
REGISTRATION/CASHIER SPECIALIST | Family Practice
- Gillette, WY
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Answers, screens, and routes all incoming calls professionally in a timely manner, functioning as a central communication source for the clinic, patients, patients’ family physician, and external sources. Responds to voicemails daily.
- Exhibits pleasant interpersonal skills in greeting patients at office and on telephone.
- Ensures superior ongoing patient satisfaction and customer service
- Is proficient in EHR applications
- Creates appropriate tasks for clinical staff, to achieve timely follow up.
- Accurate interview and registration of new patients as well as updating demographic and insurance information on established patients.
- Accurate input of demographic, guarantor, and insurance information into HER.
- Obtains signature(s) of patient and/or responsible parties on consent, insurance and payment policies and procedures.
- Communicates to the patients the details of consents, filing of insurance, and payment of services. Assists patients in understanding billing and collection of payment.
- Collects and scans insurance cards or completed insurance forms from patients.
- Identifies, follows up and secures missing (and incorrect) patient and insured party information for clean claim processing.
- Scheduling patients for office appointments, maintaining parameters of provider schedules and following clinic standards and guidelines.
- Cashier duties including maintaining cash box and daily cash reconciliation.
- Verifies Insurance eligibility for all patient’s appointments 2 days prior to appointment.
- Collects co-payments, co-insurance amounts, and/or time of service payments at the time of check-in, including self-pay discount and forwarding adjustment form to PFS for processing.
- Makes appointment reminder calls.
- Destroys confidential information per HIPAA guidelines.
- Secures confidential items nightly, including Electronic Health Records (EHR), paper Medical Records.
- Maintains phone system including message retrieval, and controls day and night mode functions.
- Actively participates in Strategic Quality Management for the department and organization. Actively participates in Customer/Guest Relations and Mandatory Education programs.
- Must be free from governmental sanctions involving health care and/or financial practices.
- Complies with the hospital’s Corporate Compliance Program including, but not limited to, the Code of Conduct, laws and regulations, and hospital, department and clinic policies and procedures.
- Other duties as assigned. This list is non-exhaustive.
- Education
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Licensure
- None
- Certifications required
- None
- Experience
- Experience in Healthcare related field preferred.