Centralized Scheduling Rep

BJC HealthCare•St. Louis, MO

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

BJC is looking to hire a full time Centralized Scheduler to the team! This position will handle Patient Information and scheduling for Out Patient Radiology Test such as: MRI's, CT scans, Mammograms. The Centralized Scheduling Representative is often the first point of contact for our patients and therefore must represent BJC with the highest standard of customer service, compassion and perform all duties in a manner consistent with our mission, vision, values, and BJC service standards. The Centralized Scheduling Representative will facilitate all components of the patients' entrance into any BJC facility. This position will require a high level of emotional intelligence, professionalism and making a personal connection. The patient experiences vary broadly based on their medical needs and accuity. This position highly impacts the ability to maximize the level of reimbursements and prevention of denials by accurate collection of demographics and insurance information, benefit verficiation and point of service collection. Selecting the correct patient from the master person index (MPI) is critical to patient safety, as well as ensuring a high-level of accuracy when selecting the test to be scheduled. This team member must possess a friendly demeanor, exceptional attention to detail and maintain knowledge and competence with insurance carriers, Medicare guidelines as well as federal, state, and accreditation agencies.

Requirements

All Applicants must successfully pass a typing test to be eligible for further consideration.
High School Diploma or GED
<2 years experience

Nice To Haves

Customer Service experience
EPIC
Patient Registration
Call Center experience
Patient Scheduling
Associate's Degree
CHAA

Responsibilities

Utilize critical thinking skills to assess and respond to a variety of situations, anticipating patients' needs and being able to respond to them.
Communicate in a professional, positive, and patient-focused manner with all patients, families, provider offices, and co-workers by phone.
Hospital pre- registration and scheduling within multiple BJC systems, and across multiple BJC hospitals.
Assures proper patient identification, pre-registers (to include validation of patient demographics and insurance verification), schedules test according to order on file (when available) in a fast paced environment.
In order to comply with complex regulatory guidelines, must be able to understand, articulate and enforce hospital compliance with Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP), & HIPAA Privacy Standards.
This position requires a higher level of independent thinking in order to solve complex issues.
The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
Disability insurance paid for by BJC
Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
401(k) plan with BJC match
Tuition Assistance available on first day
BJC Institute for Learning and Development
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
Adoption assistance
Daily Pay!