Registration Specialist

St. Elizabeth Healthcare; Edgewood (KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health coverage within first 30 days

Paid time off

Retirement savings with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Career advancement

Job summary

St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Kentucky is seeking a friendly Registration Specialist to guide patients through financial and demographic steps, verify insurance, and explain billing guidance.

This role emphasizes patient dignity and efficiency in a busy hospital setting. You will support outpatient and inpatient processes, perform data entry, obtain signatures, and maintain confidentiality while using EPIC and other systems.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to navigate computer systems (Microsoft Office, registration systems, EPIC).
• Strong data entry and typing skills.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Experience in clerical or customer service roles preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interview patients/family to obtain accurate financial and demographic information for prompt payment.
• Verify insurance through online systems and determine payer to minimize denials.
• Estimate charges for outpatients to determine patient liability.
• Collect any amount due from the patient as appropriate.
• Scan documents and obtain signatures from patients.
• Complete forms required by governmental or commercial payers.
• Follow AIDET principles to greet and assist patients and staff while maintaining confidentiality.
• Provide wheelchair assistance to patients/visitors as needed.
• Cross-train to other Registration areas and relocate as needed per patient volumes.
• Attend department meetings and adhere to policies; complete annual requirements.

Skills

Customer service

Typing / data entry

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Confidentiality

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

EPIC

Registration systems

Job description

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Job Type

Regular

Scheduled Hours

22.5

Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

Benefits That Support You

We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

• Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
• Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary

Performs a variety of clerical duties such as obtaining and processing information in order to identify and move the patient through the service departments and enable the organization to bill for services rendered in a timely manner

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description

• Interviews patients and/or family members to obtain accurate financial and demographic information to ensure prompt payment.
• Verifies the patient’s insurance through the on-line eligibility system and determines which payer to enter in the account to minimize denials.
• For outpatient exams, completes an estimate of charges to determine patient’s liability.
• For all other patients, determines financial liability from the insurance response and collects any amount due from the patient.
• Scans all requirement documents and obtains all appropriate signatures from patients.
• Completes all forms required by governmental or commercial payers.
• Following the AIDET principles, greets and assists patients, interacts with visitors, physician’s office staff, physicians, and other employees of the organization according to goals of the department while maintaining appropriate (need to know) patient confidentiality.
• Provides wheelchair assistance to patients/visitors and transports as needed.
• Cross-trains to other Registration areas to ensure efficient knowledgeable coverage as needed. Relocates to other locations as needed per patient volumes.
• Takes responsibility for maintaining knowledge level after training by keeping current on procedures pertaining to each area.
• Responsible for reading posted notices, memos, and emails.
• Attends department meetings/huddles.
• Consistently adheres to all department policies and procedures.
• Including uniform requirements.
• Responsible for completing annual hospital and department educational requirements.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Education, Credentials, Licenses

• High School Graduate or Equivalent

Specialized Knowledge

• Proven track record of excellent customer service skills.
• Must be able to navigate through computer systems (Microsoft Office, registration systems, EPIC)
• Good typing skills / data entry skills
• Good interpersonal skills (work with the public)
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Maintain patient confidentiality

Kind and Length of Experience

Previous clerical or customer service experience

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you’re looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you’ll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.