Admitting-Discharge Representative - PAS Ortho

About the role

Obtains demographics, insurance information and signatures from patients; receives authorization form and obtains authorizations; places ID bracelets on patients' wrists; collects payments and discharges patients.

Responsibilities

• Obtains demographics, insurance information and signatures from patients
• Sends authorization forms and obtains authorizations
• Places ID bracelets on patients' wrists
• Collections payments and discharges patients

Requirements

• Equivalent to graduation from high school and one (1) year of experience in admissions in a hospital or medical office setting
• No additional licensing/certification requirements
• Must have open availability to work various hours including days, nights, and weekends
• Must be well versed in Commercial insurance, Medicare & Medicaid both FFS and HMO plans
• Minimum two years recent experience (within the last 5 years) of Admitting experience in a fast-paced Hospital and/or Primary Care/Urgent Care Clinic - with a Focus on Front Office Skills
• Experience in a Specialty Clinic preferred
• Must have knowledge of Workers Comp coverage
• Experience with EHR-EPIC preferred

Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements as outlined above

Skills

• Performing basic mathematical computations
• Using computers and related software applications
• Using standard office equipment such as phones, copiers and facsimiles
• Typing and ten key
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties
• Communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds under stressful conditions
• Effective, efficient and safe use of equipment

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

• Mobility to work in a typical office setting and use standard office equipment
• Stamina to remain seated for long periods of time
• Vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen
• Hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone
• Strength and agility to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or an eligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body