Patient Services Representative - Salem Road

SHIFT:
Any (United States of America)

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The Patient Services Representative is responsible for greeting patients and families, collecting & entering demographic and insurance information, collecting payments associated with services rendered and reconciliation of daily services. In addition, other duties necessary to facilitate efficient and timely services to patients and their families, such as scheduling appointments, answering phones, and obtaining appropriate insurance referrals and authorizations as needed per insurance guidelines.

Responsibilities may include working with medical records, following HIPAA regulations. Other duties and administrative support and projects as required.

Location: Chop Care Network Salem Road

Address: 2006 Salem Rd, Burlington, NJ 08016

• Monday
  - Thursday
• 9:30AM - 8PM
• 1-2 Saturday shift/s per month
• Some travel required

• Provide welcoming, prompt and respectful customer service which includes scheduling appointments, inform of delays, address family complaints and elevate as necessary.
• Perform EPIC functions such as check in, check out, enter demographic and insurance information while ensuring accuracy, run daily eligibility verifications.
• Reconciliation of daily services to include collection and processing of payments received, reimbursements, create and/or obtain insurance referrals and authorizations needed.
• Answer phones promptly with minimal downtime between calls, accurately verifies and documents contact information and messages, provides appropriate information to callers as warranted. Communicates in a courteous, caring manner to all customers as needed. Check voicemails.
• Call Management Screens callers' reasons for call by using the high priority list and critical thinking skills to prioritize calls to be triaged: backline to nurse, high priority in queue, or regular queue. Triages and documents CHOP home care calls. Contacts on call providers directly for calls from those requesting to speak to them, such as E.D.'s, home care nurses, other physicians, and parents.
  
  Assists in the distribution of calls to on call providers when the volume/staffing warrants it. Seeks resources to assist in decision making to ensure safe, high quality telephone triage and customer service as needed.
• Communicates and provides essential information updates during shifts such as change in on call providers and signing out by offices. Communicates concerns and ideas for improvement to the Nursing Supervisor/Manager as needed.
• Perform administrative tasks such as sort and deliver mail, faxes, medical records and other correspondence, photocopies, and faxes documents.
• Participate in team huddles and meetings.
• Daily maintenance of patient records and provider template and daily schedules while following HIPAA guidelines.
• Periodic rounding to inform patients of delays.
• Work necessary billing workques, EPIC pools and…