Patient Registration Clerk
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- King's Daughters Medical Center
- Physical Therapy O/P
- Ashland, KY
- Full Time - Days - 8:00 - 5:00
- Newly Created Position
- Req #: 22894
Summary
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JOB SUMMARY
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Assists the department with clerical/administrative duties in an effort to maintain smooth operations of department, enhanced customer experience and improved quality.
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DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Courteously greets customers and answers phone calls and routes calls or takes accurate messages as appropriate and follows-up as necessary.
- Ensures accurate revenue cycle information by registering patients in EPIC, scheduling appropriately based on orders, performing insurance verification and pre-certification if necessary.
- Assists customers with questions or concerns and provides appropriate answers or directs to appropriate individual.
- Ensures that all general office duties such as, but not limited to mailing, word processing, filing/scanning, paperwork processing, maintaining/ordering supplies are done in a professional and efficient manner.
- Maintains organized work area for optimal efficiency.
- Performs general record keeping functions specific to the department and in accordance with established procedures such as, but not limited to file maintenance, logs and reports as assigned by leadership.
- Processes information requests, such as medical records requests, in a timely manner while maintaining confidentiality
- Collects payments from patients applicable to the services being provided and follows established policies and protocols associated with handling cash, checks, credit cards and payroll deduction.
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EDUCATION/LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
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Minimum requirement:
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High School Diploma or GED.
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Must type 35 words per minute
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Preferred qualifications:
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Associate’s Degree
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One year healthcare related experience
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WORKING ENVIRONMENT
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Works indoors in an office/clinic setting
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The noise level is usually moderate
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PHYSICAL DEMANDS
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Constantly required to maintain a stationary position behind a computer.
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Frequently required to move about inside the department.
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Constantly required to communicate telephonically and face to face with colleagues and customers.
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Constantly required to operate a computer and telephone.
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Constantly required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
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Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
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Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
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Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception
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