Registrar, Ambulatory Care Services (Evenings)

Downstate; New York (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn seeks a full-time Registrar / TH Staff Assistant 2 (Evenings) to support ambulatory care registration and patient flow.

You will interview patients, verify demographics, manage insurance eligibility, and assist with inpatient admissions and bed assignments using Eagle, Cerner, Orchestrate, and related systems. Strong communication and computer skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication with patients and families.
• Basic computer literacy and data entry skills.

Responsibilities

• Interview and verify demographic, biographic, and financial information to complete registration for patients and families.
• Place wristbands on patients and manage patient flow and room assignments.
• Verify insurance eligibility across multiple payor sources and ensure accurate patient records.

Skills

Good communication

Computer literacy

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Description

The Department of Ambulatory Care Services at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time diem Registrar / TH Staff Assistant 2 (Evenings). The successful candidate will:

• Interview and verify demographic, biographic, and financial information with the patient and/or family members in order to complete a registration using the Eagle Database System.
• Place wristband on patient wrist or ankle for children under 2 years old.
• Verify insurance eligibility of all patients through EMEV (Medicaid), MCVR (Medicare), EBLC (Blue Cross), and Clearance (for all commercial insurances).
• Distribute information relating to patient’s rights and the HIPPA privacy law.
• Obtain patient’s signature on all necessary forms authorizing consent and acknowledging receipt.
• Reconcile all patient charts.
• Assist patients or family members with inquiries.
• Admit patients utilizing the Orchestrate system.
• Convert an Outpatient Registration to Inpatient.
• Assign beds to all admitted patients.
• Perform Bed Transfers in Eagle to ensure patient is in correct room so physician can locate patient in Health Bridge.
• Adhere to all Regulatory Standards.
• Attend all Registration Meeting and complete all training in a timely manner.
• Order laboratory test utilizing the Cerner database and retrieve results upon request.
• Perform other job related duties as required or as business need warrant, as the duties and responsibilities are not limited to the above position description.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Must possess good communication skills.
• Computer literacy highly desirable.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree.
• 1+ year of related hospital-based experience.
• Knowledge of third-party billing in managed care.