Patient Service Representative II - Los Angeles, CA

Patient Service Representative II

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What will you be doing in this role? The Patient Service Representative II, following established practices, policies, and guidelines, provides clerical and administrative support/duties while handling high volume of patient coordination and complex scheduling in the licensed clinics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The PSR II is cross-trained to cover multiple providers and is a resource. These responsibilities include:

• Independently manages patient check-in and check-out procedures, including payment collection and reconciliation.
• Maintains patient demographic and insurance information in the CS-Link system, ensuring high accuracy and data integrity.
• Schedules and coordinates patient appointments effectively to ensure smooth patient flow. Maintains knowledge & understanding of scheduling protocols, guidelines & standard operating procedures. May perform special scheduling requests from leadership or multi-coordination scheduling (e.g., echo, EKG, Zio, labs) following provider visit sequencing, such as panel visits.
• Coordinates procedure/testing with other departments and ancillary services, monitors daily patient schedule and identifies "no show" for rescheduling.
• Analyzes and understands complex healthcare insurance benefits to assess patients' out-of-pocket expenses and authorization requirements.
• Manages providers master schedules, handling all changes and patient/provider correspondence.
• Coordinates patient referrals and authorizations, ensuring that all patient interactions align with healthcare regulatory standards and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's best practices.
• Participates actively in departmental huddles and staff meetings, occasionally leading discussions or presentations.
• Manages department-specific data and workflows using lean methodology.
• Promotes and adheres to all infection prevention standards and department policies and procedures.
• Retrieves and obtains records as needed per clinical protocol. Responsible for following CSMC and HIPAA confidentiality guidelines while performing all duties.
• Manages patient flow in clinic, participates and guide patient for work-up in other departments as necessary. Liaison between patient and clinical team.
• Performs courier services within the medical center vicinity such as picking up/dropping off supplies, etc.