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Patient Access Account Specialist I

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reputed company Santa Fe, NM 87501

Compensation Pay Range:

Minimum Offer $15.60 Maximum Offer $22.12 Now Hiring: Patient Access Account Specialist I

Summary:

Under the direction of the Patient Access Supervisor, the Patient Access Account Specialist I provides basic functions to financial clear patient accounts for government and commercial accounts prior to the date of service. Performs basic financial clearance functions, including insurance verification, authorization, collection and documentation of patient demographics, benefit analysis, and pre-service collections. Type of Opportunity: Full time Job Exempt: No Job is based: Remote Workers New Mexico Work Shift: Days (United States of America)

Responsibilities:

  • Customer Service and Caring Practices:
  • reputed company exceptional patient experience for patients and patient families by using CARES, AIDET and EPE tools.
  • Addresses and attempts to appropriately resolve complaints in the moment by using key words at key times and de-escalation processes.
  • Ability to manage conflict and appropriately request the help of a supervisor reputed company needed.
  • Implement PROMISE and CARES behaviors in every encounter.
  • Educates patients for whom they speak regarding insurance benefits and liabilities.
  • Ensures accounts are financially cleared prior to date of service to reputed company patient concerns over hospital financial matters
  • Encounter Components:
  • Performs the patient registration process. Manage the accurate collection of patient data which includes but is not limited to;
  • Obtain/confirm and enter demographic and other financial and clinical information necessary for final clearance of scheduled accounts.
  • Review Urgent/Emergent admission accounts for notification, financial clearance and authorization pre-discharge.
  • Obtain missing insurance information, to include policy number, group number, date of birth, and insurance phone number if not already identified in account.
  • Verify insurance for eligibility and benefits using online electronic verification system or by contacting payer directly.
  • Review and process work queues reputed company to Patient Access pre-visit or urgent/emergent admissions, per department guidelines.
  • Review of accounts falling reputed company the work queues to ensure the insurance information contains accurate policy ID#s, Group Name and Numbers, Subscriber information, Authorization numbers, as well as correct payer and Coordination of benefits prior to date of service.
  • Accurately document actions taken in the system of record to drive effective follow-up and ensure an accurate audit trail.
  • Maintain ongoing knowledge of authorization requirements and payer guidelines. Maintain a proficient knowledge of Medicare (CMS) guidelines as it relates to admissions and outpatient services. Ensuring compliance with admissions forms, benefit entitlement verification, and billing requirements
  • Ensure accurate completion of MSPQ prior to date of service.
  • Daily focus on attaining productivity standards; recommend new approaches for enhancing performance and productivity reputed company appropriate.
  • Monitor and track Data Quality program to ensure errors are corrected prior to final reputed company and correct accounts as necessary.
  • Maintain appropriate records, files, and timely and accurate documentation in the system of record.
  • Work with ancillary departments to ensure coding, diagnosis and facility are authorization are in alignment.
  • Work with payers to ensure authorization is in reputed company; initiating the auth reputed company appropriate.
  • Coordinate efforts with Financial Advocates to secure payer reputed company reputed company and future visits.
  • Monitor work queues to identify late add-on accounts and complete financial clearance procedures prior to services to avoid unauthorized procedures from being performed.
  • Work with physician offices to resolve discrepancies in authorizations and scheduled procedures.
  • Financial Accountabilities:
  • Collects identified patient financial obligation amounts including residual balance if applicable. Collect liability from patient prior to visit or reputed company arrangements for payment at time of service.
  • Ensure a payer reputed company has been identified prior to services being rendered.
  • Ensure authorization for correct procedure (CPT), facility, and date of service is obtained.

Qualifications:

  • High school diploma, reputed company education preferred
  • External and Internal Non-Patient Access Candidates: Pass Patient reputed company with passing score of 85% or higher
  • Previous completion and passing of Patient Access reputed company II and III Advancement test.
  • A minimum of 2 years of work experiences in healthcare setting reputed company Patient Access and/or billing plus strong customer service background.
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of insurance and financial processing of accounts.
  • Proficient in EPIC reputed company system
  • Specialty Certifications: CHAA, CHAM or other industry equivalent certification preferred
  • Pass annual competency exam for reputed company areas of responsibility.
  • Requires general knowledge of the customer encounter process which may include registration, contract requirements, and coordination of benefits.  

reputed company benefits-eligible Presbyterian employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, group term life insurance and other optional voluntary benefits.

Wellness Presbyterian's Employee Wellness rewards program is designed to provide you with engaging opportunities to enhance your health and activate your well-being. Earn gift cards and more by taking an active role in our personal well-being by participating in wellness activities like wellness challenges, webinar, preventive screening and more.

Why work at Presbyterian? As an organization, we are committed to improving the health of our communities. From hosting growers' markets to partnering with local communities, Presbyterian is taking active steps to improve the health of New Mexicans.

About reputed company Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

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