Title: Temp - Administrative - Patient Access Representative (Days) Peterborough, NH
Description:
The
Patient Access Representative is responsible for registration and central scheduling for services rendered at Monadnock Community Hospital. Responsible for duties which may include but are not limited to performing scheduling, registration, verifying demographic and insurance information, obtaining authorizations for treatment, patient pre-admission, admission and discharge functions, and Emergency Department registration. Provides exemplary customer service. The Patient Access Representative works collaboratively with other departments of the hospital as well as physician practices in support of our patients. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties as directed.
Job Requirements:
- Greet
customers, collect, and enter demographic and insurance/financial
information into computer database.
- Utilizes
additional electronic systems and insurance web sites as needed.
- Thoroughly
explains and secures hospital and patient legal forms (i.e., Advance
Directives, Conditions of Services, Consent for treatment, Important
Message from Medicare, EMTALA).
- Accurately
completes patient registration for outpatient ancillary departments,
outpatient hospital services, surgical procedures, and inpatient hospital
admissions.
- Registrations
to include laboratory, radiology, surgeries, wounds, oncology, anti-coag
clinic, MOA radiology, cardiology, RHC s, PFT s, Occ health and emergency
department.
- Review
of credit and collection report.
- Schedule
lab and X-ray services.
- Verifies insurance eligibility and
benefits. Obtains insurance authorizations for outpatient hospital
services, surgical procedures, and inpatient hospital admissions within
required time frames.
- Collaborates
with patients, physician offices and ancillary services regarding
coordination of lab and X-ray exams to facilitate timely and effective
care.
- Utilize
hospital and physician computer systems to document for provider
correspondence.
- Accepts
and returns patient calls using exceptional telephone etiquette.
- Maintains
patient confidentiality per HIPAA regulations.
- Adheres
to safety practices, reports accidents/hazards and maintains equipment as
outlined in hospital and departmental policies. Keeps office neat, clean,
organized, and free of clutter.
- Must be
able to perform essential job duties in at least two Patient Access
service areas including the Emergency Department.
- Uses
interpersonal skills effectively to build and maintain collaborative
working relationships with co-workers, internal and external customers
that lead to more effective communication and higher level of productivity
and accuracy.
- Contributes
to team efforts, sharing information with co-workers.
- Participates
in a positive and cooperative manner.
- Assists
with training of new employees as needed.
- Expands
job related knowledge and skills to improve performance and adjust to
change. Participates in continuing education activities. Reviews updated
internal policies and federal, state and agency regulations.
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