LEAD REGISTRATION REPRESENTATIVE

Christ Community Health Services•Memphis, TN

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Christ Community Health Services (CCHS) is seeking an experienced, service-oriented Lead Registration Representative to support front-office operations and help ensure an efficient, welcoming patient experience. This position leads assigned registration staff, serves as a liaison among patients, providers, staff, and administration, and provides backup support to the Office Manager when needed. The Lead Registration Representative oversees key patient-access functions, including registration, scheduling, insurance verification, financial screening, required authorizations, medical-record support, and front-end workflow. The role also performs the full duties of a Registration Representative as operational needs require.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
At least three years of experience as a medical office assistant or in a comparable patient-registration role.
Working knowledge of computers, electronic records, and front-office systems.
Proven communication, customer-service, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to guide staff, coordinate workflow, train employees, and provide backup supervision.
Knowledge of patient registration, appointment scheduling, insurance verification, financial screening, and healthcare coverage processes.
Ability to maintain accuracy and attention during recurring tasks involving multiple variables.

Responsibilities

Coordinate patient registration and preregistration, scheduling, insurance verification, medical-record support, and financial counseling functions to promote patient and provider satisfaction.
Provide day-to-day leadership for registration staff, including work allocation, training, reinforcement of procedures and controls, problem resolution, and performance support.
Serve as backup to the Office Manager and communicate significant operational issues upon the manager's return.
Oversee registration-area activities, support effective patient flow, maintain quality-assurance statistics, report results to clinic leadership, and recommend improvements to front-end processes.
Help registration staff understand role-related changes; develop procedures, train staff on new systems, and assist with new-employee orientation.
Serve as a primary contact for clinic leadership on technical and operational registration matters.
Perform all Registration Representative functions and register all patient types when coverage or workflow needs require.
Provide high-quality service to patients, families, referring providers, insurance carriers, healthcare providers, and staff.
Greet patients and visitors in a positive, welcoming manner; answer telephone calls and provide appropriate assistance.
Check patients into the electronic health record, document their arrival or request for evaluation, and generate the appropriate visit record.
Ensure compliance with HIPAA and HITECH privacy and security requirements.
Submit electronic requests for facility maintenance, property, and healthcare technology support as needed.
Gather, verify, and enter patient information accurately in electronic systems and medical records.
Confirm each patient's identity using at least two approved patient identifiers.
Verify demographic, emergency-contact, insurance, and other healthcare coverage information and maintain current, accurate records.
Confirm eligibility for healthcare coverage, clarify managed-care arrangements, and obtain copies of insurance or other coverage documentation.
Obtain required signatures for treatment, release of medical information, assignment of insurance benefits, payment obligations, and other necessary documents.
Prescreen uninsured patients for potential program eligibility and identify available resources, including Medicaid, Medicare, the Sliding Fee Discount Program, the Prenatal Care Discount Program, A Step Ahead, the Tennessee Breast and Cervical Screening Program, and the Ryan White Program.
Investigate claim discrepancies or denials, determine the cause, and take appropriate corrective action so claims can be processed for payment.
Maintain a safe clinic environment by following established hand-hygiene standards, universal precautions, and infection-control protocols.
Report safety issues or concerns promptly to the Safety Officer, Security, or clinic leadership.
Organize, inventory, order, and maintain clerical supplies, forms, and other documents needed for clinic operations.
Perform other duties as assigned.