I. General Summary
- Under the general supervision of the Director Clinical Reimbursement and the direct supervision of the Assistant Director Patient Administrative Services evaluates financial status and completes insurance verification and authorization for admissions to the acute care hospital and the psychiatric units in accordance with the UMMS policies and procedures. These admissions include those emergency admits and elective precertification for future planned admits.
II. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.
- Accepts reservations for future admissions from physicians offices and physician teams. Receives this information via the hard copy white card: or via the IDX system.
- Resolves incomplete information for the planned admits by contacting the physicians office for the required additional insurance or medical information that is requested by the third party payers.
Qualifications :
III. Qualifications
- Completion of a high school level of coursework with attainment of a high school diploma or a State High School Equivalency Certificate (GED).
- Minimum of two years work experience in a clerical position in a healthcare setting such as an acute care hospital physicians office or HMO performing admissions processing or patient registration work.
- Knowledge of data entry and use of terminal for patient registration and demographic information retrieval of patient information and review of financial information.
IV. Working Conditions
- Weekend shift work holiday oncall and overtime may be required.
- Work is primarily performed in a normal office environment with some contact with patients and visitors.
- Work requires a high level of computer work and some potential of visual strain related to work on CRT terminals
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime