Patient Registrar III

Location Address:

Compensation Pay Range:

Summary:

Responsibilities:

• Customer Service and Caring Practices:
• Achieve exceptional patient experience for patients and patient families by using CARES, AIDET and EPE tools.
• Adjust to the personality of the consumer while maintaining healthcare compliance guidelines and patient safety.
• Addresses and attempts to appropriately resolve complaints in the moment by using key words at key times.
• First line resolution to assist consumers with concerns.
• Monitor and maintain the lobby waiting areas for cleanliness and to offer comfort cart rounding to the patients and families. Keep patients informed of delays.

• Patient Access:
• Schedules patient appointments according to guidelines by providing documentation of scheduled appointments, procedural instructions and location directions.
• Follows team and same day appointment guidelines.
• Monitors daily patient schedule for accuracy, anticipate errors and take corrective action.
• Identifies no show patients and uses EOD status. Follows No-Show workflows to take appropriate step for notifying the patient and/or the clinical team as to the patient s status.

• Financial Accountabilities:
• High accuracy at registration to drive first pass yield on claims and reduce rework.
• Follows PMG cash handling policies and balances daily
• Obtaining a prior authorization, referral and prior notification when applicable
• Collects identified patient financial obligation amounts including residual balance, if applicable.
• Refers as appropriate to on site Financial Advocate, or for uninsured to the Financial Advocacy Center
• Message Management:
• Formulates complete and accurate telephone encounter messages and routes to the appropriate Epic in-basket pool to support operational aspects of patient care.

• Medical Record Components:
• Instructs patients on the Release of Information process and insure a fully completed ROI Form is submitted to Health Information Management.
• Follows workflows to obtain incoming records, documenting receipt and preparing for scanning into the electronic health record.
• Facilitate paperwork completions for patients. Communicate effectively, document and follow pre-determined workflows. Items may include; Prescriptions, Handicap Placards, Disability Forms

Qualifications:

• High school or equivalent
• Experience:
• Two years experiences in Healthcare or customer service field with significant customer service experience. Must be able to demonstrate competency in scheduling and registration. Must pass all EPIC competencies within 30 days of hire or upon completion of Epic Clerical Training class.
• Abilities:
• Requires general knowledge of the customer encounter process which may include scheduling, registration, contract requirements, financial guidelines, coordination of services and billing process in terms of what and how work is to be done as well as why it is done.
  

All benefits-eligible Presbyterian employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, group term life insurance and other optional voluntary benefits.

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

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