PT REGISTRATION SPECIALIST

Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Patient Registration Specialist, you will ensure a positive patient experience through excellent customer service during registration, insurance verification, benefit analysis, and financial clearance processes.

Every day, you will identify patients, financially clear them across pre-registration to discharge, and counsel them on financial liability. You will verify payer sources, refer to alternative payment assistance programs, and accurately capture all demographic and insurance information for appropriate reimbursement. You will also determine and collect patient financial liabilities or arrange payment plans, serving as a primary information source for patients and families on policies and rights.

To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional customer service and communication skills, meticulous attention to detail in financial processes, and a strong understanding of insurance and payment assistance.

• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of specific admission, registration, and pre-registration requirements for all areas, including but not limited to: Main Admitting, OP Registration, Maternity, and Rehabilitation Units.
• Ensures the pre-registration process is complete for all assigned accounts at least 5-days prior to the scheduled date of service whenever possible.
• Verifies insurance eligibility and benefits on all assigned accounts using electronic verification systems or by contacting payers directly to determine level of insurance coverage. When contacting payers directly, utilizes approved scripting.
• Obtains referral, authorization and pre-certification information and documents this information in the ADT system.
• When appropriate, ensures the payer receives a Notice of Admission on all admissions, scheduled and non-scheduled, with 24-hours or the next business day.
• Meets CMS billing requirements for the completion of the MSP, issuance of the Important Message from Medicare, issuance of the Observation Notice, and other requirements applicable and documenting completion within the hospital's information system for regulatory compliance and audit purposes.

Job RequirementsRequired

• High School Graduate General Studies and Minimum 2 years of experience working in a hospital Patient Registration department, physician office setting, healthcare insurance company, revenue cycle vendor, and/or other revenue cycle-related role. , upon hire or
• High School GED General Studies and Minimum 2 years of experience working in a hospital Patient Registration department, physician office setting, healthcare insurance company, revenue cycle vendor, and/or other revenue cycle-related role. , upon hire and
• Applicable education and/or training can be used to balance a lack of experience and
• Minimum 1 year of experience in customer service, preferably in a healthcare environment. and
• Experience in requesting and processing financial payments.
• None, upon hire

Preferred

• 3 years and

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1946, Dignity Health - French Hospital Medical Center is a 112-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in San Luis Obispo, California. Serving over 150,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, orthopedics, and a family birthing center. Additionally, French Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has achieved an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for every reporting period since 2012.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Salary : $28 - $34