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Emergency Department Patient Services Representative

UPMC · Farrell, PA · 1 mo ago
AccountingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: h3 for headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections with real content. The posting includes purpose description, responsibilities list, qualifications (experience, education, etc.), maybe skills. There's no explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule details beyond schedule description (casual, varying shifts, min 1 shift per week, 1 weekend day per month, up to 40 hrs). That could be considered Schedule. Also maybe Pay not given, so omit. Benefits not given, omit. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting includes "Act 34 UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran" at end - that's boilerplate, remove. We need to preserve all substantive info. Structure: maybe

About the role

with paragraph describing purpose. Then

Responsibilities

with
  • each responsibility. Then

    Requirements

    or

    Qualifications

    for education/experience etc. Could combine. The posting mentions "Completion of High School graduate or equivalent. 2 years' experience in healthcare or 1 year in a medical/billing/fiscal setting or 6 months in a UPMC Patient Access position preferred. Medical terminology knowledge, third party health care coverage experience and strong understanding of managed care regulations are preferred. Experience with personal computer based applications and other various office equipment and proficient typing skills. Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills are required. Initiative to work productively with minimal supervision. Able to work well under pressure." That's qualifications/requirements/skills. Could split into Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (interpersonal, computer, etc.). But we can keep one Qualifications section. Schedule: description about casual employee, varying shifts, min 1 shift per week, 1 weekend day per month, up to 40 hrs per week. That's schedule info. So

    Schedule

    with paragraph. We should not include Benefits or Pay. Let's extract responsibilities list from text: "Responsible for reconciliation and maintenance of First Net Emergency Department Tracking Board and Hospital ADT system. Accountable for accurate registration into hospital ADT and/or clinical system during system downtime with monitoring and reconciliation of every patient for accuracy. Central Resource for all ADT registration and problem resolution during evenings, weekends and holidays. Confirm insurance eligibility, accountable for third party reimbursement and coordination of benefits to support a seamless billing process. Counsel patients regarding insurance coverage and expected financial liability. Collect and record patient payments including co-payments, co-insurance, and deductibles on the day of service. Provide a warm greeting for all patients. Support and contribute to UPMC core values and guiding principles of Your Care. Our Commitment and abide by all UPMC departmental policies, procedures and goals in the process of performing all job responsibilities. Incorporate acts of dignity and respect in daily interactions. Proper patient identification to start clinical record (utilizing biometrics if applicable). Facilitator of financial gatekeeping with clinical partners. Accountable for maintaining a close working relationship with clinical partners to assure continual open communication with pertinent information obtained such as any alias name changes, information blocks to prevent release of information, and behavioral health insurance payors to assure timely data integrity of accounts. Obtain or update necessary demographic and insurance related information. Work independently to perform a timely patient interview and registration for services at the bed side. Generate and complete all applicable forms and necessary communications. Obtain applicable signature for consent to treat and financial responsibility, along with signatures on any required forms, while following all HIPAA rules and regulations and maintaining patient confidentiality. Ability to remain calm and professional when faced with stressful situations, while simultaneously prioritizing all work activities. Anticipate and respond to inquiries from patients, visitors, hospital personnel, government agencies, etc. under all conditions and circumstances." We need to put each as
  • . Now qualifications/experience: "Completion of High School graduate or equivalent. 2 years' experience in healthcare or 1 year in a medical/billing/fiscal setting or 6 months in a UPMC Patient Access position preferred. Medical terminology knowledge, third party health care coverage experience and strong understanding of managed care regulations are preferred. Experience with personal computer based applications and other various office equipment and proficient typing skills. Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills are required. Initiative to work productively with minimal supervision. Able to work well under pressure." We could split: Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (interpersonal, computer, typing, etc.). But we can put all in Qualifications. Schedule: "A casual employee has no set shift or number of hours, but is scheduled to work as needed. This role would work varying shifts on varying days, weekends, and holidays. The employee would be required to provide availability for a minimum of 1 shift per week and 1 weekend day per month, and the department will schedule them based off their availability and the department needs at both locations. There is potential to work up to 40 hours per week depending on staffing needs." Now About the role: The purpose paragraph: "Purpose: Do you enjoy providing customer service? Do you have healthcare experience? UPMC Corporate Services is hiring a casual Emergency Department Patient Services Representative to support UPMC Horizon Shenango Valley and Horizon Greenville. A casual employee has no set shift or number of hours, but is scheduled to work as needed. This role would work varying shifts on varying days, weekends, and holidays. The employee would be required to provide availability for a minimum of 1 shift per week and 1 weekend day per month, and the department will schedule them based off their availability and the department needs at both locations. There is potential to work up to 40 hours per week depending on staffing needs. An Emergency Department Patient Services Representative is responsible for welcoming patients upon arrival and promoting the usage of new and emerging consumer-friendly technologies. They also educate patients on their copayments and financial obligations, collect payments when applicable, and connect patients to financial advocacy resources when appropriate. Additionally, this role updates patient's demographics and insurance coverage information, all while promoting an overall culture of service excellence If you have strong customer services skills and are looking for a position that ensures that patients and family members have the desired UPMC Experience, apply today!" We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. The About the role section can summarize purpose. We'll keep the substantive info but maybe condense? We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all details, but we can keep them in paragraph(s). We can split into two paragraphs: first about purpose and role description, second about schedule? But schedule we have separate section. However schedule details appear also in purpose; we might duplicate if we put both. Better to keep schedule details only in Schedule section, and About the role excludes schedule details? But we must preserve all substantive info; if we remove schedule details from About the role, we lose them unless they appear elsewhere. Since we have Schedule section, we can keep schedule details there and not repeat them in About the role. However the purpose paragraph includes schedule details; we could edit to remove those sentences, but that would be summarizing away detail (removing). The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we cannot omit details. If we put schedule details in Schedule section, we still preserve them (they appear there). If we also keep them in About the role, we would duplicate, which is allowed? It says remove duplicated lines. So we should not duplicate. So we need to decide where each piece appears once. We can put schedule details in Schedule section, and not include them in About the role. That means we need to edit About the role to exclude schedule sentences. Is that summarizing away detail? We are removing detail from About the role but preserving it elsewhere, so overall detail is preserved. The instruction about not summarizing away detail likely refers to omitting information entirely. Moving it to another section is okay as long as not duplicated. So we can do that. Thus About the role paragraph will contain: purpose, hiring, role description (welcoming patients, promoting tech, educating on copays, collecting payments, connecting to financial advocacy, updating demographics/insurance, promoting culture of service excellence, strong customer service skills, ensuring UPMC Experience). We'll keep those. Now Responsibilities section as above. Qualifications section: include education/experience, preferred knowledge, skills, etc. Schedule section: as described. We should not include Benefits or Pay. Now produce HTML fragment:

