Register and schedule patients' appointments by telephone utilizing the physician scheduler and individual departmental guidelines. Communicate with parents, patients, physicians, community doctors/staff and other staff in a courteous manner. Responsible for obtaining and validating patient information from various sources and to ensure information entered into the computer management system is accurate. Promote customer service environment.
Qualifications:
Minimum Education
High School Diploma or GED (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
1 year experience performing patient registration and scheduling, medical insurance screening and verification. (Required)
Functional Accountabilities
Registration and Scheduling Services
- Provide client support to parent/guardian via phone for any or all of the following: on-line registration help; scheduling, rescheduling and/or canceling of appointments whether by parent/guardian or department; inform patient/parent of any departmental scheduling guidelines associated with appointment; reschedule all appointments related to clinic maintenance cancellation.
- Notify parent of the need for completed insurance referral form or any pre-authorization of treatment prior to scheduled appointment; discuss co-payment or payment in full requirements; counsel or refer parent to central business operation's financial counseling or establish a payment plan.
- Complete calls in an accurate and timely manner; transfer calls to appropriate areas as needed; notify manager/supervisor of difficult calls (clarification re insurance, problem callers, etc.); seek appropriate resources to solve problems effectively.
- Anticipate customer service needs to "prevent fires."
- Enter appropriate notes in the system; obtain necessary information for accurate and complete documentation of all registration printouts, consent documents and other forms.
- Anticipate customer service needs to "prevent fires."
Verifying Insurance/Authorization and Process Improvement - Work with insurance companies to verify insurance eligibility and coverage for anticipated services using EVS, ENVOY , Mamsi-online, UHC and calling insurance; obtain authorization and benefit information from insurance companies as appropriate; document authorization and information in Account Notes and fields.
- Collect and verify demographic, PCP/referring physician and insurance information.
- Make recommendations for internal process improvements.
Safety - Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
- Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
- Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
- Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
- Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
- Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
Organizational Accountabilities Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Organizational Commitment/Identification - Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
Teamwork/Communication
- Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
- Partner with all team members to achieve goals
- Receptive to others' ideas and opinions
Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
- Contribute to a positive work environment
- Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
- Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
- Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
- Use resources efficiently
- Search for less costly ways of doing things
Safety
- Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
- Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
- Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
- Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
- Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
- Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance