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National Medical Association

Consumer Access Specialist

National Medical Association, Glendale Heights, Illinois, United States, 60139


All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

Benefits from Day One for FT/PT positions

Paid Days Off from Day One for FT/PT positions

Student Loan Repayment Program for FT/PT positions

Career Development

Whole Person Wellbeing Resources

Mental Health Resources and Support

Debt-free Education (Certifications and Degrees without out-of-pocket tuition expense)

Schedule:

Full Time, 36 hours/week

Shift:

Rotating Shifts/Schedule required - 12:30pm - 9:00pm, 2:00pm - 10:30pm and 3:00pm - 11:30pm, with rotating weekends and holidays

Location:

AdventHealth Glen Oaks

The role you’ll contribute:

Ensures patients are appropriately registered for all service lines. Performs eligibility verification, obtains pre-cert and/or authorizations, makes financial arrangements, requests and receives payments for services, performs cashiering functions, clears registration errors and edits pre-bill, and other duties as required. Maintains a close working relationship with clinical partners to ensure continual open communication between clinical, ancillary and patient access departments. Actively participates in extending exemplary service to both internal and external customers and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all.

The value you’ll bring to the team:

Proactively seeks assistance to improve any responsibilities assigned to their role

Accountable for maintaining a working relationship with clinical partners to ensure open communications between clinical, ancillary, and patient access departments, which enhances the patient experience

Provides timely and continual coverage of assigned work area in order to offer prompt patient service and availability for all clinical partner registration needs

Meets and exceeds productivity standards determined by department leadership

Contacts insurance companies by phone, fax, online portal, and other resources to obtain and verify insurance eligibility and benefits

Verifies medical necessity in accordance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) standards

Obtains pre-authorizations from third-party payers in accordance with payer requirements

Obtains PCP referrals when applicable

Alerts physician offices to issues with obtaining pre-authorizations

Corrects demographic, insurance, or authorization related errors and pre-bill edits

Meets or exceeds accuracy standards and ensures integrity of patient accounts

Registers patients for all services and achieves department specific goal for accuracy

Confirms whether patients are insured and gathers details

Performs Medicare compliance review on applicable Medicare accounts

Completes Medicare Secondary Payer Questionnaire for Medicare beneficiaries

Creates accurate estimates to maximize up-front cash collections

Advises patients of expected costs and collects payments or makes appropriate payment agreements

Connects patients with financial counseling or Medicaid eligibility vendor as appropriate

Performs cashiering functions such as collections and cash reconciliation with accuracy

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

High School degree or equivalent required

One year or more of relevant healthcare experience preferred

Prior collections experience preferred

One or more years of customer service experience preferred

Associate's degree preferred

Bilingual – English/Spanish preferred

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