What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registration Specialist-General Surgery Clinic position at Altru Health System?
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Location:
Altru Clinic
1300 S. Columbia Rd.
Grand Forks, ND 58201
Pay Range: $16.26 - $24.38
Summary
Under the direction of the practice manager, the Registration Specialist Clinic will be responsible for answering incoming calls for the clinic, responding to a variety of patient requests and inquires including scheduling appointments for physicians and hospital related appointments and procedures. In addition, the Registration Specialist Clinic will focus on obtaining the required information from the Patient/family to complete registration, complete verification through use of various software, complete Medicare secondary (MSP) questions, and look up current insurance and co-pay information.
Monday-Friday 40 hours per week (Typically 7:45am-4:15pm or 8:30am-5pm)
Essential Job Functions
Education
This position requires proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English to ensure effective communication in the workplace and with patients, families, and team members.
Physical Demands
Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Light (10-20 pounds) Carry: Sedentary ( Push/Pull: Sedentary ( Slide/Transfer: Not Applicable
Working Conditions
Infrequent Driver
Reference ID: R6377
Making a Real Difference. For One Another.
To take the best care of our patients and community — including friends, family, and neighbors — we need people who are committed to growth, excellence, and one another.
At Altru, you’ll find a culture where support and teamwork are at the heart of what we do. You’ll have opportunities to advance your skills, work with the latest technologies, experience the fulfillment that comes from giving back, and take your career wherever you want it to go.
Join our team and be a part of a small community with a big heart.
Altru offers a comprehensive benefits package to its full- and part-time employees. Excellent benefits include a health plan and 401(k) retirement plan. Other benefits include a dental plan, vision plan, life and disability insurance, education assistance, paid time off (PTO)
Location:
Altru Clinic
1300 S. Columbia Rd.
Grand Forks, ND 58201
Pay Range: $16.26 - $24.38
Summary
Under the direction of the practice manager, the Registration Specialist Clinic will be responsible for answering incoming calls for the clinic, responding to a variety of patient requests and inquires including scheduling appointments for physicians and hospital related appointments and procedures. In addition, the Registration Specialist Clinic will focus on obtaining the required information from the Patient/family to complete registration, complete verification through use of various software, complete Medicare secondary (MSP) questions, and look up current insurance and co-pay information.
Monday-Friday 40 hours per week (Typically 7:45am-4:15pm or 8:30am-5pm)
Essential Job Functions
- Accurately registers patients by collecting and recording demographic, insurance, financial, and clinical data in the computer system. Records and collects necessary patient account documents. Collects self-pay balances, pre-payment amounts, and co-pays per guidelines, if applicable. Creates accounts for new patients and updates accounts for previous patients to ensure accurate services and account processing.
- Schedules patient visits and/or procedures, while coordinating appointments with other departments to meet the patient/provider needs.
- Accurately schedules and registers appointments.
- Maintains knowledge of and complies with third-party payers’ requirements for verifying insurance information, obtains authorizations/pre-certifications, and completes other activities to ensure services are billed and reimbursed appropriately. Reviews Medicare accounts for completed MSPQ.
- Modifies work schedule to meet department goals/deadlines and the needs of the department and patients.
- Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.
Education
- Preferred: Associates - Healthcare
- Preferred: A minimum of 1 year Related Experience
This position requires proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English to ensure effective communication in the workplace and with patients, families, and team members.
Physical Demands
- Sit: Continuously (67-100%)
- Stand: Occasionally (5-33%)
- Walk: Occasionally (5-33%)
- Stoop/Bend: Occasionally (5-33%)
- Reach: Frequently (34-66%)
- Crawl: Not Applicable
- Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)
- Twist: Occasionally (5-33%)
- Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)
- See: Continuously (67-100%)
- Hear: Continuously (67-100%)
- Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)
- Outdoor: Not Applicable
- Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable
- Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
- Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
- Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
- Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.
Infrequent Driver
Reference ID: R6377
Making a Real Difference. For One Another.
To take the best care of our patients and community — including friends, family, and neighbors — we need people who are committed to growth, excellence, and one another.
At Altru, you’ll find a culture where support and teamwork are at the heart of what we do. You’ll have opportunities to advance your skills, work with the latest technologies, experience the fulfillment that comes from giving back, and take your career wherever you want it to go.
Join our team and be a part of a small community with a big heart.
Altru offers a comprehensive benefits package to its full- and part-time employees. Excellent benefits include a health plan and 401(k) retirement plan. Other benefits include a dental plan, vision plan, life and disability insurance, education assistance, paid time off (PTO)
Salary : $16 - $24
