Patient Service Representative

Job Description:

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Join Our Team as a Patient Service Representative!

We are seeking an organized and compassionate Patient Service Representative to join our healthcare team. If you're passionate about providing exceptional care and want to work in an environment that values growth, we’d love to hear from you!

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Posting Specifics

• Entry Rate: $17.86 - $23.22 depending on experience

• Benefits Eligible: Yes, check them out here

• Shift Details: Part-time, 30 hours per week

Essential Functions

• Provides courteous and professional connections with patients over the phone, in person or via secure messaging.  Resolves patient needs skills to ensure a superior customer experience by identifying and resolving patient needs related to patient intake and care.

• Documents all phone calls accurately and completely in the electronic medical record (EMR).

• Schedules patient appointments for visits, procedures, diagnostic tests, referrals, and/or consultations.

• Registers patients over the phone or in person by confirming, entering, and/or updating all required demographic data on patient and guarantor on the registration system. Follows procedures when identifying patients.

• Obtains copies of insurance cards, forms of ID, and signatures on all required forms. May verify information on appropriate accounts to determine insurance coordination of benefits, may include pre-certification/prior authorization .

• Assists patients in completing necessary forms to meet regulatory and billing needs prior to receiving clinical care. Scans necessary paperwork and educates patient on financial assistance. Proactively requests payments from patients on current and past medical services. Receives and processes those payments following appropriate procedures for handling payments.

• Stays current on role/responsibilities, updates etc. which may include reviewing monthly email/newsletter, ambulatory epic dashboard, patient access, work ques, attend clinic/service line meetings, review emails each shift, etc. to ensure the highest standard of performance is achieved.

Minimum Qualifications

• Six months of customer service experience involving interactions with customers.

• Demonstrated basic computer skills involving word processing and data entry.

• Professional manner and strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with patients and fellow caregivers to deliver the highest level of customer/patient satisfaction.

• Ability to protect privacy, confidentiality, and Protected Health Information (PHI) of patients, members, and caregivers.

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of customer service experience involving interactions with customers in person and by phone.

• Billing and collections experience.

• Computer literacy in using electronic medical records (EMR) systems and other relevant software.

• High school diploma or GED preferred.

• Multilingual

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for caregivers to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.

• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.

• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.

• Position may require standing for long periods of time, lifting supplies

• May assist patients into/out of the clinic.

Location:

Intermountain Health Park City Hospital

Work City:

Park City

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

30

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$17.86 - $23.22

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