Per Diem Patient Registration Specialist - Weekend Shifts

Jobtome; Westbrook (ME); On-site; USD 22,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

401k contribution

Job summary

Northern Light Health, in strategic partnership with Optum, is seeking a patient-focused registration professional to join our onsite team in Portland, ME. The role supports the delivery of care through accurate patient intake, insurance verification, and documentation efforts.

You will greet patients, collect demographics and insurance information, verify eligibility, and process payments and referrals in a fast-paced clinical setting.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in a hospital, office setting, customer service setting, or phone support setting.
• Flu vaccination or commitment to get vaccinated for the upcoming flu season.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-oriented service in clinical or front office setting.
• Greet and check in patients, answer phones, collect co-pays and insurance payments, process paperwork in a fast-paced environment.
• Verify patient demographics and insurance eligibility/benefits during registration.
• Enter or verify patient data in computer systems in real time.
• Process referrals, pre-certifications, pre-determinations, and pre-authorizations as required by insurance plans.
• Verify coverage and create price estimates; conduct reverifications as needed.
• Collect patient co-pays and discuss out-of-pocket obligations.
• Identify outstanding balances and attempt collection of any amount due.
• Schedule patient services prior to hospital discharge and coordinate with providers.
• Respond to patient/caregiver inquiries with compassion and respect.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Microsoft Office

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Northern Light Health, in strategic partnership with Optum, is seeking a patient-focused registration professional to join our onsite team in Portland, ME. The role supports the delivery of care through accurate patient intake, insurance verification, and documentation efforts.

You will greet patients, collect demographics and insurance information, verify eligibility, and process payments and referrals in a fast-paced clinical setting.