Business Associate - Emergency Department - Mount Sinai Hospital - Full time Evening TEMP

Responsible for the business aspects of a patient's stay, as well as patient focused care within the Medical Center. Duties include: maintaining census data, scheduling tests and medical procedures, receiving and maintaining inventory and other duties.

• Pre-admits patients to the Medical Center, including taking reservations, obtaining demographic, insurance and other pertinent data, discussing state mandatory regulations, and in general what is to be expected upon admission.
• Admits patients to the Medical Center, including verifying demographic and insurance information, signing of forms, collecting deposits and obtaining authorizations as necessary.
• Functions as liaison to insurance companies and the Medicaid Eligibility Office, including screening requests for medical necessity, obtaining prior authorizations when required, pre-certifying admissions, and assisting in document collection.
• Maintains census and charge data, updating all prevailing systems and compiling information for charge capture.
• Schedules appropriate tests and medical procedures and follow-up appointments.
• Assists in chart completion process by maintaining and discharging charts in proper order, compiling deficiency data and working with physicians to complete charts.
• Greets visitors and answers telephones promptly and courteously. Accompanies visitors to appropriate areas as necessary.
• Assists patients with guest services such as television and telephone service, securing valuables, etc. Provides information and makes referrals as appropriate.
• Receives and maintains business office inventory for the care center.
• Answers call system and refers to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned, including reporting/following up on lost/found patient property, review of death certificates for completion and accuracy, generation of reports, etc.

Education requirements:

• High school diploma or GED

Experience requirements:

• At least 1 year previous related work experience
• Proven data entry and computer skills required
• Medical data base experience (i.e. Cerner, IDX, Eagle)
• Clerical skills (answering phones, relaying messages, reception, correspondence etc.)
• Proven customer service experience in a healthcare environment
• Previous experience with insurance pre-certifications and discharging patients.

 

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSH

 

SEIU 1199 at Mount Sinai Hospital, 406 - Emergency Room 406 - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.  We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

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“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next