Registration Family Med at Altru Health

Posted in Other 18 days ago.

Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota





Job Description:

Location:

Altru Family Medicine Center


1380 S. Columbia Rd.Grand Forks, ND 58201


Pay Range: $16.26 - $24.38



Summary:

The Patient Access Specialist gathers necessary insurance and demographic information from patients. The Specialist translates the information provided by the patient/guarantor into the computer system with the result of an accurate claim submission. May be responsible for some or all of the following: insurance verification, prior authorization, pre-certification, referrals, second opinion management, insurance assignments and/or workers compensation authorizations.



Essential Job Functions:



  • Receives and directs all patients, visitors and professionals, ensuring their needs are met in a timely manner. Answers telephone, routes calls and messages and communicates messages requiring immediate action/response. Checks in patients and completes copying requests according to standard operating procedure.


  • Accurately registers patients by collecting and recording demographic, insurance, financial, and clinical data in the computer system. Records and collects necessary patient account documents. Collects self-pay balances, pre-payment amounts, and co-pays per guidelines, if applicable. Creates accounts for new patients and updates accounts for previous patients to ensure accurate services and account processing.


  • Maintains knowledge of and complies with third-party payers' requirements for verifying insurance information, obtains authorizations/pre-certifications, and completes other activities to ensure services are billed and reimbursed appropriately. Reviews Medicare accounts for completed MSPQ.


  • Schedules patient visits and/or procedures, while coordinating appointments with other departments to meet the patient/provider needs.


  • Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.





Education:



• Preferred: Associates - Healthcare



Work Experience:



• Preferred: A minimum of 1 year Related Experience



Physical Demand
s :



• Sit: Continuously (67-100%)
• Stand: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Walk: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Stoop/Bend: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)
• Crawl: Not Applicable
• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Twist: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)
• See: Continuously (67-100%)
• Hear: Continuously (67-100%)



Weight Demands:



• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Sedentary (< 10 pounds)
• Carry: Sedentary (< 10 pounds)
• Push/Pull: Sedentary (< 10 pounds)
• Slide/Transfer: Not Applicable



Working Conditions:



• Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)
• Outdoor: Not Applicable
• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable



Driving Requirement Definitions:




  • Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.


  • Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.


  • Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.


  • Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.




Driving Requirement for this position:

Infrequent Driver


Reference ID: R4814
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