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Patient Access Representative II (Family Medicine, Roslindale Clinic) - Roslindale Massachusetts
Company: Boston Medical Center Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Posted On: 04/23/2024
Boston Medical Center (BMC) is more than a hospital. Its a network of support and care that touches the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in need each year. It is the largest and busiest provider of trauma and emergency services in New England. Emphasizing community-based care, BMC is committed to providing consistently excellent and accessible health services to all-and is the largest safety-net hospital in New England. The hospital is also the primary teaching affiliate of the nationally ranked Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and a founding partner of Boston HealthNet - an integrated health care delivery systems that includes many community health centers. Join BMC today and help us achieve our Vision 2030 which is a long-term goal to make Boston the healthiest urban population in the world.Position: Patient Access Representative IIDepartment: Roslindale Medical CenterSchedule: Full Time- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday- 11:30am-8:00pm. Thursday, Friday- 8:30am-5:00pm. The incumbent is responsible for coordinating all the functions and activities related to patient access including, but not limited to: front end customer service, patient registration, insurance/coverage verification, appointment scheduling, charge entry, billing and managed care, and a variety of administrative duties in support of department (such as coordination of physician credentialing, handling phones & mail, medical records, scanning, filling out forms, filing, photocopying, faxing, preparing letters, reports, etc.).ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES: Focuses on one or more of the following areas, and provides support as needed to optimize daily flow: - Charge entry
- Batch controls
- Billing (TES) edits
- Hold bill edits
- Charge reconciliations
Billing and managed care functions (including responding to billing inquires, corresponding with insurance carriers, and investigating discrepancies, etc.).Provides general administrative support to include, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software to create and edit department documents and/or presentations.Provides physician and departmental support such as managing physician & manager calendars, scheduling physician & managers' administrative appointments, answering departmental calls, credentialing documents, etc.In addition, performs a wide variety of administrative duties to ensure proper functioning of assigned department including, but not limited to: - Reception & customer service
- creating or verifying Master Patient Index (MPI)
- registration demographics
- visit management
- appointment scheduling (including consults, tests, in-office procedures, follow-up visits and cross-booking interpreters, social services, radiology, etc.)
- insurance/coverage verification
- co-payment collection
- front-end review and correcting registration & insurance edits
- pre-authorization, referral coordination and referral reconciliation
- Referral work lists
Provides a variety of administrative duties in support of the practice (such as handling phones & mail, filling out forms, filing, photocopying, faxing, preparing letters, reports, etc.).Adheres to all of BMC's RESPECT behavioral standards.JOB REQUIREMENTSEDUCATION: HS/GED plus 3+ years relevant experience.Bachelors degree orAssociates plus 1 year relevant experienceExperience with medical billing or similar setting preferred.KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS: |
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