Lead Registration Specialist

About the role

Leads registration associates in performing a variety of administrative and clerical duties to manage patient registration and obtain patient financial obligation.

Qualifications

Education, Certification, and/or Licensure:

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• State criminal background check and Federal (if applicable), as required for regulated areas.

Experience:

• One (1) year of patient registration experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitors registration activities in assigned area(s) to ensure completion of registration and collection duties; reporting potential issues as necessary.
• Performs registration duties including, but not limited to, obtaining demographic/billing/insurance information, preparing WVU Medicine standard consent form, collecting deposits/co-payments/deductibles/patient liability payments, and preparing armbands for patient identification.
• Assists in training employees and educating staff on pertinent changes to their role.
• Assists in coordinating down time procedures.
• Organizes daily tasks in appropriate priority to achieve optimal productivity, accountability, and efficiency.
• May also be required to complete daily template adjustments due to unexpected call offs or clinic situations.
• Runs daily, weekly, and monthly reports to monitor front desk responsibilities.
• Able to float to different clinic locations to fill vacancies.

Physical Requirements

• Frequent walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, and grasping.
• Visual acuity must be within normal range.
• Manual dexterity to operate keyboards, fax machines, telephones, and other business equipment.
• Sitting and/or standing for extended periods of time.
• Reading and comprehension ability.

Working Environment

• High volume, fast paced environment.
• Exposure to communicable disease.
• Frequent interactions with patients, medical staff, and support staff daily on a continual basis.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to accurately utilize applicable computer software and equipment for access processing & demonstrates ability to follow down time procedures.
• Demonstrate knowledge of procedure to report and/or document unsafe/hazardous conditions, incidents and defective equipment in compliance with hospital policy.
• Requires considerable attention to detail, the ability to be organized and to be able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Requires the ability to memorize a considerable amount of information, and to be able to reference information not retained from written sources or from appropriate personnel.
• Requires the ability to understand medical insurance requirements for payment and basic knowledge of covered services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to understand written and verbal communication.
• Basic knowledge of medical terminology.

Schedule

• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Shift: Day