City/State

Norfolk, VA

Overview

Work Shift

First (Days) (United States of America)

Sentara Health is hiring a Full-Time Day Shift Customer Service Rep I

For the Billing Support Services at Sentara Patient Accounting , Norfolk, VA .

Primarily responsible for handling incoming calls to effectively address eligibility, claim, and payment issues.

May be required to provide off-phone assistance to customers and department leadership. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to assist callers and update billing information, establish payment plans, screen callers for financial assistance, and resolve charge and payment inquiries.

Ability to work in a fast-paced contact center handling incoming calls pertaining to payment resolution and patient inquiries. Must possess good listening skills and be able to communicate verbally with callers in a clear, concise, and professional manner.

Required : High School Grad or Equivalent

Required : Healthcare - 1 year

A total of one year of experience across one or more of the following areas: healthcare setting billing or resolving insurance accounts receivable, adjudicating insurance claims, pre-registering or registering patients for healthcare services, handling inbound calls in a customer service call center, or providing customer service to the general public in a non-healthcare setting. A healthcare certification from an accredited program or an Associate or Bachelor degree may be substituted for one year of experience.

Sentara Benefits:

Sentara employees strive to make our communities healthier places to live. We're setting the standard for medical excellence within a vibrant, creative, and highly productive workplace. For more information about our employee benefits, Benefits - Sentara (sentaracareers.com)

Join our team, where we are committed to quality healthcare, improving health every day, and provide the opportunity for training, development, growth!

Keywords: Customer Service, Call Center, Medical Billing, Medical Terminology, Insurance, Customer Support

Job Summary

Primarily responsible for handling incoming calls to effectively address eligibility, claim, and payment issues or patient scheduling, referral issues. May be required to provide off-phone assistance to customers and department leadership. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to assist callers and update billing information, establish payment plans, screen callers for financial assistance, and resolve charge and payment inquiries.
Ability to work in a fast-paced contact center handling incoming calls pertaining to payment resolution and patient inquiries. Must possess good listening skills and be able to communicate verbally with callers in a clear, concise, and professional manner.
A total of one year of experience across one or more of the following areas: healthcare setting billing or resolving insurance accounts receivable, adjudicating insurance claims, pre-registering or registering patients for healthcare services, handling inbound calls in a customer service call center, or providing customer service to the general public in a non-healthcare setting. A healthcare certification from an accredited program or an Associate or Bachelor degree may be substituted for one year of experience.

Qualifications:

HS - High School Grad or Equivalent (Required) Healthcare

Skills

Active Learning, Active Listening, Communication, Coordination, Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Technology/Computer, Time Management, Writing

Sentara Healthcare prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

Per Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), some clinical environments require proof of education; these regulations are posted at ecfr.gov for further information. In an effort to expedite this verification requirement, we encourage you to upload your diploma or transcript at time of application.

In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.