Registration Specialist (Nights)

About the role

Performs a variety of administrative and clerical duties to manage patient registration and patient financial obligation. High volume, fast paced environment. Exposure to communicable disease. Frequent interactions with patients, medical staff, and support staff daily on a continual basis. 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.

Responsibilities

• Obtains demographic/billing/insurance information from patient/family/legal guardian and enters into the registration/billing systems for service and claim processing and scans insurance cards & photo identification.
• Provides to the patient, information concerning insurance, payment of bills and hospital procedures.
• May complete managed care responsibilities in regard to obtaining pre-certification and authorizations.
• Prepares WVU Medicine standard consent form, notice of privacy practice and/or other necessary paperwork related to registration and presents to patient/family/legal guardian for signatures.
• Obtains electronic signature for consent to treat and patient financial obligations.
• Collects deposits/co-payments