    About the role

    ...

    Responsibilities

    • ...
    • ...

    Qualifications

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    maybe combine into
      but it's prose list; we can use

      with sentences. Better to use

        for list of qualifications? The instruction: Use
        • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So qualifications is a list of requirements; we should use
          • . So we can break each requirement into
          • . Similarly responsibilities as list. Thus:

            Qualifications

            • Completion of high school or equivalent.
            • 2 years' experience in healthcare or 1 year in a medical/billing/fiscal setting or 6 months in a UPMC Patient Access position preferred.
            • Medical terminology knowledge, third party health care coverage experience and strong understanding of managed care regulations are preferred.
            • Experience with personal computer based applications and other various office equipment and proficient typing skills.
            • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills are required.
            • Initiative to work productively with minimal supervision.
            • Able to work well under pressure.
            Schedule: we can put as

            maybe not a list. It's prose. Now ensure we removed boilerplate: EEO line removed. Now output only HTML. Let's craft About the role paragraph: "Do you enjoy providing customer service? Do you have healthcare experience? UPMC Corporate Services is hiring a casual Emergency Department Patient Services Representative to support UPMC Horizon Shenango Valley and Horizon Greenville. An Emergency Department Patient Services Representative is responsible for welcoming patients upon arrival and promoting the usage of new and emerging consumer‑friendly technologies. They also educate patients on their copayments and financial obligations, collect payments when applicable, and connect patients to financial advocacy resources when appropriate. Additionally, this role updates patient demographics and insurance coverage information, all while promoting an overall culture of service excellence. If you have strong customer service skills and are looking for a position that ensures that patients and family members have the desired UPMC Experience, apply today!" Check we kept all substantive info: we removed the casual employee description (shift etc.) which we moved to Schedule. We kept the rest. Now Responsibilities list: need to ensure each responsibility is captured exactly as in text, maybe slight punctuation changes okay. Let's list them: - Responsible for reconciliation and maintenance of First Net Emergency Department Tracking Board and Hospital ADT system. - Accountable for accurate registration into hospital ADT and/or clinical system during system downtime with monitoring and reconciliation of every patient for accuracy. - Central Resource for all ADT registration and problem resolution during evenings, weekends and holidays. - Confirm insurance eligibility, accountable for third party reimbursement and coordination of benefits to support a seamless billing process. - Counsel patients regarding insurance coverage and expected financial liability. - Collect and record patient payments including co-payments, co-insurance, and deductibles on the day of service. - Provide a warm greeting for all patients. - Support and contribute to UPMC core values and guiding principles of Your Care. Our Commitment and abide by all UPMC departmental policies, procedures and goals in the process of performing all job responsibilities. - Incorporate acts of dignity and respect in daily interactions. - Proper patient identification to start clinical record (utilizing biometrics if applicable). - Facilitator of financial gatekeeping with clinical partners. - Accountable for maintaining a close working relationship with clinical partners to assure continual

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