Patient Access Specialist Sr Neurosurgery Clinic

Description

Fairfax Hospital - Neurosurgery Clinic is looking for a dedicated Patient Access Specialist Sr. to join the team. This role will be full-time day shift from Monday Friday 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical dental and vision coverage and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5250 per year in education assistance and up to $10000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members their spouses/partners and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions per person per year at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off and paid parental leave .

The Patient Access Specialist Senior serves as a subject matter expert and mentor resolving escalations and supporting quality assurance across patient access functions. This role may train peers troubleshoot system issues and contribute to process improvements. The Patient Access Specialist Senior may be responsible for one or more of the following duties and responsibilities:

• Patient Intake Registration & Documentation: Audits records and documentation for accuracy troubleshoots discrepancies and supports escalations.
• Administrative & Technology Operations: Compiles reports troubleshoots system issues and supports peers.
• Case Management Tasks: Audits referrals and supports escalations.
• Financial Counseling: Conducts financial reviews and mentors staff.
• Insurance & Contract Coordination: Troubleshoots complex cases and educates peers on insurance contract nuances.
• Inquiries & Patient Concerns: Handles escalations and analyzes trends.
• Kiosk: Analyzes performance and trains staff on patient kiosks.
• Patient Communication & Advocacy: Handles sensitive concerns audits logs and advocates for patient needs.
• Referrals: Audits referral workflows and mentors staff.
• Scheduling: Schedules surgeries and verifies readiness.
• Transport: Solves transport issues and audits logs.
• Health Information Management (HIM) Coordination: Liaises with Health Information Management (HIM) on merges and audits medical record numbers (MRNs).
• Utilization Review Coordination: Supports escalations for medical necessity.
• Ensures compliance with HIPAA OSHA and other applicable federal and state regulations.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education : High School or GED
• Experience : 2 years of patient access experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience : Current experience working in Patient Access

Required Experience:

Senior IC