Registration Clerk

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Job Description

• Accurately collects and maintains required demographic and insurance
  
  

data, required signatures during the scheduling and registration

process.

• Verifies insurance benefits for urgent care services.
• Collects co-pay or deposit due prior to services and/or initiates
  
  

payment options per office guidelines.

• Posts all payments received. Balances cash drawer with all payments
  
  

posted and received and prepares reports, as assigned.

• Scans documents to patient\'s account and/or medical record
  
  

accurately, to be completed in a timely manner.

• Greets patients, answers the telephone, takes messages, relays
  
  

message and directs communication to appropriate person in an

appropriate manner.

• Contributes to positive customer relations by providing excellent
  
  

customer service, with immediate assistance to a prompt, easy and

friendly registration process, contributes positively to promote

patient satisfaction.

• Opens the clinic at the beginning of the day and closes the clinic
  
  

at the end of the day.

• Contributes directly to the measurement of days in accounts
  
  

receivable and percentage of bad debt.

• Assists in maintaining medical records and processes records
  
  

requests for medical records according to HIPPA guidelines.

• Displays enthusiasm, an interest for work and a willingness to
  
  

expand professional knowledge base. Responsible for retaining and

performing any routine changes in patient account process, keeping

abreast of any insurance updates or requirements.

• Demonstrates knowledge of departmental responsibilities during
  
  

emergent alarms, has knowledge and whereabouts of departmental

manuals.

• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ability to read, spell and write clearly. Accurate typing, filing
  
  

and calculating skills. Skills in performing Excel and Word

Functions. Communication And Computer Skills.

• Will be orientated to and maintain competence in working with
  
  

patients in the following age categories: Infant, Pediatric,

Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric patients.

• Has a basic understanding of medical terms.
  
  

Physical Demands

May require constant sitting. Requires occasional standing and walking.

Occasionally lifts and carries up to 35 lbs. May require pushing and

pulling up to 35 lbs. Requires correct hearing and vision to normal

range. Requires working under stressful conditions. Some exposure to

communicable diseases and hazardous materials is likely. Requires

occasional bending, twisting, climbing, balancing, stooping and

kneeling. Occasional reaching and overhead work are required. Requires

occasional grasping. Requires the ability to distinguish letters or

symbols. Ability to use office equipment such as computer terminal (PC),

typewriter, telephone, copier, and fax machine.

Working Conditions

Includes working evenings, weekends, and holidays, with potential for

occasional varied shifts.