Logistics Center C3a - Per Diem

Bassett Healthcare Network•Village of Cooperstown, NY

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Are you looking to make a difference by improving the health of our patients? Here you will find an innovative culture that is patient-focused and dedicated to making a difference. We are committed to helping the population we serve, and our communities, achieve optimum health and enjoy the best quality of life possible.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED, preferred
2 years of experience working with regulatory programs, administrative/secretarial in a professional setting, or patient scheduling/registration experience, required
Associate degree or higher will waive the experience requirement
Accuracy
Attention to detail
Computer skills
Maintain confidentiality
Constant typing/clerical/dexterity, seeing/monitor/Computer use
Occasional balancing, climbing, crouching, grasping, hearing, kneeling, lifting, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, standing, stooping, tactical sense, talking, visual acuity (color, depth, perception), walking, fit testing, bodily fluids/bloodborne exposure, burns.
Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

Provides registration support to facilitate patient flow and non-clinical administrative support for center activities.
Registers direct admission and hospital transfer patients so that bed placement can occur and an active patient account is available prior to arrival, to accommodate Physician office order entry.
Monitors Intake Logistics for Registration requests and activities.
Serves as a registration expert, troubleshooting and correcting registration oversights to ensure patient flow is not impeded.
Verifies patient’s insurance eligibility for direct admits and facility transfers; obtains authorization if necessary.
Assists C3s (Hub and Unit) with referrals; faxes and photocopies medical record information as needed for post-acute patient placement to facilitate timely discharges.
Updates/corrects insurance information; notifies appropriate departments to ensure accurate financial data is available.
Provides administrative support to facility C3s as appropriate.
Manage registration for discharge-readmit cases as well as interrupted stay cases.
Updates bedded patient status. Ex: Observation to Inpatient; Inpatient to Observation when needed.
Supports Hub C3 as needed.
Assists Hub C3 with bed placement, registration, facility transfer, and other tasks as assigned.
Uses data collection tools to reflect activities, as noted by review of documentation.
Updates bed request in Care Logistics software to provide accurate information including patient attributes for bed placement.
Collects patient’s insurance authorization for medications and discharge needs.
Notifies payer, as required, of patient’s admission and level of care —either online or via telephone.
Assists in the submission of medical information to payers and community care providers as needed.
Receives referrals from Unit C3 for discharge planning assistance.
Follow up with post-acute care facilities on bed holds.
Actively communicates with multidisciplinary healthcare team (Primary Nurse, nurse manager, C3, etc.).
Communicates potential admissions to facilitate system wide planning by entering bed request in Care Logistics software.
Contacts referral destination in person, by phone, fax or EPIC to notify of early alert and final alert.
Performs Other Duties.