Patient Financial Services Representative I

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It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Summary:

Responsible for determining the patient financial component for patient services. Estimates, communicates and collects the patient financial responsibility and provides patient financial counseling.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists patients in understanding their insurance benefits including their co-payment, deductible and co-insurance responsibility.
• Educates patient regarding financial assistance programs when appropriate.
• Obtains patient demographic information and requests financial responsibility from the patient.
• Determines patient qualification for coverage by third-party payer and informs financial counselor, patient or family member of status.
• Verifies all commercial insurance coverage, workers compensation insurance, TPL insurance and state and government programs.
• Documents and resolves patient concerns or inquiries that are received via telephone, mail or walk-in within an established time frame.
• Validates Master Patient Index according to departmental policy.
• Interprets physician orders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High school diploma or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

8701370033 Customer Service

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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