Principal Admitting Worker - Cancer Center- Stem Cell Clinc - FT Days
About The Position
Incumbent is responsible for scheduling clinic patients for surgery and diagnostic procedures. Assures all necessary paperwork is completed and forwarded to appropriate departments. Assists in determining if the patient's source of funding covers proposed surgery/procedure and inquires about expiration dates. Determines that physician documentation reflects need for proposed surgery/procedure. Obtains surgery/procedure date and time based on physician availability and operating room schedule. Communicates effectively with patients in order to obtain demographic and financial data. Provides accurate wait time estimates when available. Acts as a liaison between admissions, other departments and operating room. Notifies departments, services, physicians and the patient if surgery/procedure date/time is rescheduled and updates all as necessary. Responsible for inputting demographic and financial data into the SMS System following basic computer flows and codes.
Requirements
- Previous experience with computer registration and registration scheduling system
- Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
- Must demonstrate general understanding of medical terminology
- Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
- Must be able to travel to off site physician practices
- Minimum one (1) year recent experience (within past two (2) years) registering patients in a hospital or clinic, working as a Medical Assistant, or working in medical billing
- General knowledge of ICD9 and CPT codes
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Demonstrated experience using MS Office
- Ability to work weekends, holidays, and evenings
- Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
- Ability to interpret and understand various medical insurance plans and make accurate determinations regarding coverage
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
- Must be able to provide proof of work authorization
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
- Familiarity of Joint Commission standards
- Experience with Epic
- Experience in surgical scheduling
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
Responsibilities
- Scheduling clinic patients for surgery and diagnostic procedures.
- Ensuring all necessary paperwork is completed and forwarded to appropriate departments.
- Determining if the patient's source of funding covers the proposed surgery/procedure and inquiring about expiration dates.
- Verifying that physician documentation reflects the need for the proposed surgery/procedure.
- Obtaining surgery/procedure date and time based on physician availability and operating room schedule.
- Communicating effectively with patients to obtain demographic and financial data.
- Providing accurate wait time estimates when available.
- Acting as a liaison between admissions, other departments, and the operating room.
- Notifying departments, services, physicians, and the patient if a surgery/procedure date/time is rescheduled and updating all as necessary.
- Inputting demographic and financial data into the SMS System following basic computer flows and codes.
Benefits
- medical insurance
- sick and vacation time
- retirement savings plans
- access to a number of discounts and perks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
