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Greets patients and families in person or on the telephone. Obtains demographic, third party payer information, financial information, medical information, and identification to schedule or register the patient for services. Obtains authorization, referrals, and collects payments as required.
Job Specific Duties
- Greets patients and families in person or on the telephone displaying excellent customer skills and responds to questions and/or problems. Keeps open lines of communication with patients and families.
- Interviews patients and families to obtain demographic, third party payer information, financial/medical information, identification to schedule, and pre-register or register patient.
- Verifies third party payer information via the web or telephone and seeks appropriate authorization and/or referral for physician and hospital services.
- Documents all activity as appropriate in the collection notes in the computer system.
- Obtains all necessary consents for treatment of patients either in person or verbally. Directs families to waiting area to be called in.
- Verifies patients are accompanied by legal guardian and notifies Risk Management if patient is present with anyone other than legal guardian for any non-emergent visits.
- Notifies patient/family of deductibles, co-payments, outstanding balances, and/or deposits required. Collects all out-of-pocket patient responsibility.
- Communicates with departments or co-workers if any issues and questions arise or to accommodate any special needs for patients.
- Obtains and validates prescription when appropriate.
- Responsible for tracking patients arriving to office and correcting any registration errors made utilizing the QA system.
- Scans all documents in the appropriate folder in the PEDS system.
- Schedules physician or hospital services as appropriate.
- Confirms appointments two days prior to visits.
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About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
