Billing Records, Communication Skills, Computer Skills, Customer Relations, Customer Support/Service, Demographics, Healthcare Reimbursement, High School Diploma, Hospital, Material Moving, Medical Records, Medical Terminology, Patient Administration Systems (PAS), Patient Care, Patient Registration, Physical Demands, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Telephone Skills, Third-Party Payer
Job Summary
The PAS is responsible for the registration of patients, preparing accounts for billing, verifying third party insurance and patient demographic information. Collects upfront patient cash, in addition to working in pre-admitting areas and any other services that may relate to the registration function.
Licensure and Certification:
Education:
- Minimum High School graduate or GED equivalent
Experience:
- Two (2) years minimum in hospital or other setting.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Medical Terminology.
- Knowledge of third party reimbursement.
- Customer service skills.
- Computer literate.
- Self-starter; ability to work individually or within a team.
Physical Demands - Clerical/Administrative Non-Patient Care:
- Frequent sitting and standing/walking with frequent position change.
- Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and chest level.
- Occasional/intermittent reaching at or above shoulder level.
- Occasional/intermittent bending, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, twisting, and climbing.
- Occasional/intermittent lifting and carrying objects/equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
- Continuous use of near vision, hearing and verbal communication skills in handling telephone calls, interacting with customers and co-workers and performing job duties.
Key for Physical Demands
Continuous
66 to 100% of the time
Frequent
33 to 65% of the time
Occasional
0 to 32% of the time
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Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital