Location: Rhinebeck,NY, USA
Nuvance Health is a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations - Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital, and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center, and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York - plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practice locations including The Heart Center and non-acute care affiliates.
PART TIME OVERNIGHT SCHEDULE WITH BENEFITS
Overnights, 7-8 hr. shifts: 11pm-7am, alternating 22 hr./wk. & 15 hr./wk. & every other weekend, 1 winter & 1 summer holiday
Summary:
Facilitate patient flow through from scheduling through check-in so patients have a one touch registration/scheduling experience. Obtain demographic and financial information to ensure accurate patient identification and identify and secure appropriate payment sources. Registration functions, insurance eligibility verification, patient liability collection, scheduling and admitting duties. Provide estimates for services, when appropriate. Receive and process patient financial liability payments.
Responsibilities:
* Greet patients and/or physicians, staff, co-workers, and guests promptly and professionally. Check patients in and provide direction based on appointment location, financial clearance, and counseling status. Acknowledge and assist patients with special needs and respect confidentiality.
* Respond to telephone calls according to established customer service standards. Provide requested information to callers. When assigned to scheduling, contributes to reduction of abandoned call rate, length of calls, and average speed answered through use of best practices and workflow improvements.
* Perform accurate search/ election of patient within the hospital system using the Patient Identification procedure to maintain the integrity of the Electronic Master Patient Indes (EMPI) and to ensure the accuracy of patient identification.
* Accurately establish and schedule appointments with patients directly or physician offices following the designated protocols of the scheduling systems and clinical EMRs. May initiate contact with patients to obtain additional information or confirm scheduled appointments.
* Perform registration functions and enter accurate and complete demographic and financial information to aid in securing payment for services rendered.
* Perform insurance eligibility verification and execute payor requirements, as needed. Initiate eligibility transactions via email, contacting the payor to obtain billing information and authorization and scripts for service, when appropriate.
* Provide estimates for services when appropriate, communicates and actively solicits patient liability.
* Enter testing orders in the appropriate system, when necessary. Understanding of coding, procedural protocols, and the charge description master.
* Obtain signatures for all required organization, state and federal consents and/or notifications.
Requirements:
* Flexibility to work part-time overnight schedule: 22 hr./week - 15/hr. other week, 11pm-7am, every other weekend including 1 Summer & 1 Winter holiday
* HS Diploma or GED and 2 years job-related experience
* Associate's degree with 6 months job-related experience - Preferred
* Basic MS Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Word as well as Customer Service and organizational skills
* Willing to obtain National Association of Healthcare Access Management (NAHAM) certification after one year of service
Location: 6511 Springbrook Avenue, Northern Dutchess Hosp., Rhinebeck, NY
Work Type: Part-Time/15-22/hr./wk.
Work Shift: Overnights, 7-8 hr. shifts: 11pm-7am, alternating 22 hr./wk. & 15 hr./wk. & every other weekend, 1 winter & 1 summer holiday
Exempt: No
Grade: S3
Salary Range:
$19-22/HR/DOE
Working Conditions:
* Significant manual skills/motor coordination & finger dexterity
* Some occupational risk
* Sedentary/light effort, may exert up to 10 lbs. force
* Generally pleasant working condition
EOE, including disability/veterans
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