Description
Essential Job Functions :
Accountable for accurately collecting demographics, confirming patient identity, guarantor assignment, and coverage information and verification from patients or informants including obtaining necessary documents for check-in or admission among various patient settings, utilizing various communication methods (i.
e phone, letters, face-to-face, bedside).
- Assists in achieving the strategic objectives of Monument Health by following Revenue Cycle guidelines. Including participating in quality assurance and improvement activities.
- Demonstrates knowledge of payer information and benefits, including Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payers as well as third party liability payers.
- Performs point of service collections including prepayments, outstanding balances, co-payment and co-insurance; daily reconciliation of cash drawer.
Provides patients with basic account reconciliation.
- Initiates financial clearance by providing patient with cost estimates for scheduled services. Properly escalates financial clearance needs on behalf of the patient.
- Review and understand authorization and referral records to confirm financial clearance.
- Educates patient and maintains regulatory compliance as required by distributing and / or obtaining required forms and signatures including consents for treatment and financial agreements, ABN / waivers, and other regulatory forms.
- Performs business office duties including incoming phone calls and messages, in-basket messaging, patient communications, intra-departmental communications, scanning / faxes, taxi vouchers, mail distribution, lost and found, safe and valuables and other duties as assigned.
- Provides service excellence including way-finding, reception. Demonstrates the importance of satisfying the needs of the customer by interacting with him / her in a friendly and caring way, being attentive to both emotional and physical needs.
Takes responsibility to maintain communication with the customer in order to provide a secure and pleasant experience throughout the system.
- May obtain referrals and order transcription, as applicable to service area.
- Perform patient scheduling and check-out, including pre-arrival management for upcoming services per protocols within the supported department, managing and monitoring patient wait lists and recall lists appropriately.
- Maintain registration related work queues including ongoing resolution of errors.
- Working knowledge of the electronic medical record : advanced directives, release of information, patient portal proxy forms.
Ability to educate patient on the patient basic purpose, and regulations.
- Address account inquires, resolve or escalate inquiries as appropriate.
- May perform patient movement activities in the electronic medical record.
- May arrange patient transportation and other enabling services.
- Assist clinical care team as needed including providing transport in cooperation with clinical team direction.
- Responsible for attending all mandatory education, compliance and safety program sessions.
- Required to comply with all current and future policies and procedures and report directly to the supervisor.
- All other duties as assigned.
Additional Requirements
Preferred :
Education - High School Diploma / GED Equivalent
Work Experience - 1 years Customer Service Experience; 1 years Patient Relations Experience; 1 years Medical Patient Accounts / Financial Services Experience
Physical Requirements : Medium work - exerting up to 10 pounds of force constantly (67-100% of the time), and / or up to 25 pounds of force frequently (34-66% of the time), and or up to 50 pounds of force occassionally (up to 33% of the time), and / or up to 50 pounds seldomly to move objects.
Possible exposure to blood, bodily fluids, or tissues. Requires the ability to work designated shift lengths (including 8 and 12 hours), which may include night shifts or occasional irregular hours.
Job Category
Revenue Cycle
Job Family
Registration and Scheduling
Department
MHUC-RC Jackson Blvd. Clinic Management
Scheduled Weekly Hours
Shift
Employee Type
Regular
10 Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Inc.
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Monument Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
Last updated : 2024-05-06