Patient Access Rep

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

 

Description

The Patient Access Rep is responsible for excellent customer service, greeting all patients, ensuring completion of all new or updated patient paperwork, scheduling appointments, insurance verification, worker’s compensation authorization, answering phones, and collecting all appropriate monies due at the time of service. 

Requirements:

 

Requirements

· Greets, welcomes, and expedites patients as they check in while keeping staff and patients abreast of any delays

· Instructs new patients on completion of consent to treat forms, explains insurance benefit information, MRI patient information forms (if applicable), and makes any necessary corrections to the patients account

· Scans all new patient or updated patient information into computer (including: photo ID, insurance cards, referrals, patient paperwork, and payment logs)

· Verifies rehabilitation benefits and documents benefits on paper and into computer system

· Explains financial requirements to the patient and collects tiem of service deductible, co-pays and/or co-insurance, and any outstanding balance for rehab or MRI (if applicable)

· Communication with workers compensation for authorization of rehabilitation visits and documents on paper and into computer system

· Enters charge details for each patient per billing guidelines for worker’s compensation and MVA patients

· Schedules new patient and follow up patient appointments with the appropriate rehabilitation clinician

· Communicates with the patients in the lobby if clinician or MRI (if applicable) is running behind schedule

· Communicates with all patients who no-show and notifies adjuster of any no-show by a worker’s compensation patient

· Reconciles change drawer/petty cash

· Other duties as assigned 

· Keeps front desk and lobby clean and organized.

· Assist with back-office duties: cleaning, laundry, organization as needed 

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