Patient Service Rep - 32 Hours

Advocate Aurora Health - Kenosha, WI

Part-time - Entry Level

Kenosha, WI

Hospitals

About the position

The Patient Service Representative plays a crucial role in providing excellent customer service to patients and visitors in a medical office environment. This part-time position involves greeting patients, managing appointments, and ensuring accurate registration and insurance verification, all while maintaining a courteous and efficient patient flow.

Responsibilities

• Greets patients and visitors and responds to routine requests for information.
• Answers telephone, screens calls, and takes messages.
• Registers patients; obtains demographic and insurance information; verifies insurance coverage, collects co-pays, deductibles, and previous balances; posts payments and updates demographic and insurance information.
• Schedules patient appointments and coordinates cancellations, reschedules, and additions to schedules.
• Provides accurate, detailed information regarding test preparations, time patient to arrive, and any other directional information needed by patient.
• Updates insurance, financial responsibility and other data when changes or additions occur, and communicates to patient as appropriate.
• Ensures insurance and patient information obtained is complete and accurate, applying acquired knowledge of government and third party payer requirements.
• Identifies, reports, and resolves problems regarding registration to appropriate individuals and departments.
• Monitors patient flow to ensure they are cared for in the most efficient and courteous manner.
• Offers various assistance to patients to include: arranging transportation needs, providing directions, locating wheelchair, etc.
• Performs visit closure including checking out patients after visit, scheduling follow-up appointments, and providing patients with a visit summary.
• May file, retrieve, and/or deliver patient information and/or records, and completes required forms/documentation.

Requirements

• High School Graduate.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills; ability to effectively communicate with a variety of patients, staff and physicians.
• Intermediate computer skills including experience in using personal computers; including Microsoft Office or similar applications, and electronic mail.
• Training or experience in keyboarding/data entry with an emphasis on speed and accuracy.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to read and understand verbal and written instructions, and to sort and file information alphabetically and numerically.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment with a strong attention to detail and accuracy.