Patient Service Representative
Current• Strive to understand and anticipate patient needs, manage service recovery efforts when needed, and listing management assistance as appropriate, identifies opportunities to improve the patient experience. • Execute excellent customer service and communication skills to over 1000+ patients daily in order to obtain demographic, financial and biographical information to appropriately bill payers. • As per practice 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. • Responsible for arriving/departing activities of patient at practice 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 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. • Orders supplies for the office and generates front-end process reports as requested.