Patient Services Representative / PRN

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School diploma required
• Minimum of one year’s experience in a hospital or outpatient billing, insurance verification, collections, payment posting and front office experience
• Proficient in MS Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Schedules all walk-ins accurately in the hospital EMR system
• Registers and checks in patients upon arrival, ensuring smooth intake process
• Completes new patient registration in hospital EMR system with precision and attention to detail
• Performs daily reporting in the hospital EMR systems
• Collects co-pays, posts to respective patient accounts and issues receipts through hospital EMR system
• Ensures all documentation is complete, accurate and compliant with organizational standards
• Verifies insurance, obtains authorizations as required
• Assembles and distributes new patient information packets
• Scans registration documents into the appropriate EMR system
• Upholds cleanliness and organization within the facility
• Assumes any other responsibilities that may be assigned by supervisor

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit, converse, and listen; use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; and to reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee must be able to lift and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis and be able to push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis.
• The employee must be able to stand and/or walk at least five hours per day.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• The employee must be able to lift and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis and be able to push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis.
• The employee must be able to stand and/or walk at least five hours per day.