Description
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Patient Services Associate in the Emergency Department
Full Time, 7am - 7pm (3 shifts), every other weekend required
2 holiday rotations
Summary:
- The Patient Services Associate (PSA) assists the practice/department in maintaining a patient/customer focus, supports the delivery of high-quality care, shares a passion for patient and customer-centered care, and assists in meeting or exceeding patient satisfaction and financial/operational targets, who is also responsible for the intake/patient registration and or scheduling process. The PSA is responsible for the arrival and/or departure activities of patients in the practice, managing and handling patient calls and inquiries, coordinating patient appointments, updating patient insurance/billing information, Patient Navigation, Liaison activity, and performing point of service activities. The PSA may function in any Patient Access location or department. Rotation between PSA functions and/or departments may be required.
Responsibilities:
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Strives to understand and anticipate patient needs, manages service recovery efforts when needed, enlisting management assistance as appropriate, identifies opportunities to improve the patient experience.
As per practice/department protocols and/or measurements: answer phones in a timely manner, manage/handle patient requests and route appropriately, retrieve voicemails in a timely manner, take accurate and thorough messages and route appropriately through EMR.
Schedule patient appointments (on phone or in person) by determining reason for visit, following established schedules and protocols, using appropriate billing area/appointment location, communicating changes and confirming appointments, and, as needed, offering alternative and canceling/rescheduling appointments.
Responsible for arriving/departing activities of patient at any Patient Access location or department and performs point of service activities: collects copays and records accurately, obtains necessary signatures/forms, obtains insurance cards and referrals/authorizations, updates appointment status in EMR, and finalizes all check-out procedures.
Communicates with patients regarding patient flow and wait times – keeps manager aware of potential issues as they arise.
Issues referrals and obtains pre-authorizations for patients as required and as per protocol.
Maintains up to date knowledge of insurance requirements pertinent to patient service and billing procedures: including basic knowledge of all managed care plans and which insurers require a copayment (including how to collect a copay) or referral.
Validates patient demographic/insurance information and/or registers new patients into EMR using established protocols
Records receipts accurately to ensure end of day reconciliation
participates in cash reconciliation delineations.
Resolves work queues and/or issues from front-end reports
proactively prioritizes recovery of missing charges.
Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulatory standards (ex TJC, DOH, FDA, HIPAA, HCFA, DPW, LCGME, SCGME, etc.)
Staying current with communications from the Patient Access Management Team while remaining flexible and readily adopts new processes and engages in practice operation changes.
Coordinates clinical and administrative aspects of the new patient scheduling encounter.
Perform within the expected outcome of the Automated Call Distribution (ACD) environment.
Solves telephone issues and timely reports problems related to volume to manager.
Follow established downtime procedures for registration
Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, policies, and procedures
Other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization
Credentials:
Education or Equivalent Experience:
- H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)
- Education Specialization: Equivalent Experience:•And 2+ years Medical office experience. Or 2 years of customer service experience. Advanced degree may be considered in lieu of experience.
- Associate of Arts or Science
- Education Specialization: Equivalent Experience:
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