Patient Service Specialist - Case Management - La Jolla

Scripps Health; San Diego (CA); In loco; USD 25.000 - 39.000; Tempo pieno

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Retirement options

Descrizione del lavoro

Scripps Health in San Diego area is hiring a Patient Service Specialist in the Case Management department. This full-time role (80 hours per pay period) supports care managers, social workers, and providers with transitions of care, referrals, authorization management, and insurance coordination.

The position involves interacting with patients, payers, and providers to gather information for accurate registration and payment processing, managing check-in/check-out, and providing price estimates

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• Interacting with patients, payers, and providers to gather information necessary for accurate registration including assigning of appropriate Medical Record Number, referral/authorization, point of service payment collection, document collection and arrival/check-in functions.
• Receiving and routing messages received in the department appropriately as well as manages customer billing and payment inquires as needed.
• Effectively managing the patient check-in and check-out process from start to finish, which includes identification verification; updating or confirming demographic and insurance information on every patient; ensuring appropriate forms are provided, signed and witnessed at the time of the patient visit; verifying coverage including benefits, authorization, pre-determination, payer specific policy exclusions or limitations to coverage, collecting any patient responsibility and accurately preparing end of day reporting or payment reconciliation as needed.
• Assisting patients with HPE eligibility, discussing payment arrangement options including financial assistance information, providing price estimates.
• Regularly displaying a proactive approach to customer service by listening to the patient, taking ownership of solutions and being able to accurately identify the need to involve leadership to resolve concerns.
• Acting as a member of the patient care team by supporting the clinical care staff in the care of the patient.

Descrizione del lavoro

This is aFull-Time position (80 hours per pay period) with a varied day shift schedule (includes every other weekend) located at our Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. You will enjoy comprehensive benefits that cover health & wellness, career development, and retirement options among other benefits.

Why join Scripps Health?

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2026.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Becker’s Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

Join a caring team supporting Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla as a Patient Service Specialist in the Case Management department. The primary duties of this position will include supporting care managers and social workers with transitions of care, referral management through ECIN/CarePort, authorization management, and insurance and provider coordination. Other duties may include the following:

• Interacting with patients, payers, and providers to gather information necessary for accurate registration including assigning of appropriate Medical Record Number, referral/authorization, point of service payment collection, document collection and arrival/check-in functions.
• Receiving and routing messages received in the department appropriately as well as manages customer billing and payment inquires as needed.
• Effectively managing the patient check-in and check-out process from start to finish, which includes identification verification; updating or confirming demographic and insurance information on every patient; ensuring appropriate forms are provided, signed and witnessed at the time of the patient visit; verifying coverage including benefits, authorization, pre-determination, payer specific policy exclusions or limitations to coverage, collecting any patient responsibility and accurately preparing end of day reporting or payment reconciliation as needed.
• Assisting patients with HPE eligibility, discussing payment arrangement options including financial assistance information, providing price estimates.
• Regularly displaying a proactive approach to customer service by listening to the patient, taking ownership of solutions and being able to accurately identify the need to involve leadership to resolve concerns.
• Acting as a member of the patient care team by supporting the clinical care staff in the care of the patient.