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Patient Access Intake Specialist - UNC Therapy Services Cary
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Job ID: 22811
Location: Cary, NC
Facility/Division: Shared Services
Status: Full Time
Shift: Day Job
Job Description
Description
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary:
This role is responsible in ensuring that patient access processing is performed in accordance with procedure and documented in a timely and accurate manner in ADT and other clinical information systems. Meets departmental/organizational outcome targets for process accuracy and timeliness. This position is located at UNC Therapy Services in Cary.
***This position qualifies for a $4,000 commitment incentive, paid over a three (3) year commitment. Payment of $1,000 will be made within the first thirty (30) days of employment. The remaining will be paid after each six (6) month period of work completed. Learn more here: https://jobs.unchealthcare.org/pages/revenue-cycle-commitment-incentive-program***
Responsibilities:
- Ensures and verifies key ADT information (insurance verification, patient and guarantor demographics, etc.) is current and accurate to ensure patient safety, charging, coding, insurance processing, and billing accuracy.
- Schedules all new and follow-up patient appointments as required, attempts to reschedule cancellations whenever possible and communicates cancellations to provider as necessary.
- Completes and documents all governmental, regulatory, financial, and contractual forms in accordance to procedure, while ensuring documents are scanned/saved to correct location and are legible.
- Utilizes price estimation tool, when applicable, as part of the registration process to provide the most accurate estimate to patients
- Meets departmental target for up front collections to include deposits, estimated amounts due, co-pays, and/or prior balances.
- Actively participates in departmental QA by utilizing system work queues, making a personal effort to reduce individual errors, and making corrections. Also utilizes system work queues as a daily part of the registration process to minimize errors.
Other Information
Education Requirements:
● High School Diploma or GED
Professional Experience Requirements:
● Require two (2) years of customer service and/or clerical experience
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Shared Services
Organization Unit: Patient Access UNCH Admissions
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Cary
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
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