Job Description

The Role : Patient Access Representative

MaineGeneral Health is currently seeking a Patient Access Services Representative to perform financial clearance, registration, and clerical duties associated with direct and scheduled patient admissions.

As a Patient Access Rep, you will get to interact with patients frequently; greeting them and their families, checking them in for services, and ensuring information is readily available for clinical staff.

The Opportunity :

MaineGeneral Health has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team of Patient Access Representative Professionals.

The Work :

• Performs financial clearance, registration, and clerical duties associated with point-of-service (POS) services
• Meets with patient or patient's caregiver to exchange necessary information and documentation. Explains the process and addresses concerns and questions
• Communicates with unit staff and other appropriate personnel to exchange necessary information and determine placement
• Verifies insurance benefits and obtains precertification / authorization, and ensures verification of medical necessity as necessary.

Determines and accepts required payments, including co-pays deductibles, and coinsurance, or refers to financial counselors for follow up

Ensures that all necessary demographic, billing, and clinical information is obtained and entered into the registration system with timeliness and accuracy

You Have :

• Relevant customer service experience
• Excellent and demonstrated communication skills
• 1 year of patient registration, scheduling, or other clerical / customer service experience in a medical office setting preferred
• Ability to keyboard accurately and quickly

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

Scheduled Work Shift :

Job Exempt : Benefits :

Benefits :

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness physical, emotional and financial is a critical component of being a great place to work.

With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness :

• We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.
• Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.
• A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.

Emotional Wellness :

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness :

• An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center.
• Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.
• We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.
• Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.
• We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.

Career Mobility :

Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business.

We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development.

We know that our employees are our most valuable resource they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer M / F / Vet / Disability Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .

Last updated : 2024-04-23