Patient Services Specialist

Community Bridges, Inc.; Mesa (AZ); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks PTO

Hospital indemnity

Pet Insurance

Dependent Care Savings

Health Care Savings

401K with employer match

Wellness programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Incentives

Competitive pay

Job summary

Community Bridges, Inc. is seeking a Patient Services Specialist to manage front-end clinic operations, including patient registration, demographic verification, and EHR chart maintenance.

The role handles incoming calls, schedules intake appointments, and collects insurance details. Responsibilities include performing insurance verifications, identifying amounts due, locating funding sources for uninsured patients, and coordinating AHCCCS screening and enrollment referrals with specialists.

Qualifications

• Highschool Diploma or GED is required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Healthcare is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Register patients and verify demographic information.
• Create and maintain patient electronic charts.
• Answer clinic calls and route as needed.
• Schedule intake appointments within established timeframes.
• Obtain demographic information such as name, address, phone, email, and insurance details.
• Complete insurance verifications for each patient visit and identify amounts due.
• Identify funding sources for uninsured patients and refer AHCCCS screening/applications to the enrolment specialist.
• Notify clinical team when registration is complete and schedule follow-ups as indicated.

Skills

Insurance verification

Front desk experience

Customer service

AHCCCS knowledge

Education

Highschool Diploma or GED

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Healthcare

Job description

Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI) is an integrated behavioral healthcare agency offering a variety of different programs throughout Arizona. CBI provides residential, outpatient, inpatient, patient-centered medical homes, medication-assisted treatment, and crisis services to individuals experiencing crisis, opioid use disorder, homelessness, and mental illness.

Community Bridges, Inc. (CB I) is an integrated behavioral healthcare agency offering a variety of different programs throughout Arizona. CBI provides residential, outpatient, inpatient, patient-centered medical homes, medication-assisted treatment, and crisis services to individuals experiencing crisis, opioid use disorder, homelessness, and mental illness.

CBI is the premiere non-profit fully integrated healthcare provider of substance use and behavioral health programs in Arizona, including prevention, education and treatment using cutting-edge, nationally recognized, evidence-based models.

Job Summary

The Patient Services Specialist is responsible for the front-end business operations for the assigned clinic including patient registration, verification of patient demographic information, create and maintaining patient electronic chart. This position answers incoming calls to the clinic and routes as needed, schedules intake appointments within established timeframes in the CBI EHR/EPM scheduling system. Obtains necessary demographic information including, but not limited to: name, address, phone number, e-mail address, insurance information. Completes insurance verifications for each patient visit and identifies any patient amounts due at the time service is provided. For uninsured patients, identifies any potential funding source, and identifies those potentially eligible for AHCCCS and refers to the eligibility and enrollment specialist for AHCCCS screening and application. Notifies a clinical team member when registration is completed for services to be completed. Schedules follow-up appointments for clinic services as indicated by the clinical team.

Skills/Requirements

• Highschool Diploma or GED is required . Bachelor’s Degree inBusiness orHealthcareispreferred.
• 1- 3 years of experience with insurance verification and/or front desk experience in a medical office setting is preferred but not required of this position.
• Must have knowledge of AHCCCS, insurance, and strong customer service skills.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience.

CBI Offers an excellent benefits package!

• Generous PTO accrual (5 weeks!),
• Hospital indemnity/ Critical Illness,
• Pet Insurance,
• Dependent Care Savings, Health Care Savings,
• 401K with employer match - 100% vested upon enrollment,
• Wellness programs,
• Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs, incentives, and more!
• Very Competitive pay rates

CBI is growing and expanding our services!

• We are experience tremendous growth in this time. As an essential service provider, we value all our employees and their careers in the clinical field.
• *For the past four years, The Phoenix Business Journal has recognized CBI as one of the top ten healthiest mid-size employers in the Valley! *

CBI Values your Career and have lots of growth opportunities!

Our staff experience tremendous professional growth through ongoing training and support. Our team is supported by strong and competent leadership. Come join our team of passionate individuals who are serious about making a difference in the lives of our patients and the communities we serve.

About our Culture, commitment to employees!

• We are looking for driven and compassionate individual’s that thrive in an upbeat and safe working environment. We dedicate a lot of thought and effort into work life balance as well as our competitive composition structure.
• We know life happens, that’s why we all start with a 5-week PTO plan as well as a wide range of unique benefits!

Our Facilities.

Our 26 locations are all state-of-the-art facility that provides top notch integrated care. We are proud to adhere to a “no wrong door” treatment approach that allows our staff to dramatically improve the quality of life for the patients in their care.

CBI treats patients from all different walks of life and believes in maintaining the dignity of human life. Recovery is possible!

CBI Offers an excellent benefits package!

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, Supplemental plans - Hospital indemnity/ Critical Illness, Pet Insurance, Dependent Care Savings, Health Care Savings, 401K with employer match - 100% vested upon enrollment, Generous PTO accrual, Wellness programs, Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs, incentives, and more!
• For the past four years, The Phoenix Business Journal has recognized CBI as one of the top ten healthiest mid-size employers in the Valley.

CBI treats patients from all different walks of life and believes in maintaining the dignity of human life. Recovery is possible!