Senior Patient Representative
Summary
The Patient Representative functions as the Patient Liaison, providing an avenue of communication between patients, referring physician clinic contacts, and clinic physicians.
- The Patient Representative ensures timely response to phone calls from patients, patient families and referring physicians;
- serves to prioritize nature of phone calls and assesses insurance status; arranges for reminder calls for patients and coordinates patient scheduling for the physicians at the clinic inclusive of medical diagnostic tests;
- provides necessary office files and requests outside medical records; ensures emergency phone calls are directed to the appropriate physician immediately;
participates in patient satisfaction, quality of care and marketing surveys; and interfaces the office staff in terms of cross-coverage when someone is away.
Patient representative is also responsible for collecting co- pays, ensuring completion of physician referrals and verifying insurance eligibility and benefits.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Working knowledge of insurance pre-certification, reimbursement, and denial processes
- Familiarity with Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payers
- Understands how the referral team integrates with others to accomplish team objectives
- Acts as an informal resource for referral team members with less experience
- Work impacts the quality and timeliness and effectiveness of the referral team; Uses discretion to modify work practices and processes to achieve results or improve efficiency
- General knowledge of office equipment : fax, copier, multi-line phone system, voicemail
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
- Strong customer service / patient relation skills
- Ability to establish priorities and interact professionally with individuals Required Education and / or Experience
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Three years medical office, administrative, customer service or related experience Preferred Qualifications
- Some knowledge of medical terminology
- Broad knowledge of eCW or related systems
- Three years patient registration and scheduling experience working with eClinicalWorks and / or other electronic medical record.
Compensation Information This position is classified as "non-exempt, hourly" and is assigned to pay grade null. Tulane offers a variety of options to enhance your health and well-being so that you may enjoy more out of life now and in the future.
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