Lead Patient Registration Specialist

Pay Range:$25.00 - $33.71

SEARHC is a non-profit health consortium which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our priority to further their development and our organization by aiding in their professional advancement.

Working at SEARHC is more than a job, it’s a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.

Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job

• Manages scheduling resources for patient appointments 

• Manages communication tools for patient scheduling requests by patients and care teams 

• Manages the pre-registration review process for insurance verification for upcoming appointments 

• Retrieves payment collection for services, flat rate services, co-pay or up-front collections 

• Collects documentation by the requirements and timeliness for registration compliance 

• Scan registration documents into the electronic health record 

• Reviews and assigns insurance tiering for proper payor assignment.  

• Validates insurance eligibility and pre-authorization requirements 

• Communicates with peers, patients, and care teams through multiple communication channels for appointment requests and patient-initiated outreach 

• Create new patient profiles in the electronic health record with quality data input of demographic information and proper identification collection 

• Manages multiple worklists assigned: New Patient Registration Worklist 

• Schedules and register for various disciplines: Primary Care, Behavioral Health, Optometry, Rehabilitation, Radiology, Laboratory, and others. Cross training for assigned coverage as a PRS.  

• Coordinates signing up patients in the MySEARHC patient portal 

• Enacts SEARHC’s 7 Standard of Service Excellence and provides exceptional customer service delivery  

• Works well with peers, patients, and leadership  

• Participates in departmental improvement efforts, maintains a clean and safe working environment for self, staff, and patients, and maintains compliance with annual competencies.  

• Identifies community resources, fosters partnerships, and utilizes resources effectively. 

• Refers all patients without insurance coverage or questions to a Financial Counselor for resolution.  

• Refers patients to the Patient Health Benefits team for screening/enrollment in available/qualified insurance resources  

• Provides training for new employees in the PRS Trainee and PRS roles 

• Under the guidance of supervisor, audits encounters of PRS Trainee and PRS team members and shares corrections that need to be made. 

• Reporting: Schedule fill rate tracking, third next available 

• Monitors incoming schedule requests messaging tools for timely response by team 

• Monitors standby/waitlist for timely