li>Communicates with the patient the anticipated self-pay portion co-payments/deductibles/co-insurance, and account balance refers self-pay, patients with limited or exhausted benefits to the in-house Financial Counselors to determine eligibility. Insurance carriers are contacted to verify coverage and benefit limitations, tests and procedures are pre-authorized and scheduled, deductibles, co-payments, account balances, and fees are calculated and notations are added to the system for front end collection.