PCT - Day Shift

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The Patient Access Technician (PAT) is an exciting opportunity at MultiCare, responsible for ensuring accurate patient admission and registration. This intermediate-level clerical position will allow you to apply your professional service-orientation, good judgment and independent thinking in your daily work functions.
You will assure complete and accurate patient admissions/registrations according to organization policy and procedures and regulatory requirements
You will pre-admit all scheduled inpatient, outpatients and ambulatory patients to facilitate a smooth and speedy admission/registration process
You will obtain direct admit information and enter a reservation in the computer system in order to notify other areas
You will complete comprehensive bedside or telephone interviews with the patient, relative, or their representative to obtain pertinent demographic insurance and/or third-party liability information
You will perform eligibility verification and resolves any discrepancies, determine the need for financial assistance recommendation and application, referring to the Financial Counselor where necessary
Graduate of a health vocational program such as Patient Access, Medical Assistance Medical Billing & Insurance

One (1) year of experience performing any combination of admitting, Health Unit Coordinator, patient registration, customer service or billing duties required; healthcare setting preferred

Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.
We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row
MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn
We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.