Patient Service Representative

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center

LAWRENCE, MA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Calendar Management, Clinical Trial, Co-Payments, Communication Skills, Customer Support/Service, Demographics, English Language, Family Medicine, Funding, Geriatrics, High School Diploma, Insurance, Internal Medicine, Medical Records, Medical Treatment, Multilingual, Nonprofit, Patient Care, Patient Charts, Patient Registration, Pediatrics, Problem Solving Skills, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Spanish Language, Telephone Skills
LOCATION
LAWRENCE, MA
POSTED
4 days ago

Established in 1980, the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC) is a multi-site mission-driven non-profit organization employing over 700 staff whose primary focus is providing the highest quality patient care to residents throughout the Merrimack Valley. Nationally recognized as a leader in community medicine (family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, and geriatrics), GLFHC has clinical sites throughout the service area and is the sponsoring organization for the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency program.

GLFHC is currently seeking a bilingual (English/Spanish) Patient Service Representative. The Patient Service Representative performs all functions necessary to make patients ready for the clinical part of their visit including the resolution of any insurance or financial issues necessary to ensure coverage for services.

  • Must be able to don appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Perform patient registration functions for new and existing patients, including confirmation of appointments, updating demographic information, insurance verification, pulling of patient charts, and notifying medial assistant when patient has been registered.
  • Answers all incoming calls quickly using the appropriate uniformed script. Confidentiality and customer service are the first priority.
  • Review clinicians schedule in advance for correct demographics and insurance verification. Problems with insurance inform patients prior to their appointments.
  • Collect co-pays and issue receipts. Balance receipts against payments collected from patients by the end of shift.
  • Notify appropriate staff of patient's arrival. Follow cancellation and rescheduling procedures.
  • Resolve all insurance issues to ensure patients have appropriate coverage for services being provided by the Center prior to scheduled appointments.
  • Assist patients with enrollment in all available insurance plans (Mass Health, Commonwealth Care, etc.)

Qualifications

  • Bilingual; Spanish and English
  • High School diploma or GED certificate
  • Training in a Medical or Administrative field
  • Computer knowledge
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work flexible hours, evenings, and weekend coverage

GLFHC offers a great working environment, comprehensive benefit package, growth opportunities and tuition reimbursement.

About the Company

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Greater Lawrence Family Health Center

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center with clinical sites in located in Lawrence and Methuen, Massachusetts, serves over 60,000 unique patients from Lawrence and the surrounding communities of Methuen, Andover, North Andover and Haverhill. It is the second-largest Federally Qualified Health Center in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Since 1980, GLFHC has been fulfilling its mission “to improve and maintain the health of individuals and families in the Merrimack Valley by providing a network of high quality, comprehensive health care services and by training health care professionals who can respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population.”

GLFHC is also home to the nationally-recognized Lawrence Family Medicine Residency (LFMR) program, the first family medicine residency program of its kind in the United States. Solely owned and operated as an academic medical residency by the health center, LFMR has graduated close to 200 primary care physicians. The majority of LFMR graduates have either stayed at the health center or have chosen to stay working in low-income, underserved communities in Massachusetts and across the country. In FY2020, LFMR will be home to 42 residents who participate in one of the only 4-year programs in the country as part of a demonstration project conducted by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.

COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employees
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
FOUNDED
1980
WEBSITE
https://glfhc.org/