Patient Access Advocate - Mebane, Urgent Care, Rotating Weekends Required

Mebane Urgent Care, United StatesOn-SiteFull-time1+ yrs experiencePosted Yesterday

Job description

Administrative Support

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The role of the Patient Access Advocate II is vital to our front office operations. This role allows you to expand on your proven customer service and medical technology skill sets and positions you as the expert liaison for patient and clinic relations. This role primarily focuses on providing excellent customer service, insurance verification, referral management and in some practices orienting Patient Access Advocate I new hires to be set up for success.

Essential Job Function

Assists patients through the registration process verifying patient demographics and insurance information to ensure accuracy for payment processing and insurance billing.
Assists new employees with registration workflows.
Follows established protocols for collecting and posting co-pays, payment processing and review of records for bad debt.
Adheres to No Surprise Act.
Responsible for maintaining accurate cash drawer and preparing daily deposits and following practice close processes.
Follows practice scheduling guidelines for single or multiple clinics and return, referral and testing appointments Assists new employees with appointment scheduling.
Follows office procedures for incoming calls, messages, voice mail and email and coordinate follow up where needed.
Manages referrals and obtains pre-certification as needed and notifies pre-cert coordinator for follow up.
Creates a positive guest experience through adherence to Steps of Service protocols.
Deescalates situations when necessary.
Trains new employees on general clerical support; paperwork, medical records, faxes, scans, filing, typing, etc Ensures new patient information is delivered in a timely manner.
Mails new patient packets and contact new patients the day before their scheduled appointment.
Adheres to no show policy, send letters and document no shows in a timely manner.
Performs other duties as assigned

Education

Required: High School Diploma or equivalent
Preferred: Graduate of a certified medical office training course

Experience

Required: 1 Year clerical experience in medical setting. Proficient in EPIC Cadence/Prelude. Customer Service experience in healthcare setting.

Licensure/Certification/Listing

Work Shift :

Days/Weekend Rotation (United States of America)

On Call Required

FTE:

Job Type:

Full Time (40 Hours/Week)

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About the company

Magnet Designated Cone Health

Exceptional People Providing Exceptional Care! Cone Health is a state of the art network of facilities providing patients access to the latest developments in medical care from their first moments of life through later years. Our network offers the most breakthrough treatments and technology available in healthcare today. As a teaching hospital, we offer employees the opportunity to become leaders in the industry and continued growth from their first day on. Extraordinary patient care is about being “high-touch” as well as “high-tech”. Community service and superior patient care are the cornerstones of our organization, a philosophy that is demonstrated by each and every one of our valued team members. We are proud to be the largest private, not-for-profit employer of choice in the Piedmont, NC area community!

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