Patient Access Registration Specialist
Jackson Hospital · Montgomery, AL · 2 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
Responsibilities
- Pre-registration
- Registration
- Payer identification and verification
- Referral to financial counseling
- Point of service collections
Vital Functions
- Timely, accurate and complete data gathering and entry in the computer system(s)
- Verification of benefits eligibility and limitations
- Coordination of benefits
- Determination and collection of patient’s financial responsibility at the point of service
- Satisfaction of regulatory requirements (medical necessity determination, Medicare Secondary Payer completion and coordination of benefits, Important Message from Medicare issuance and signage, HIPAA, and EMTALA)
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Previous business office experience preferred in a healthcare environment
- Ability to interact with the public, i.e. children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric
- Ability to interpret and possess basic medical and anatomy terminology skills
- Manual dexterity and visual acuity necessary to utilize the PC and calculator
- Visual acuity also necessary for filing and proofing documents
- Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time
- Verbal communication and hearing ability to communicate with a multitude of customers
- Frequent lifting of patient luggage (25-40 lbs.)
- Ability to type 40 to 50 words per minute