Patient Financial Services Representative OBGYN Loveland

Banner Health

8d • $18 - $27 • Hybrid

About The Position

The future is full of possibilities. At Banner Health, we’re excited about what the future holds for health care. That’s why we’re changing the industry to make the experience the best it can be. If you’re ready to change lives, we want to hear from you.
With the latest in medical knowledge, the team at Banner Health Clinic, specializing in OB-GYN, promotes healthy living through every phase of a women’s life. From infertility to pregnancy, from well-woman checks to addressing gynecological cancers, our caring and compassionate team offers women of all ages the warm and personalized care they deserve. One of northern Colorado’s premier providers of minimally invasive gynecological procedures using state-of-the-art robotic surgery, we treat gynecological cancers, pelvic prolapsed and pelvic cancer.
As a Patient Financial Services Representative supporting OBGYN, we offer a customer-focused and friendly work environment with a great team and career growth opportunities. You'll have the opportunity to work directly with patients and with an engaged group of physicians and staff. You will be responsible for checking in patients, verifying/adding patient demographics, verifying insurance coverage, collection of payments, scheduling appointments, returning patient phone calls, and communicating with clinical staff. If you are you ready to be challenged, work in a positive environment and contribute to making a change in people's lives, then we are the perfect team for you.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Requires knowledge of patient financial services, financial, collecting services or insurance industry experience processes normally acquired over one or more years of work experience.
• Requires the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously with minimal supervision and to work independently.
• Requires strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills to effectively interact with a wide range of audiences.
• Strong knowledge in the use of common office software, word processing, spreadsheet, and database software are required.
• Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment. An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.

Nice To Haves

• Work experience with the Company’s systems and processes is preferred.
• Previous cash collections experience is preferred.
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Performs registration/check-in processes, including but not limited to performing data entry activities, providing patients with appropriate information and intake forms, obtaining necessary signatures and generating population health summary.
• Verifies insurance eligibility benefits for services rendered with the payors and documents appropriately. Assists in obtaining or validating pre-certification, referrals, and authorizations
• Calculates and collects patient liability according to verification of insurance benefits and expected reimbursement. Explains and provides financial policies and available resources for alternative payment arrangements to patients and their families.
• Enters payments/charges for services rendered and performs daily payment/charge reconciliation in a timely and accurate manner. Balances cash drawer at the beginning and end of the day and prepares daily bank deposit with necessary paperwork sent to centralized billing for record purposes.
• Schedules office visits and procedures within the medical practice(s) and external practices as necessary. Maximizes reimbursement by scheduling patients in accordance with payor plan provisions. Confirms patient appointments for the following day as necessary and ensures patients are properly prepared for visits.
• Demonstrates proactive interpersonal communications skills while dealing with patient concerns through telephone calls, emails and in-person conversations. Optimizes patient flow by using effective customer service/communication skills by communicating to internal and external customers, care team, management, centralized services and HIMS.
• Assists in responding to requests for patient medical records according to company policies and procedures, and state and federal laws.
• Provides a variety of patient services to assist in patient flow including but not limited to escorting patients, taking vitals and patient history, assisting in patient treatment, distributing mail and fax information, ordering supplies, etc.
• Works independently under regular supervision and follows structured work routines. Works in a fast paced, multi-task environment with high volume and immediacy needs requiring independent decision making and sound judgment to prioritize work and ensure appropriateness and timeliness of each patient’s care. This position requires the ability to retain large amounts of changing payor information/knowledge crucial to attaining reimbursement for the services provided. Primary external customers include patients and their families, physician office staff and third party payors.

Benefits

• The posted compensation range is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay Banner Health in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting. This range is based on possible base salaries and does not include the value of our total rewards package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED