Northwest Kidney Centers seeks a Registration and Insurance Coordinator to join the Patient Finance team in a full-time, day shift, hybrid position (SeaTac, WA).

The Registration and Insurance Coordinator reports to the Patient Finance Supervisor and is responsible for maintaining patient registration and admission records for all NKC patients, including non-ESRD and visiting patients.

processing patient registrations in the billing system, determining all current insurance and processing referrals, and obtaining authorizations for services.

This position has ongoing interactions with the Financial Case Managers and works closely with the Clinical Services Coordinator, the NKC Billing Department, and the NKC Pharmacy.

Shift : Full-time, Days (0800-1630), Mon-Fri Requires an associate degree in healthcare administration or a business- related field, or the equivalent of two years' experience in a medial office.

Completes the full registration of all new patients, including End- Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Acute, and Transient / Visitors.

Creates checklist for Financial Case Manager. Verify insurance benefits via provider portals, One Health Portal, Medicare / Medicaid systems, within Ability system, or via phone calls directly to insurance as needed to verify 100% accuracy of coverage.

This includes determining primary and secondary insurances for patients regarding coordination of benefits. Verifies and updates new insurance and demographic information for existing patients.

When the Kidney Disease Program (KDP) supplies funds to NKC for payment of patient's insurance premiums, the NKC registration and insurance coordinator receives (Explanation of Benefits) EOB's directly and forwards those to the patients.

Requests & processes quarterly KDP patient insurance premiums. Scans & indexes documents in the DocuWare electronic filing system.

Choice of 3 medical insurance plans through Kaiser Permanente (PPO, HMO & HDHP) Delta Dental 401 Retirement match and discretionary match Disability benefits such as Short-term & Long-term Plans Educational Assistance / Tuition Reimbursement of up to $4,000 annually Employee Assistance Program Flexible Spending Account Health Savings Account Paid Time Off includes personal time off and 8 Holidays.

PTO will accrue bi-weekly and will be pro-rated based on the FTE. 39 hours each bi-weekly pay period for staff. Founded in 1962 as the world's first outpatient dialysis provider, Northwest Kidney Centers operates 20 dialysis clinics across the Puget Sound region in addition to hospital-based services and a large home-based dialysis program.

We are a not-for-profit, community-based organization and consistently rank among the top dialysis providers in the United States in quality of care, patient outcomes and transplant rates.

We differentiate ourselves by our patient centered approach and active commitment to advancing kidney research and dialysis innovation.

Key to our success is the compassion and expertise of our dedicated team of staff that care for those we serve. evening shift (1500-2330), Sun-Fri.

We don't discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, genetics or veteran status.

To protect our vulnerable patient population and our workforce, NKC strongly encourages all staff to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.