Hospice Admission Coordinator

St. Elizabeth Healthcare•Edgewood, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Engage with us for your next career opportunity. Right Here. At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do. The best career is right here. St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring an Admission Coordinator for the Hospice unit located at our Edgewood, Kentucky location.

Requirements

Associate degree in related field
Sales and customer-service focused.
Results oriented.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Basic computer knowledge.
Proven communication and organization skills.
Previous experience in healthcare registration.
Demonstrated customer service experience.
Healthcare experience.

Responsibilities

Facilitate the timely transition of patients into the department programs.
Provide administrative support to the admissions team to ensure that all eligible patients receive care, barriers to admission are addressed and resolved.
Works closely with the referral sources to provide for collection of necessary information to start patient care.
Collect data, pre-authorization and authorizations for services provided by the agency.
Check external software programs for information regarding patient services, eligibility and reimbursement criteria.
Check physician’s licenses and monitors computer programs for information on issues with physician’s licenses.
Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.