Patient Service Representative

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; North Dakota; On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PEAK tuition program

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Intermountain Health is seeking a Patient Service Representative to be the first connection with patients, delivering exceptional customer/patient satisfaction. The role involves greeting or checking in/out patients, verifying information, and coordinating with care teams to resolve needs within the EMR framework.

The PSR collaborates with caregivers to ensure accurate data, schedules appointments, collects insurance details, and assists with billing-related forms, while maintaining PHI privacy

Qualifications

• Six months of customer service experience.
• Basic computer skills incl. word processing and data entry.
• Professional manner and strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to protect privacy and PHI of patients and caregivers.

Responsibilities

• Provide courteous, professional connections with patients in person, by phone, or via secure messaging.
• Resolve patient needs related to intake and care for a superior experience.
• Document calls accurately in the EMR.
• Schedule appointments for visits, tests, referrals, and consultations.
• Register patients by confirming and updating demographic data.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Data entry

PHI protection

Education

High school diploma or GED preferred

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Job Description

The Patient Service Representative (PSR) serves as the first connection between Intermountain and patients. This role embodies Intermountain values and focuses on establishing collaborative relationships with patients and fellow caregivers to deliver the highest level of customer/patient satisfaction. The PSR ensures a superior customer experience by identifying and resolving patient needs related to patient intake and care, which may include greeting and checking‑in/out patients, as well as verifying information supplied by patients.

Essential Functions

• Provides courteous and professional connections with patients over the phone, in person or via secure messaging.
• Resolves patient needs skills to ensure a superior customer experience by identifying and resolving patient needs related to patient intake and care.
• Documents all phone calls accurately and completely in the electronic medical record (EMR).
• Schedules patient appointments for visits, procedures, diagnostic tests, referrals, and/or consultations.
• Registers patients over the phone or in person by confirming, entering, and/or updating all required demographic data on patient and guarantor on the registration system.
• Follows procedures when identifying patients.
• Obtains copies of insurance cards, forms of ID, and signatures on all required forms.
• May verify information on appropriate accounts to determine insurance coordination of benefits, may include pre‑certification/prior authorization.
• Assists patients in completing necessary forms to meet regulatory and billing needs prior to receiving clinical care.
• Scans necessary paperwork and educates patient on financial assistance.
• Proactively requests payments from patients on current and past medical services.
• Receives and processes those payments following appropriate procedures for handling payments.
• Stays current on role/responsibilities, updates etc. which may include reviewing monthly email/newsletter, ambulatory epic dashboard, patient access, work ques, attend clinic/service line meetings, review emails each shift, etc. to ensure the highest standard of performance is achieved.

Minimum Qualifications

• Six months of customer service experience involving interactions with customers.
• Demonstrated basic computer skills involving word processing and data entry.
• Professional manner and strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with patients and fellow caregivers to deliver the highest level of customer/patient satisfaction.
• Ability to protect privacy, confidentiality, and Protected Health Information (PHI) of patients, members, and caregivers.

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of customer service experience involving interactions with customers in person and by phone.
• Billing and collections experience.
• Computer literacy in using electronic medical records (EMR) systems and other relevant software.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Multilingual

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for caregivers to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
• Position may require standing for long periods of time, lifting supplies.
• May assist patients into/out of the clinic.

Position Details

Location: Billings OB‑GYN

Work City: Billings

Work State: Montana

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $18.31 - $23.80

Benefits

We care about your well‑being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up‑front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment. Learn more.

EEO Statement

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Other Legal and Compliance Information

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

Intermountain Health strides to protect privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment.

All positions subject to close without notice.