Preservice Specialist Job Danbury area,Connecticut USA,Healthcare

Position: Preservice Specialist I

Summary

Facilitates patient flow through the referral, scheduling, and financial clearance process. Responsible for obtaining demographic and financial information to ensure accurate patient identification and to secure reimbursement. Performs pre-registration functions and insurance eligibility verification. Provides estimates for services. Requests and secures payments.

Responsibilities

May be assigned to schedule patients for hospital or medical group services by incoming phone calls, online requests, or outbound to patients.

May be assigned to work within the central referral management system to identify and schedule specialist and primary care referrals to NHMP practices as well as external providers when appropriate, with the goal of promoting in-system retention of patients and continuity of care.

Provides excellent customer service both to physician offices and patients. Contributes to reduction of abandoned call rate, length of calls, and average speed answered through use of best practices and workflow improvements as defined by management. Receives incoming faxed physician orders, verifies orders for compliance and accuracy.

Performs insurance eligibility verification and executes payer requirements as needed. Obtains accurate insurance benefit information from payers, such as deductible, copay, and coinsurance amounts. Utilizes patient estimation tool to calculate estimate of patient liabilities. Requires an understanding of coding, procedural protocols and the charge description master.

Initiates requests for authorizations, pre-certifications, notices of admission, and referrals from insurance companies. Follows up with payers and providers to ensure that authorizations are in place. Takes appropriate steps to remediate situations in which financial clearance is not completed to ensure that Nuvance Health receives prompt payment for services rendered.

Contacts patients to perform pre-registration, including demographic verification, conveyance of insurance benefits, and estimates of liabilities. Collects on such liabilities prior to time of service utilizing provided scripting. Refers patients who express financial hardship to Financial Counseling for a financial assessment.

Safeguards patient confidentiality by adhering to all department, organization, state, and federal compliance guidelines. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Other Information

HS Diploma Required
Minimum of 2-year job-related experience
National Association of Healthcare Access Management (NAHAM) certification within one year of hire
Basic MS Word & MS Excel
Customer service and organizational skills
Associate’s Degree Preferred with 6 months job-related experience

Working Conditions

Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
Occupational:
Little or no potential for occupational risk
Physical Effort:
Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force
Physical Environment:
Generally pleasant working conditions

Company:
Nuvance Health Med Practice CT

Org Unit: 603

Department:
Central Referral Office

Exempt:
No

Salary Range: $18.13 - $25.00 Hourly

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