Patient Registrar 1

Mercyhealth Wisconsin and Illinois•Rockford, IL

5d•$17 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Registrar is responsible for engaging in positive interactions, providing helpful assistance, and managing patient arrivals and registrations in various departments such as the ER and Urgent Care. This role involves identifying patients, accurately entering demographic and billing information, verifying insurance, and collecting payments. The Patient Registrar also plays a crucial role in ensuring patient privacy, assisting with patient admissions, managing cash drawers, and communicating effectively with patients, visitors, and healthcare staff. They are expected to maintain a professional demeanor, work efficiently under pressure, and contribute to a positive team environment.

Requirements

Graduate of high school or equivalent preferred
One to two years customer service experience required
Knowledge of computer systems, to include navigation, typing, and data entry.
Detail oriented.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Excellent problem solving, conflict management, time management and stress management skills in highly emotional and demanding situations.
Ability to use good judgment and utilize independent decision-making skills.
Able to work independently, as well as collaborate in a team environment.
Interpersonal skills to interact with patients to obtain needed information to communicate to partners and providers.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of third-party payors preferred
Medical terminology preferred
EPIC knowledge preferred but not required

Responsibilities

Engage in positive interactions with patients, visitors, and customers, demonstrating friendliness and helpfulness.
Anticipate and respond to the needs of patients, visitors, and customers, remaining calm under pressure.
Participate in team building, continuous quality improvement, and educational initiatives.
Provide shadowing and training to new partners.
Use good judgment in highly emotional and demanding situations.
Arrive patients to the ER and Urgent Care.
Sign in or check in hospital outpatient visits.
Identify patients in need of immediate care by visual assessment at time of registration and prioritize registration by complaint severity.
Monitor waiting area for changing patient conditions and alert triage RN.
Admit all surgical and direct admit patients.
Schedule and check in hospital outpatient lab patients.
Identify and select patients using department-required identifiers to select the correct electronic medical record, reducing errors.
Enter patient's complaints/symptoms and order them based on severity.
Complete all other required arrival information in the electronic medical record.
Generate patient armbands, face sheets, and patient labels.
Verify information before applying patient armbands during traumas or chaotic situations.
Gather and enter all necessary demographic, guarantor, and billing information from patients/family into EPIC.
Obtain necessary signatures and documents for inpatient and outpatient registrations.
Verify patient insurance information and update as appropriate.
Identify ER patients with out-of-network insurance and provide this information to ED partners.
Complete out-of-network paperwork and document conversations.
Identify patients without insurance and work with financial counselors to facilitate self-pay services.
Identify appropriate primary/secondary payees.
Complete MSPQ as required for Medicare patients.
Collect all applicable co-pays, self-pay payments, and pre-payments for services.
Assist with coordination of patients into the appropriate unit.
Provide accurate information and timely updates to patients, visitors, and customers.
Assist other departments at various hospital locations to notify when patients have arrived.
Assist outside EMS/EMT agencies with patient arrivals and provide paperwork for billing.
Perform pre-admission and pre-registration functions for patients.
Provide patients with admission information, such as the VIP Folder, upon admission.
Obtain signatures for Medicare forms as required for admission within the required timeframe.
Properly secure and return all patient valuables in accordance with policy.
Assist hospital staff to facilitate patient care during EPIC Downtime or disaster mode.
Assist nursing staff to provide transportation vouchers and payment for transportation services.
Maintain an accurate cash drawer.
Close and balance cash drawer at the end of each shift in compliance with cash handling policy.
Manage work queues to resolve registration errors, allowing patient bills to process timely.
Assess and determine situations requiring an interpreter and use interpreter services effectively.
Log in, answer, return, and transfer all incoming telephone inquiries, and make outbound calls as needed.
Monitor security cameras and door entry systems politely and communicate information to appropriate staff, patients, or visitors.
Address questions or concerns promptly or identify the appropriate resource.
Use effective service recovery skills to solve problems or service breakdowns.
Remain flexible and reliable to react to frequent changes in duties and work volume.
Manage work schedule efficiently to ensure all tasks and assignments are completed on time.
Present a friendly, approachable, professional demeanor and appearance.
Complete travel screening questionnaire for every patient, visitor, and customer.
Track patient's visitors as needed and appropriate based on current hospital guidelines.
Provide directions, help, or escort patients/visitors to the correct area.
Demonstrate teamwork by helping co-workers in and across departments.
Communicate appropriately, clearly, and timely to the leadership team, charge nurse, physician, and partners.
Use excellent judgment to notify the leadership team of all unusual occurrences or situations requiring attention.
Use organizational and departmental resources efficiently.
Follow local, state, and federal healthcare regulations.
Perform light duty cleaning of registration, lobby, and waiting room areas.
Complete all required educational courses as assigned.
May be required to work alternate shifts, weekends, and overtime during peak periods.
Perform other duties as assigned.