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    WellSpan Health

    Healthcare

    Patient Access Assistant

    Waynesboro, United StatesOn-SiteFull-time1+ yrs experiencePosted 2w ago
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    Job description

    • Assignment Category: Not Applicable
    • FTE: 0.5

    General Summary

    Works under direct supervision. Represents the System in a professional manner, using good customer service practices in the performance of the following duties: Inpatient admissions, Registration, Patient Arrival, and Kiosk support. Performs a variety of functions including, but not limited to; pre-service outreach to patients, greeting all customers with a warm and personal greeting, promotion and support of self-service tools, interviewing, preparing admitting and other related forms, assigning rooms for inpatients (as appropriate), monitor waiting areas, and preparing information and charges for billing purposes. Also performs a variety of functions related to cashiering and insurance verification.

    Shift

    Part Time, Days, Monday - Friday hours vary 545 am - 6 pm, weekends and holidays are rotated

    Responsibilities

    Duties and Responsibilities
    Essential Functions:

    • Conducts patient interview to collect accurate financial, biographic and demographic information for admission or registration.
    • Explains financial requirements to the patient or responsible party and collects deposits or deductibles as required. Explains insurance coverages and requirements for precertification/preauthorization, as applicable.
    • Prepares pre-admission and admitting forms, facilitates room transfers, prepares admitting and discharge reports.
    • Reviews pre-arrival, pre-admission, and admission information to ascertain missing registration components, verify insurance coverage and eligibility.
    • Collects and reviews registrations to ensure accurate financial and demographic information has been obtained and properly entered into appropriate information systems.
    • Makes bed assignments based on patient preference, condition and diagnosis.
    • Receives payments from patients and issues receipts. Works with the patient while investigating overpayments and researching other outstanding accounts for additional resource funding.
    • Reconciles daily cash and verifies account balances.
    • Compiles and distributes information regarding patients' personal, insurance and financial status. Provides appropriate forms to billing and other departments.
    • Reviews and prepares admitting and death or birth records to ensure compliance with medical-legal requirements.
    • Verifies insurance benefits assigned to the organization to determine if insurance coverage meets appropriate standards. Corresponds with patients to acquire required authorizations and assignments of benefits.
    • Maintains the insurance master file and updates as necessary.
    • Works with appropriate sources to coordinate precertification requirements with PROs, HMOs and other contractual third parties.
    • Assist patients with self-registration and arrival tasks on Welcome Kiosks or on patients’ personal devices.
    • Receives payments from patients via the kiosk, manually when applicable, and issues receipts when requested.
    • Works with the patient while investigating overpayments, researching or collecting outstanding account balances, payment plan options, and information on resource funding.

    Common Expectations:

    • Types and/or compiles correspondence and reports, photocopies information, files information, answers the telephone, takes messages and directs calls.
    • Prepares and maintains records of patient charges.
    • Maintains department records, reports, files and census statistics as required.
    • Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
    • Participates in educational programs and inservice meetings.
    • Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
    • Provides outstanding service to all customers: Proactively approach and greet all guests with a warm and personal greeting.
    • Fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

    Qualifications

    Qualifications
    Minimum Education:

    • High School Diploma or GED High School or G.E.D Required

    Work Experience:

    • Less than 1 year 3 - 6 months Required

    Courses and Training:

    • 6-8 week in-house registration procedures and medical terminology courses Upon Hire Required

    Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

    Benefits Offered:

    • Comprehensive health benefits
    • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
    • Retirement savings plan
    • Paid time off (PTO)
    • Short-term disability
    • Education assistance
    • Financial education and support, including DailyPay
    • Wellness and Wellbeing programs
    • Caregiver support via Wellthy
    • Childcare referral service via Wellthy

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    About the company

    WellSpan Health

    WellSpan Health is a large, integrated health system serving communities in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

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