Registration Clerk - PT
Category: Support Services
Schedule: Part-time, evenings & weekends
Facility: Blue Mountain Hospital
Department: Business Office
Job Description
The Patient Admissions/Registration Clerk is responsible for performing the full range of financial, registration and administrative support duties associated with patient admission and related activities in accordance with internal standards and guidelines and regulatory requirements. Work includes accurately collecting, recording, and distributing patient demographic and financial information via computer systems. An incumbent verifies and obtains authorizations and referrals for outpatient services, and coordinates payment arrangements with patients for outpatient hospital and medical services rendered, to include accepting cash payments, and financial counseling of patients.
Work requires knowledge of insurances and privacy/confidentiality practices, as well as knowledge of medical terminology and the patient registration process.
Review admissions for insurance information and obtain all necessary precertification with the proper status and diagnosis. Monitor the quality of all registrations and present constructive feedback on registration errors to the Business Manager.
Qualifications
To be considered a candidate for this position, you must be dependable, have outstanding people skills, computer literate, able to learn and operate the phone system, organizational skills, detail oriented, and able to multi-task. A candidate must be able to follow directions, be a team player and work well with others.
- Basic medical knowledge preferred.
- Experience with insurance verification/authorization preferred.
- Experience with charting and paperwork maintenance a plus.
- Knowledge of Contract Health Services a plus.
Comments
Blue Mountain Hospital is a Medicare participating provider.
