Registrar - Grand Ledge

Mclaren-Health-Care; Grand Ledge (MI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is seeking a detail-oriented patient registration specialist to enter all patient information accurately and verify insurance in real time.

You will work in a fast-paced hospital setting, handling pre-registration tasks, ensuring CMS compliance, and delivering courteous service to patients across the McLaren Greater Lansing network. The position is full-time with day shifts and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Six months of patient registration or billing in acute care or two years clerical experience with data entry, customer service and recordkeeping; or an associate degree including medical billing/coding courses.
• Experience or coursework in medical terminology.
• Experience with Microsoft Office and Windows applications.

Responsibilities

• Receives complete bed requests and coordinates admissions with Nursing Supervisor.
• Contacts physicians and offices to obtain orders meeting medical necessity and CMS guidelines.
• Collects and verifies patient demographic and insurance data prior to service.
• Prepares and audits patient records to ensure data accuracy.

Skills

Data entry

Customer service

Medical terminology

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma

Associate degree in Medical Insurance Billing and Coding

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Responsible for accurate entry of all patient registration data, and performing on-line insurance verification in accordance with HIPAA and compliance regulations. Responsible for maintaining, promoting and exhibiting excellent customer service for McLaren Greater Lansing.

Responsibilities

• Receives complete bed requests and communicates with Administrative Nursing Supervisor in a timely fashion to plan, prioritize and coordinate the admission and transfer of patients.
• Contacts physicians, physician offices, other healthcare agencies and other departments to obtain orders that meet medical necessity and/or are complete (includes patient name, test(s) ordered, reason for test or diagnosis, patient name and birth date, physician signature; and meets medical necessity per CMS guidelines using on-line medical necessity tool). Completes medical necessity ABN forms and issues notification when necessary.
• Collects, verifies and records patient demographic and insurance data prior to service if services are pre-scheduled. If services are not pre-scheduled, may obtain information at time of service. Obtains necessary signatures on all registration and insurance forms.
• Prepares and audits patient records to ensure that registration data is complete and accurate. Copies and distributes patient records as necessary.
• May collect patient co-pays, deductibles and deposits prior to or at time of service as appropriate. Assures that all self pay patients are directed to the Pre-Admission Review staff or the Financial Counselor.

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of six months patient registration or billing experience in acute care setting or physician office; or two years clerical experience that includes data entry, customer service, and recordkeeping; or Associates Degree in Medical Insurance Billing and Coding or related field that includes courses in medical insurance billing and/or coding.
• Experience or coursework in medical terminology.
• Experience with Microsoft office and windows application.

Preferred

• Two years experience in patient registration.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26004620
• Daily Work Times: 10a-1030p
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.