Registration Specialist

SEH Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health coverage within first 30 days

Paid time off and flexible schedules

Retirement with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Career advancement through mentorship

Job summary

St. Elizabeth Healthcare seeks a dedicated registration specialist to move patients smoothly through service departments and assist billing.

You will interview patients, verify insurance, estimate charges, and collect amounts due, while ensuring confidentiality and respectful interaction with patients, families, and staff. The role requires strong data entry, excellent communication, and proficiency with EPIC and registration systems; prior clerical experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or Equivalent.
• Proven track record of excellent customer service skills.
• Navigate computer systems (Microsoft Office, registration systems, EPIC).
• Good typing skills and data entry abilities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the public.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Previous clerical or customer service experience.

Responsibilities

• Interviews patients/family to obtain demographic and financial information.
• Verifies insurance eligibility and determines payer entry to minimize denials.
• Estimates charges for outpatient exams to determine patient liability.
• Collects amounts due from patients and supports timely payment collection.
• Scans documents and obtains required signatures from patients.
• Completes forms required by government or commercial payers.
• Greets and assists patients per AIDET, while preserving confidentiality.
• Transports patients when needed and supports cross-training across areas.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Data entry

Typing

Microsoft Office

Education

High School Graduate or Equivalent

Tools

EPIC

Registration systems

Microsoft Office

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 Career. Right Here.

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About us

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is one of the oldest, largest and most respected medical providers in the Northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana and Greater Cincinnati region. Together with St. Elizabeth Physicians, the affiliated multi-specialty physician and advanced practice provider organization, we are transforming healthcare through innovative treatments, cutting-edge technology and a heart for our community. We’re right here, sharing one mission: to improve the health of the people we serve.