Financial Clearance Representative

Position Summary:

Responsible for ensuring accounts are financially cleared prior to the date of service. Interview patients when scheduled for an elective, urgent, inpatient or outpatient procedure.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Financially clears patients for each visit type, admit type and area of service via the Electronic Medical Record- EMR, electronic verification tools.

• Accurately and efficiently performs registration using thorough interviewing techniques, registering patients in appropriate status, and following registration guidelines.

• Starts the overall patient's experience and billing process for outpatient and inpatient services by collecting, documenting, and scanning all required demographic and financial information.

• Responsible for obtaining and verifying accurate insurance information, benefit validation and authorizations.

• Estimates and collects copays, deductibles, and other patient financial obligations.

• Manages all responsibilities within hospital and department compliance guidelines and in accordance with Meaningful Use requirements.

• Applies recurring visit processing according to protocol.

• Performs duties otherwise assigned by management.

Qualifications:

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• One year experience in patient access, registration, billing or physician office

Preferred:

• One-year experience in insurance verification and authorization using Windows (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.), an EMR system, Electronic Eligibility System and various websites for third party payers for verification

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26003800
• Daily Work Times: 9:30AM-6:00PM
• Hours Per Pay Period: 80
• On Call: No
• Weekends: No