Admitting Patient Representative 1 ~ PD varied shifts

Contract

This is a direct employer job listing from The Community Medical Centers Health Care Network.

JOB SUMMARY

Interviews patients in person or by phone to obtain correct demographic, guarantor, and financial information to perform a registration or admission.
Determines appropriate insurance codes, financial classes, guarantors needed for billing purposes.
Verifies insurance benefits through on-line verification system, insurance web-site or calls insurance company.
Collects payments, insurance co-pay, and deductibles refer self pays to financial counselors.
Verifies referrals and /or pre-certification requirements.
Documents all information in data systems.
Answers telephone inquiries and maintains guest relations by providing requested information to families, hospital departments and medical staff.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

MINIMUM REQUIRED:

High school diploma/GED.
Data entry experience.
Successful completion of Medical Terminology class.
Must be able to provide evidence of successful completion from a recognized institution of learning.

PREFERRED:

Typing speed of 45 WPM. Associates Degree.
Three years experience in a hospital setting.
Knowledge of insurance billing procedures and basic collection skills including but not limited to, practices and procedures normally acquired through experience in a hospital business office.
Bilingual Spanish preferred.

At Community Medical Centers, we’re boldly moving forward – growing to meet the ever-changing needs of the dynamic communities we serve. We’re financially solid and all of our facilities are adding new technology and undergoing exciting expansion projects. That means we’re able to offer an exceptional variety of ways for you to grow – both in the way you do your job as a healthcare professional, and in the way you live your personal life as well.

Community Medical Centers is the region’s largest private employer, providing jobs for 6,000 employees, including 1,700 nursing staff. The Community family also includes more than 1,000 affiliated physicians, more than 200 medical and dental residents from the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program and University of the Pacific’s School of Dentistry, and about 600 volunteers. Community is proud to be locally owned and not-for-profit. Money we earn above our operating costs is reinvested back into health care facilities and programs locally. And we're part of a medical education program that attracts the best and brightest doctors and surgeons to central California. If you share our passion for providing the highest quality healthcare for each and every patient, consider a career with Community Medical Centers today.

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