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Patient Registrar

Axelon Services Corporation

Brooklyn, NY

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Administrative Skills, Clinical Information Systems, Communication Skills, Computer Skills, Computer Systems, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), Customer Support/Service, Data Collection, Data Entry, Demographics, Financial Policies, Financial Transactions, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reimbursement, ICD-9, Insurance, Laboratory, Medicaid, Medical Billing, Medical Office, Medical Records, Medical Treatment, Medicare, Patient Registration, Radiography, Record Keeping, Registrar, Statistical Reports, Telephone Skills, Third-Party Payer, Time Management, Typing
LOCATION
Brooklyn, NY
POSTED
3 days ago
Job Title: Patient Registrar
Location: One Harvey Avenue , Staten Island 10314
Local, Remote or Hybrid: Local - Candidates that reside in Staten Island ONLY
Schedule: Onsite; M, T, TH, F - 9-5pm and W - 10-6pm
Contract: 13 weeks

Required Qualifications
Education:
- HS Diploma/GED
Experience:
- 1+ year of clerical experience
- Epic experience
- Customer service experience
- Data entry skills of 4500 keystrokes
- Effective communication skills
- Telephone skills / Computer skills/Keyboard skills / Customer Service Skills
- Knowledge of health insurance benefits/requirements
- Knowledge of Coding: ICD 9, CPT-4

Key Responsibilities:
JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for registering, scheduling and obtaining pre-certification and authorization for patients to ensure payment from a third party payer

JOB DUTIES:
Greets and registers patients in a tactful and courteous manner. Obtains all pertinent patient demographic and insurance information and enters into appropriate computer system.
Pre-registers patients in the NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group (NYPMG) online system. Obtains NYPMG medical record number when necessary. Performs insurance verification checks for Medicare, Medicaid and/or Client in the Medical Group billing system. Performs other insurance verification functions as required.
Schedules and maintains daily appointments schedules taking into consideration availability of resources. Sets up clinic for efficient management of appointment flow (e.g., Medical Records retrieved, chart set-ups prepared).
Requests patients charts from Health Information and or physicians files and requests various patients NYPMG medical record prior to appointment. Reviews chart to ensure necessary test results and other relevant information is recorded. Requests test results from appropriate areas as needed. Sends charts to Health Information to be refilled and sends charts back to physicians offices to be filed after completion.
Retrieves laboratory and radiographic data from clinic information system and laboratories.
Interfaces with referring offices and internal departments/practices to schedule patient exams. Makes appointments for all types of medical procedures as requested.
Requests and obtains valid physician requisitions for all exams. Assigns and update billing codes as appropriate. Processes information so as to ensure that third party bills are submitted in a timely and complete manner.
Prepares all pertinent paperwork including authorizations, physician requisitions, diagnostics testing requisitions and transportation reimbursements. Verifies and document third party eligibility; determine patient liability and obtain authorizations.
Notifies patient of financial obligation for elective admissions and establishes payment arrangements according to financial policies prior to date of service.
Counsels' patient regarding payment options, Medicaid eligibility, and determines qualifications for charity care.
Interfaces with MEU and Social Services to determine Medicaid eligibility; informs patients of documents required initiating Medicaid applications.
Collects co-payments and fees and issues receipts to patients, as appropriate. Prepares receipts for both NYPMG and professional patient payments. Maintains record of all financial transactions and reconciles daily cash collection.
Assists in compiling data in preparation of routine statistical reports and summaries. Checks or verifies data and enters changes to records, as appropriate.
Performs other job related duties as assigned.

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Axelon Services Corporation