Principal Admitting Worker - Digestive Health Institute Orange - FT Days

About the role

The incumbent performs all tasks necessary to register patients, obtain necessary authorizations, verify the patient has a source of funding to cover services, and schedule patients for surgery. Responds to patient inquiries and resolves any identified issues.

Responsibilities

• Performs patient registration and obtains necessary authorizations
• Schedules patients for surgery
• Responds to patient inquiries and resolves issues

Requirements

• Previous experience with computer registration and registration scheduling system
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• General understanding of medical terminology
• Customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Minimum one (1) year recent experience (within past two (2) years) registering patients in a hospital or clinic, working as a Medical Assistant, or working in medical billing
• Knowledge of ICD9 and CPT codes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated experience using MS Office
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and evenings
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to interpret and understand various medical insurance plans and make accurate determinations regarding coverage
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships across the Health System

Qualifications

• One (1) year recent experience (within past two (2) years) registering patients in a hospital or clinic, working as a Medical Assistant, or working in medical billing
• General knowledge of ICD9 and CPT codes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated experience using MS Office
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and evenings
• Ability to interpret and understand various medical insurance plans and make accurate determinations regarding coverage
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships across the Health System

Skills

• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Familiarity of Joint Commission standards
• Experience with Epic
• Experience with authorization process and surgical scheduling
• Demonstrated experience with authorization process and surgical scheduling

Benefits

Details of each benefit may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Pay

Details of pay may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Schedule

Details of schedule may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php