Patient Service Representative (PSR) - Full-Time (Park Ridge)

American Addiction Centers • Park Ridge, IL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Service Representative (PSR) provides efficient, high-quality service to patients. This includes assisting patients who arrive for appointments, call, or visit in person to request appointments or information on tests, procedures, bills, charges, and referrals. The PSR greets and registers patients in the EMR system, verifies billing and demographic information, and coordinates patient appointments. They also answer multiple incoming telephone lines, distribute communications, and resolve patient questions regarding referrals, billing, and test results, referring complex issues as needed. Additionally, the PSR schedules future appointments and requisitions, coordinates with hospital admissions, notifies care areas of patient arrival, and manages waiting patients. They accurately identify insurance types, understand different payers, and verify eligibility. The role also involves ensuring accurate entry of billing information, reviewing encounter forms, entering patient charges, and balancing charges. For Medical Record Services, the PSR upholds standards for accurate and timely medical records, ensures availability of necessary documents, maintains medical records, and handles filing and chart preparation. Confidentiality of patient information is paramount, and information is released only according to corporate policies.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One to two years related customer service experience.
• Experience handling difficult caller/customers/patients.
• CRT/PC experience in a customer service setting.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of eClinicalWorks and scheduling sections of the eClinicalWorks system preferred.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to solve problems posed by callers seeking referrals, appointments, billing issues and clinical information.

Responsibilities

• Greets and accurately registers patients in EMR system verifying essential billing and demographic information.
• Coordinates scheduling of patient appointments (phone and in-person requests) accurately and efficiently.
• Answers multiple incoming telephone lines, accurately determining the appropriate recipient of the call or message and referring them promptly and appropriately.
• Distributes communications accurately, based on practice protocol (pagers, faxes, emails).
• Resolves a variety of patient questions, including HMO referrals, billing and queries about services and test results; refers complex issues to practice manager or a clinical staff member, as appropriate.
• Schedules future appointments and requisitions, laboratory tests, radiology procedures and other special diagnostic tests as needed.
• May coordinate with appropriate sections of hospital admission and/or outpatient admissions and surgery.
• Notifies patient care area when patient has arrived and is ready to be seen.
• Attends to waiting patients in reception and ensures that they are seen in a timely manner or are promptly notified of unexpected delays.
• Accurately identifies type of insurance from card, understands different types of payers, and verifies eligibility if necessary.
• Ensures entry at time of service of billing information on the patient and payer and accurate follow-up on missing information.
• Reviews encounter forms for accuracy and completeness, checks with physician for missing information.
• Enters patient charges into the EMR system according to established policies and procedures.
• Batches encounter forms and balances charges.
• Ensures the availability of properly prepared patient medical records, daily schedules and related forms.
• Maintains medical record including loose filing and re-filing of charts daily.
• Pull and prepares charts for appointments.
• Maintains confidentiality around all patient information, both in front of each patient being treated and around other patients in the area.
• Releases information from records, only according to corporate policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs
• Competitive compensation
• Generous retirement offerings
• Programs that invest in your career development
• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees