Clerk - Financial Services

## Clerk - Financial Services Apply:
Northeast Philadelphia, PA:
Full time:
Posted Today:
REQ-0037397
** Number of Positions In

Requisition
** 1
* * Job Details
** Clerk Financial Services
** Job Description
** The Clerk Financial Services in the SBO department is responsible for providing an excellent customer experience through efficient, timely and professional responses to inquiries, verification of coverage, collection of payments, follow-up to customer issues and support of the Financial Assistance process. Our goal is  one touch, one call, one email  resolution which requires knowledge of all aspects of Revenue Cycle.  

Essential Functions
· Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
· Identify patient needs, clarify information and review inquiry presented.
· Research and resolve patient and / or guarantor inquiries in an expedited manner, striving for the“one touch” resolution with a high degree of quality and customer satisfaction.
· Determine if escalation is required and triage as appropriate and applicable.
· Resolve inquiries received from external early out vendors and/or financial assistance partner.
· Review all self-pay credit balance, validate patient refunds and initiate refund process.
· Set up payment plans in patient accounting system. Facilitate patient estimates and financial pre-clearance for cosmetic surgery and international patients.
· Maintain assigned system work queues.  Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required):

TBDN/A

Education:

High School Diploma/GED required AND

Experience:

Minimum 3 years’ experience working in a healthcare business office setting or customer service/collections  Minimum Certifications, Registration or License Requirements:

N/A  Additional Information Epic, Microsoft applications – preferred  
** Work Shift
** Workday Day (United States of America)
** Worker Sub Type
** Regular
* * Employee Entity
** Thomas Jefferson University
** Primary Location Address
** 101 E Olney Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger;

preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status,…