removal of discharges from the bed board, updating MD change requests with patient type and attending MD information. This position will also process patient preadmission and admission demographic and insurance data, and function as a liaison between registration, clinical staff and the Admit Transfer Center (ATC).

Entity Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Cost Center CC000274 CHS OH - Bed Management (Main) Pay Rate Type Hourly Pay Grade Health-20 Scheduled Weekly Hours 36 Work Shift Day (United States of America)

Job Description Responsibilities

• Responsible for accurate and timely patient registration utilizing medical systems.
• This person will assign ICD-10 and CPT codes relative to patient registration.
• This person will utilize facility medical necessity tool to verify appropriate diagnosis and coverage criteria.
• This work will need to be performed according to established policies and procedures.
• The associate will provide exceptional customer service to physicians, patients, family members and all other medical professionals.
• In addition to the day to day responsibilities, this person will actively participate in quality improvement and innovative change processes as well as departmental meetings and educational offerings.

Additional Job Description

• Bachelor’s Degree in health information, business management or related field with two (2) years of work experience; or high school diploma with four (4) years of work experience in healthcare or a business related field.
• Ability to interpret and apply financial procedures and regulations preferred.
• Previous experience with hospital information systems preferred.
• Excellent communication skills required; must be able to communicate effectively with patients/families, physicians, employers, and third party payors.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.

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Thank you for wanting to be part of the Medical University of South Carolina team. Whether you want to teach the next generation of health care leaders, innovate new business models, discover the next breakthrough or provide patient care, there's a role for you that fuels your passion and takes advantage of your skills. There are career opportunities available in academics, research, hospital medicine, physician practices and support services, from patient billing to IT. As an applicant, you can search jobs for all MUSC entities as well as search by category and location. MUSC attracts more than $250 million annually in research funding, making it the biggest magnet for biomedical, extramural research dollars of all institutions of higher learning in South Carolina.

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