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National Jewish Health
Patient Registrar - Oncology Practice
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What they do
A Registrar or Patient Service Representative provides direct assistance to patients at a health care or long term care facility. Answers questions and helps resolve complaints; provides liaison with health care providers; may assist with coordinating appointments or addressing billing or insurance issues.
$46,730 / year median in Colorado
+7% projected growth
Job Description
Patient Registrar - Oncology Practice National Jewish Health - 3.1 Golden, CO Job Details Full-time $19.26 - $23.79 an hour 1 day ago Benefits Wellness program Health savings account Paid holidays Disability insurance Health insurance Dental insurance Flexible spending account Tuition reimbursement Paid time off Vision insurance 403(b) Loan forgiveness Life insurance Qualifications Employee relationship building Full Job Description Position Summary Facilitates patient access to ambulatory and emergency services and care providers. Schedules patient appointments for visits, procedures, diagnostic tests, referrals and/or consultations. Obtains referral and/or insurance authorization/pre-certification approvals from health plan or primary care physician office. Financial responsibilities may include the following: verifying guarantor information, collection of any monies due at the time of service, charge entry, and hold bill resolution. Provides efficient flow of clinical information via paper and electronic medical records. Essential Duties Greets customers in the practice setting or on the telephone, assesses needs and provides information and/or service requested. Collects all necessary patient demographic, insurance and clinical information and updates changes when needed. Ensures that patient's insurance allows them to be seen with scheduled physician at National Jewish Health. Refers patients to financial counseling if necessary. Communicates with clinicians to ensure that patient appointments are accurately ordered and scheduled. Manages physician schedules as assigned to ensure that schedules are full and accurate. Maintains communications with patients to keep them apprised of the status of their appointments. Acts as a problem solver with patients and clinicians to ensure that scheduling is performed. Monitors all aspects of individual patient schedules for continuity of appointments and appropriate prerequisite appointments. Schedules patient ancillary and physician appointments in a timely, accurate, and efficient manner in accordance with the patient's schedule. Responsible for notifying the Patient Financial Counseling Office of any significant gaps in coverage and/or high co-pays or deductibles prior to services being rendered. Verifies outpatient and inpatient insurance, both primary and secondary coverage (when applicable by service type), within set timeframes determined by Administrative Services Management. Complete daily reports for scheduling of all types and authorizations. Verifies the patients' insurance and obtains appropriate financial assistance for patients.