Patient Service Representative (PSR)

MaineGeneral Health•Augusta, ME

53d

About The Position

Provides front-line support to patients and clinical staff by performing a variety of receptionist, registration, and clerical duties. This role plays a key part in delivering a positive experience for patients through professional communication, attention to detail, and commitment to excellent customer service. Greets patients, answers incoming calls, and performs general clerical tasks to support assigned clinical departments. Schedules patient appointments using computerized scheduling systems and ensures accuracy in all entries. Verifies insurance coverage and benefits, obtaining precertification or authorization when required. Determines and accepts payments, including co-pays and deductibles, or refers patients to financial counselors for assistance as needed. Collects, verifies, and enters all necessary demographic, billing, and clinical information into the registration system in a timely and accurate manner.

Responsibilities

Provides front-line support to patients and clinical staff by performing a variety of receptionist, registration, and clerical duties.
Greets patients, answers incoming calls, and performs general clerical tasks to support assigned clinical departments.
Schedules patient appointments using computerized scheduling systems and ensures accuracy in all entries.
Verifies insurance coverage and benefits, obtaining precertification or authorization when required.
Determines and accepts payments, including co-pays and deductibles, or refers patients to financial counselors for assistance as needed.
Collects, verifies, and enters all necessary demographic, billing, and clinical information into the registration system in a timely and accurate manner.

Benefits

Supporting all aspects of our employees' wellness - physical, emotional and financial - is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.
Physical Wellness: We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.
Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.
A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.
Emotional Wellness: When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.
Financial Wellness: An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center.
Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.
We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.
Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.
We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.
Career Mobility: Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource - they're how we grow our business and care for our community.