Patient Registrar: Friendly Scheduling & Registration

Jrfnj; Edison (NJ); On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 hours work week

Company paid employee medical coverage

Dental, Vision, supplemental benefits

403B Retirement Plan

Paid vacation and sick days

Paid holidays

Professional Development opportunities

Job summary

The Jewish Renaissance Foundation’s JRF Community Health Center in Edison, NJ is hiring an on-site Patient Registrar. You will schedule medical, dental, and behavioral health visits, collect demographics and insurance data, verify coverage, and process payments using an EMR system.

The role emphasizes confidentiality, customer service, and accurate data entry. Hours are Monday–Friday 8:30 AM–4:30 PM, with occasional Thursday evenings until 8 PM and Saturday 9 AM–2 PM as needed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma and one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Patient Registrar experience in a public health care or community clinic setting preferred.
• Familiarity and/or experience with an Electronic Medical Record system preferred; preferably eCW.
• Some general patient billing experience preferred.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
• Ability to promote a positive and cooperative work environment by establishing good communication with staff and management.
• Understanding of medical terminology and standard insurance forms.
• Required to maintain patients’ confidentiality in regard to HIPAA and other federal, state and local regulations as stated in the JRF policies and procedures manual.

Responsibilities

• Greets patients in a prompt, pleasant, and helpful manner.
• Books, coordinates and schedules all patient appointments utilizing the health center’s EMR system.
• Maintains a high level of accuracy and confidentiality with regard to patient and insurance input into the health center’s EMR system.
• Maintains and updates current information on providers’ schedules.
• Answers telephone, screens calls, and provides information to callers as needed.
• Assembles and updates patients’ charts, and creates chart for all new patients.
• Conducts patient registration to obtain required demographic and insurance information and enters such information accurately into computer.
• Obtains required signatures on legal consent and insurance forms.
• Contact insurers to verify coverage and assure that we are the PCP, where necessary.
• Makes adjustments to the computer classification of claims to most accurately reflect the expected pay source.
• Answers inquiries of patients and public, in person or via telephone, regarding billing, regulations and services; when necessary, refers inquiries to appropriate person or department.
• Serves as liaison between patient and billing consultant when needed.
• Performs exit billing and discuss’ patient’s account balance with responsible party.
• Responsible for daily cash collections.
• Maintains daily log of uncompensated care applications and other state and local governmental applications.
• Completes State applications for uncompensated care program as well as Medicaid presumptive eligibility.
• Attends and successfully completes all required training programs and participates in ongoing conference calls, webinars, and other professional development opportunities.
• Attends staff meetings, health center meetings, and any other mandatory agency-wide meetings geared towards the position.
• Supports Health Center in meeting all agency-wide and grantor deadlines.
• Special projects and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish

Communication

Confidentiality

Medical terminology

Education

High School Diploma

1-2 years related experience

Tools

eCW EMR

Job description

The Jewish Renaissance Foundation’s JRF Community Health Center in Edison, NJ is hiring an on-site Patient Registrar. You will schedule medical, dental, and behavioral health visits, collect demographics and insurance data, verify coverage, and process payments using an EMR system.

The role emphasizes confidentiality, customer service, and accurate data entry. Hours are Monday–Friday 8:30 AM–4:30 PM, with occasional Thursday evenings until 8 PM and Saturday 9 AM–2 PM as needed.