Facility: Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center




This is a full-time position at Roosevelt Wellstar in Warm Springs, GA.




Job Summary:



Completes Medicare, Medicaid and commercial insurance requirements for admission. Completes private pay financial requirements for admission. Completes indigent/charity financial requirements for admission. Receive requests for hospital services and registers patients. Answer phones and handle inquiries.



Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Verify insurance coverage's for all potential admissions for both the IRF and LTAC.
  
  


• Obtain pre-certification for all potential admissions, ensuring 100% accuracy into Erehab, LTRAX and CPSI of those pre-certs
  
  


• Serves as a source of communication to RWSH personnel on admission status, pre-certification status and denials
  
  


• Maintains tracking logs of admission approvals and denials for review as needed
  
  


• Trains staff on processes, procedures and best practices
  
  


• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

• High School graduate or equivalent. Required
  
  

• Minimum 1 year experience in a hospital, physicians office, or related healthcare office environment Preferred
  
  

• Customer Service Required
  
  


• Computer Skills for data entry Required
  
  


• Certified Patient Account Technician Preferred
  
  


• Experience with CPSI computer system Preferred
  
  


• Knowledge of funding websites to verify coverage of Medicare, Medicaid & Third Party Payors Preferred