Patient Registration Clerk

HOW WE CARE FOR YOU

At St. Lawrence Health, we are dedicated to getting health care right. Our robust benefits and total rewards foster employee wellbeing, professional development and personal growth. We care for your career while caring for the community.

SUMMARY

The Patient Registration Clerk provides customer-service and registration/switchboard services within Canton-Potsdam Hospital, and assumes the responsibility for successful financial outcomes of all patient services. Under the general supervision of the Patient Access Services Manager, this position performs imperative duties including registration pre and full, insurance verification, switchboard and life support alarm coverage, data entry, and point-of-service collections, while maintaining patient relations, customer satisfaction, and Canton-Potsdam Hospital financial solvency.

Canton-Potsdam Hospital is a warm and caring not-for-profit community healthcare facility that's certified for 94 beds. Our mission is to provide exceptional healthcare services to the community. Within our welcoming walls, you'll find a wide array of core programs in emergency medicine, acute care, hospitalist medicine, and critical care. But that's just the beginning. We're not just a hospital; we're a beacon of health and wellness in the North Country. We proudly offer outpatient health services in Brasher Falls, Canton, Colton, Gouverneur, Massena, Norfolk, and Potsdam, NY.

STATUS: Full Time

LOCATION: Canton-Potsdam Hospital

DEPARTMENT: Patient Registration

SCHEDULE: 7.5-hour shifts, Evening/Nights | Weekend rotation required

ATTRIBUTES

• Required: High school diploma or equivalent

• Preferred: Associate's degree in related field

• Preferred: Medical technology

RESPONSIBILITIES

Registration:

• Interviews the patient and/or family member either in person or by telephone to collect demographic, financial, and medical information

• Performs correct name inquiry and identifies patient according to policy and procedure without errors

• Collects complete demographic information of patient including address, phone number, and employer

• Collects medical information to include patient complaint

• Explains consent information, obtains signatures, witnesses (legibly) with no omissions

• Obtains copy of patient identification document(s)

• Completes registration process within five minutes for preregistered patients and ten minutes for non-preregistered

• Contacts physician offices to obtain and confirm patient information

​Revenue Cycle:

• Views insurance card(s) and scans into computer system reviewing for mandatory precertification and/or other third party payer requirements

• Collects complete financial information to include payer name, identification number, group number, subscriber name, guarantor name and address, and precertification numbers

• Selects appropriate financial class and insurance code

• Performs online real-time eligibility verification and registration scrub via AhiQa and makes changes to registration errors accordingly and in a timely fashion

• Screens for insurance eligibility via insurance websites, where appropriate

• Completes Medicare Secondary Payer Questionnaire for all Medicare-eligible patients

• Completes all admission forms required by Medicare

• Verifies third party payer benefits and Worker’s Compensation according to departmental policy and procedure

• Collects any patient-pay balances such as copay, co-insurance, or deductible at the time of registration

• Refers patient to Patient Financial Advocacy Program when appropriate and per departmental procedure

• Balances cash drawer, completes cash receipt, issues patient receipts, and secures cash drawer daily with no exceptions. May be responsible for daily security of cash safe.

Switchboard:

• Serves as hospital switchboard operator answering the phone in a courteous and professional manner and responds to patient/customer inquiries/needs in an expedited manner

• Communicates effectively when answering assigned telephone lines within three rings and identifying self at all times

• Serve as answering service for the doctors while responsible for switchboard operations and pages providers as needed

• Complete all paging for admission outpatient areas

• Maintain the Call schedules and away notices

• Manage the Hospital Lockdown from 8p -6am