Patient Access Representative | 40hrs/week

Sanford Health•Rapid City, SD

14h•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. We are looking for someone who wants to be part of a team that strives to create a positive patient experience by creating a welcoming and safe environment for anyone walks into our facility. This is a fast-paced environment where we focus on delivering high quality patient care. Candidate should be outgoing, able to multitask, detailed oriented, and have exceptional customer service skills. The primary duty will be surgical admissions, other duties include communication with other departments, answering phones and taking care of the needs of patients and their families. Join our Sanford Patient Access Family and Grow the Good! As a Patient Access Representative, your primary responsibility will be providing extraordinary customer service to patients with every interaction. With being the first point of contact, you will have the opportunity to provide a positive patient experience by creating a welcoming and safe environment, either on the phone or in the clinic. Apply today to learn more about the opportunities available to grow your career at Sanford.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Post-secondary education helpful.
One year of work experience, preferably in a medical office setting.
Medical terminology helpful; customer service skills essential.
Six months' customer service experience desired.
May require BLS for certain locations and/or settings.

Responsibilities

Greet patients & verifies demographics
Creating, scanning & routing documents or electronic forms
Inform patients what the document is & capture signatures on necessary paperwork
Establishes and assigns financial responsibility and assists with arrangements while adhering to appropriate policies and procedures
Collects co-payments, pre-payments, and payments on account balances
May work through the registration work queue to address and resolve registration errors or denied insurance claims
Work with nursing team & providers to coordinate & schedule appointments to meet patient’s needs, coordinate provider schedule
Obtain and coordinate referrals & conduct pre-authorization
Arrange interpreter services
Check patients in/out
Operate multi-line phone
May resolve work queue issues, manage recall and waitlists, & serve as switchboard operator calling codes and paging providers
Preparation & coordination of charts
Organize supporting provider documents
Initiation & collaboration of patient financial assistance
Track patient visits & health information management on patient accounts
Compile, distribute, administer, and score assessments
Coordination of Telemed appointments
Reminder calls for appointments
Hospital admission
Office duties, such as make copies or send faxes