Patient Services Representative, Cardiology, FT, Days

Prisma Health•Richland, WA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for aspects of front office management and operation as assigned. This role involves complete and accurate patient registration, pre-certification, charge capture, and coding diagnoses. It also includes posting payments, balancing reports, and managing patient financial agreements. The position requires excellent interpersonal skills for high levels of public contact. Responsibilities extend to gathering charge information, completing the billing process, filing insurance claims, assisting patients with forms, and processing unpaid accounts. The representative acts as a liaison between patients and medical staff, greeting patients courteously, checking them in, verifying insurance information, and obtaining necessary signatures. They assist patients with mobility issues, maintain appointment schedules, provide phone support, screen visitors, and handle outpatient charge processing and payment posting. Cashiering functions, including balancing the cash drawer and preparing deposits, are also part of the role. The position involves working with patients on prepayment and financial agreements, resolving account issues, and assisting with outpatient coding and error resolution. They process edits and customer service requests, identify trends, update patient account databases, and manage physician schedules. Scheduling surgeries, appointments, and admissions, answering patient questions about appointments and testing, and assembling patient charts are key duties. The role includes updating patient profiles for completeness and accuracy, overseeing the waiting area, and assisting patients with various insurance and benefit-related questions. Processing benefit correspondence, signature, and insurance forms to expedite payments, and assisting with pre-certification from insurance companies are also required. Follow-up with insurance companies to ensure coverage approval, posting actions, and maintaining patient account records are essential. The representative answers patient inquiries about their accounts, confirms workers’ compensation claims, prepares disability claims, and follows up on claim payments. Maintaining files with referral slips, medical authorizations, and insurance slips, and researching information for outpatient billing are crucial. Coding procedure and diagnosis information, entering charge data, and processing billings are part of the daily tasks. Pulling and filing charts, picking up lab reports, dictations, X-rays, and correspondence, and maintaining orderly files are also included. Obsolete records are purged, and outdated records are destroyed following established procedures. New patient charts are created, damaged charts are repaired, and assistance is provided in locating and filing records. The role involves working with medical assistants and other staff to route charts correctly and following medical records policies. Collecting payments at the time of service, reviewing accounts for timely payments, performing collection actions, and evaluating patient financial status to establish payment plans are key responsibilities. Recommendations are made regarding accounts for collection agencies. Identifying and resolving patient billing complaints and following up on accounts until a zero balance is achieved or the account is turned over for collection are also part of the role. Participation in educational activities, gathering and verifying superbills, entering charge and payment information, and verifying accuracy are required. Printing and verifying daily reports, backing up and closing computer files, and registering new patients while updating financial information are daily tasks. Maintaining strict confidentiality and performing related work as required are essential. The representative is expected to maintain a neat and professional appearance, demonstrate commitment to service, and uphold office manual guidelines.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent OR Post-high school diploma.
No previous experience required.
Basic understanding of ICD-9 and CPT coding - Preferred

Nice To Haves

Associate degree in technical specialty program of 18 months minimum in length preferred
Multi-specialty group practice setting experience preferred

Responsibilities

Responsible for complete and accurate patient registration, pre-certification, charge capture and accurately coding diagnoses given by physicians.
Responsible for posting all payments and balancing with the computer reports at day end.
Arranges for patient pre-payments and enforces financial agreements prior to providing service.
Gathers charge information, codes, enters into database, completes billing process, distributes billing information.
Files insurance claims and assists patients in completing insurance forms.
Processes unpaid accounts by contacting patients and third-party payers.
Greets patients and visitors in a prompt, courteous, and helpful manner.
Checks in patients, verifies and updates necessary insurance information in the patient accounting system.
Obtains signatures on all forms and documents as required.
Assists patients with ambulatory difficulties.
Maintains appointment book and follows office scheduling policies.
Provides front office phone support as needed and outlined through cross training program.
Screens visitors and responds to routine requests for information.
Responsible for gathering, accurately coding and posting outpatient charges.
Processes vouchers and private payments, to include updating registration screens based on information on checks.
Research address verification as needed.
Helps to process mail return statements and outgoing statements.
Acquires billing information for all doctors for all patients seen in practice.
Performs cashiering functions including monitoring and balancing cash drawer daily.
Prepares daily cash deposits.
Receives payments from patients and issues receipts.
Codes and posts payments and maintains required records, reports and files.
Works with patients in securing prepayment sources or financial agreements prior to providing service.
Participates with other staff to achieve account resolution.
Assists with outpatient coding and error resolution.
Processes edits and Customer Service and Collection Request for resolution within specified time frames.
Identify trends and communicates problems to management.
Updates patient account database.
Maintains and updates current information on physician’s schedules.
Schedules surgeries, ancillary services and follow-up outpatient appointments and admissions as requested.
Answers questions regarding patient appointments and testing.
Assembles patients’ charts for next day visit.
Updates profiles on all patients, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
Oversees waiting area, coordinates patient movement, reports problems or irregularities.
Assists patients with questions on insurance claims, obtaining disability insurance benefits, home health care, medical equipment, surgical care, etc.
Processes benefit correspondence, signature, and insurance forms to expedite payment of outstanding claims.
Assists patients in completing all necessary forms to obtain hospitalization or Surgical pre-certification from insurance companies.
Follows-up with insurance companies ensuring that coverage is approved.
Posts all actions and maintains permanent record of patient accounts.
Answers patient questions and inquiries regarding their accounts.
Confirms all workers’ compensation claims with employees.
Prepares disability claims in a timely manner.
Follows-up with insurance companies ensuring that claims are paid as directed.
Maintains files with referral slips, medical authorizations, and insurance slips.
Researches all information needed to complete outpatient billing process including getting charge information from physicians.
Codes information about procedures performed and diagnosis on charge.
Keys charge information into on-line entry program.
Processes and distributes copies of billings according to clinic policies.
Assists with outpatient coding and error resolution.
Pulls charts for scheduled appointments in advance.
Delivers, transports, sorts and files returned charts.
Picks up lab reports, dictations, X-rays, and correspondence.
Continually checks for misfiled charts and refiles according to filing system.
Maintains orderly files.
Files all medical reports.
Purges obsolete records and files in storage.
Destroys outdated records following established procedures for retention and destruction.
Makes up new patient charts.
Repairs damaged charts.
Assists in locating and filing records.
Works with medical assistants and other staff to route patient charts to proper location.
Follows medical records policies and procedures.
Collects payments at time of service for daily outpatient visit services.
Reviews each account via computer to ensure patient’s account(s) are being paid on a timely basis.
Performs collection actions including contacting patients by telephone and resubmitting claims to third party reimburses.
Evaluates patient financial status and establishes budget payment plans.
Reviews accounts for possible assignment to collection agency, makes recommendation to Clinical Dept. Practice Manager.
Identifies and resolves patient billing complaints.
Participates with other staff to follow up on accounts until zero balance or turned over for collection.
Participates in educational activities.
Gathers and verifies superbills for specified practice on a daily basis.
Enters all charge and same day payment information for patient visits and hospital patients, verifying accuracy of coding, charging and patient insurance status.
Prints daily reports, verifying charge entry balancing at day end.
Backs up and closes computer files on a daily basis, logging as appropriate (i.e. closing all batches in accordance with policy).
Registers new patients after verifying patient status on computer inquiry.
Updates financial information as indicated.
Maintains strictest confidentiality.
Performs related work as required.
As representative of Prisma Health Clinical Department, is expected to maintain neat and professional appearance, demonstrate commitment to serve at all times and uphold guidelines set forth in office manual.
Performs other duties as assigned.