Hermiston, Oregon8 days ago
The Patient Access Representative is responsible for ensuring the efficient flow in the daily operations, customer service on phones, completes outpatient registrations, pre-registration of admissions, collection of payments/co-payments, verifying insurance coverage, filing all paperwork into patient chart, correctly taking messages and ensuring their timely delivery, communicating with insurance companies to obtain or verify authorization of care and medical necessity information. Secures medical necessity checks/verification in accordance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services, verifies insurance benefits, coverage & eligibility, completes assigned registration work lists activities, obtains/verifies insurance authorizations for scheduled & unscheduled Hospital services, and secures inpatient visit notification to payors.