RCM Customer Service Representative

Tenet Healthcare Corporation; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with employer match

Paid time off

Holidays

Health savings accounts

Employee assistance

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare Corporation, in conjunction with Conifer Health within the Tenet family, seeks a customer service representative to handle inbound calls related to patient accounting. Occasional outbound follow ups on outstanding AR accounts may occur in low-volume periods.

Responsibilities include resolving caller questions with a service-oriented approach, maintaining a calm, professional tone, and following established procedures to ensure first-contact resolution where possible.

Qualifications

• High school education or the equivalent.
• 1 - 2 years prior experience in an inbound call center and/or customer service environment; hospital patient account billing with experience or knowledge of 3rd party reimbursements from insurance companies and government payers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Answer inbound customer service calls and some outbound follow ups, timely and professional.
• Identify caller issues, resolve with first-call resolution where possible, and escalate when needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Problem solving

Active listening

English fluency

De-escalation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for answering inbound customer service calls related to patient accounting questions. When inbound call volumes are low incumbent may make outbound follow up calls on outstanding AR accounts.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Include the following. Others may be assigned.

• Answer inbound customer service calls and make some outbound follow up calls in a professional, service-oriented manner. Answer the calls timely without drops/abandons.
• Ascertain the reason for the call and assist the caller with their questions, concerns or problems with the focus on first call resolution. Facilitate resolution by referring the matter to the issue/content expert. Escalate the matter to a supervisor, request the appropriate information or take appropriate action so that the issue expert is able to effectively resolve the matter.
• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Exceptional customer service skills including effective and efficient problem solving and analyzing skills
• Professional and calming tone of voice with complete command of the English language free of use of inappropriate grammar
• Ability to facilitate conversations with others and establish an understanding of the customer's issue/reason for contact
• Ability to perform essential job functions with high degree of independence, flexibility, and creative problem-solving techniques
• Ability to maintain control of the call by de-escalating issues and instilling confidence that the resolution has been found.
• Ability to function effectively under stress of conflicting demands on time and attention and, sometimes, under duress from difficult personalities
• Ability to interpret and apply reimbursement aspects of managed healthcare contracts
• Attentive listening skills
• Ability to clearly articulate a response to the customer using appropriate voice modulation

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• High school education or the equivalent
• 1 - 2 years prior experience in an inbound call center and/or customer service environment; hospital patient account billing with experience or knowledge of 3rd party reimbursements from insurance companies and government payers is a plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for extended periods of time

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Call Center environment with headset and multiple workstations within close proximity
• Hospital Environment may include direct patient interaction

As a part of the Tenet and Catholic Health Initiatives family, Conifer Health brings 30 years of healthcare industry expertise to clients in more than 135 local regions nationwide. We help our clients strengthen their financial and clinical performance, serve their communities and succeed at the business of healthcare. Conifer Health helps organizations transition from volume to value-based care, enhance the consumer and patient healthcare experience and improve quality, cost and access to healthcare. Are you ready to be part of our solutions? Welcome to the company that gives you the resources and incentives to redefine healthcare services, with a competitive benefits package and leadership to take your career to the next step!

Compensation

• Pay: $15.80 - $23.70 per hour. Compensation depends on location, qualifications, and experience.
• Position may be eligible for a signing bonus for qualified new hires, subject to employment status.
• Conifer observed holidays receive time and a half.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) - min of 12 days per year, accrue at a rate of approximately 1.84 hours per 40 hours worked.
• 401k with up to 6% employer match
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.
• For Colorado employees, Conifer offers paid leave in accordance with Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.