Patient Financial Services Representative Physicians Practice BUMC Tucson Physicians Clinic Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM

Patient Financial Specialist

This position as a Patient Financial Specialist in a Physician Practice Clinic will be responsible for assisting with front office tasks - checking in patients, verifying insurance, collecting payments. In addition, this position may also assist our back office schedulers with medical records requests, answering calls, and scheduling appointments.

Location: 707 N Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85716

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8AM - 5PM

Potential for up to 40 hours/week

POSITION SUMMARY

This position coordinates a smooth patient flow process by answering phones, scheduling patient appointments, providing registration of patient and insurance information, obtaining required signatures following established processes, procedures, and standards. This position also verifies insurance coverage, validates referrals and authorizations, collects patient liability, and provides financial guidance to patients to maximize medical services reimbursement efforts. This also includes accurately posting patients at the point of service and releasing information in accordance with organizational and compliance policies and guidelines.

CORE FUNCTIONS

• Performs registration/check-in processes including but not limited to performing data entry activities, providing patients with appropriate information and intake forms, obtaining necessary signatures, and generating population health summary.
• Verifies insurance eligibility benefits for services rendered with the payors and documents appropriately. Assists in obtaining or validating pre-certification, referrals, and authorizations.
• Calculates and collects patient liability according to verification of insurance benefits and expected reimbursement. Explains and provides financial policies and available resources for alternative payment arrangements to patients and their families.
• Enters payments/charges for services rendered and performs daily payment/charge reconciliation in a timely and accurate manner. Balances cash drawer at the beginning and end of the day and prepares daily bank deposit with necessary paperwork sent to centralized billing for record purposes.
• Schedules office visits and procedures within the medical practice(s) and external practices as necessary. Maximizes reimbursement by scheduling patients in accordance with payor plan provisions. Confirms patient appointments for the following day as necessary and ensures patients are properly prepared for visits.
• Demonstrates proactive interpersonal communications skills while dealing with patient concerns through telephone calls, emails, and in-person conversations. Optimizes patient flow by using effective customer service/communication skills by communicating to internal and external customers, care team, management, centralized services, and HIMS.
• Assists in responding to requests for patient medical records according to company policies and procedures, and state and federal laws.
• Provides a variety of patient services to assist in patient flow including but not limited to escorting patients, taking vitals and patient history, assisting in patient treatment, distributing mail and fax information, ordering supplies, etc.
• Works independently under regular supervision and follows structured work routines. Works in a fast paced, multi-task environment with high volume and immediacy needs requiring independent decision making and sound judgment to prioritize work and ensure appropriateness and timeliness of each patient's care. This position requires the ability to retain large amounts of changing payor information/knowledge crucial to attaining reimbursement for the services provided.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge. Requires knowledge of patient financial services, financial, collecting services, or insurance industry experience processes normally acquired over one or more years of work experience. Requires the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously with minimal supervision and to work independently.

Requires strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills to effectively interact with a wide range of audiences. Strong knowledge in the use of common office software, word processing, spreadsheet, and database software are required.

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PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Work experience with the Companys systems and processes is preferred. Previous cash collections experience is preferred. Additional related education and/or experience preferred.