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Patient Referral Specialist
San Antonio, TX, United States
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Category: Admitting Registration Clerical and Scheduling • Job ID: 4846404
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Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Patient Referral Specialist
Job Summary and Qualifications
Full time (Monday - Friday, days), no nights, no on-call, no weekends, no holidays
Seeking a Patient Referral Specialist for our practice who processes physician, hospital, and outpatient referrals. Responsible for patient scheduling, obtaining insurance authorization, and providing appropriate guidance regarding insurance coverage. Essential duties and responsibilities are as follows. Other duties may be assigned. We want you to apply now!
What will you do in this role:
Processes physician, hospital, and outpatient referrals. Responsible for patient scheduling, obtaining insurance authorization, and providing appropriate guidance regarding insurance coverage. Essential duties and responsibilities are as follows. Other duties may be assigned.
Works collaboratively with all diagnostic and surgical service areas, physician offices and hospitals to ensure timeliness, accuracy and completeness when scheduling patient appointments, tests and procedures.
Consistently provides accurate and detailed patient information to include patient demographics and medical information pertinent to appointments being scheduled to ensure patient safety and quality patient care.
Determine insurance eligibility and authorization for medical office and/or surgical visits; or work with authorization coordinator to ensure all payor authorizations have been received.
Initiate EMR by entering demographics, referring and certifying physicians, and family information; obtaining needed medical records from referring providers.
Establish rapport with all offices, hospital personnel, and managed care representatives.
Utilize EMR or other designated programs to capture and track referrals.
Obtains accurate and valid physician or advanced practitioner orders for all appointments, tests and procedures scheduled.
Accurately and consistently communicates appointment, test, procedure information and prep to patient and/or family member. Adheres to privacy, compliance, and HIPPA regulations.
Ensure the patient has a follow-up appointment with the physician to discuss outcomes, as appropriate.
Consistently and accurately document the date and time of appointment, tests, scan or procedure in the patient''s medical record. Communicate as appropriate to practice staff and ensure the referral process is completed and closed.
Outgoing referrals submitted the same day, preferably with patients present to obtain the optimal appointment.
Weekly reporting to practice leadership on referral volume, referral status, and follow up on outstanding appointments.
Performs related work as required.
Practice and adhere to the Code of Conduct and Mission, and Value Statements.
What Qualifications you will need:
EDUCATION:
High School Diploma or GED equivalent
EXPERIENCE:
One year of experience in referral coordination relating to insurance provider tier levels, insurance authorizations, and out of network procedures required
CERTIFICATION/LICENSE:
None required
Benefits
HCA Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
Learn more about Employee Benefits
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Supporting HCA Healthcare''s 186 hospitals and 2,400+ sites of care, Physician Services plays a crucial role as the main entry point for patients looking for high-quality healthcare within the HCA Healthcare system. With a focus on meeting the needs of our patients at all access points, Physician Services is dedicated to implementing innovative, physician-driven, value-added solutions to assist physicians in providing high-quality, patient-centered care, aligning with our mission to care for and enhance human life.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Patient Referral Specialist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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