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Patient Services Representative - West Lawn Family Medicine
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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.
$46,109 / year median in Pennsylvania
+2% projected growth
Job Description
Job Summary The Patient Services Representative is responsible for patient registration, scheduling, customer service and clerical support. Duties include accepting, recording and verifying insurance information, processing preauthorization requests, collecting copays and account balance payments, scanning documents into EMR and other administrative tasks related to the efficient operations of the department. Incumbents must ensure contact with patients, families, the community, vendors, coworkers and physicians are carried out in a friendly, courteous, helpful and considerate manner. The Patient Services Representative is also expected to complete other responsibilities in an accurate and timely manner as needed or assigned. #READ Qualifications Education Requirements Completes and maintains all competencies and trainings as required for role. High School Diploma
- OR•GED•OR•Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of education Experience No experience Certification and Licensure BLS Certification•Based on department Required Skills Computer Skills to include use and navigation Customer Service Skills Detail Oriented Excellent Communications Skills Excellent Interpersonal Skills General Clerical Skills Medical Terminology Microsoft Office Applications Multi Line Telephone Operational Skills Multitasking Organizational Skills Overview Tower Health, a regional healthcare system, serves communities across multiple counties in Pennsylvania.
Its network includes Reading Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (in partnership with Drexel University). Committed to academic medicine and training, Tower Health offers various programs, including residency and fellowship programs, the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, and the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences. Additionally, the system provides a wide range of healthcare services, such as Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing, home healthcare via Tower Health at Home, TowerDirect ambulance and emergency response, Tower Health Medical Group, Tower Health Providers (a clinically integrated network), and Tower Health Urgent Care facilities across its service area.
Qualifications:
Education Requirements Completes and maintains all competencies and trainings as required for role. High School Diploma
- OR•GED•OR•Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of education Experience No experience Certification and Licensure BLS Certification•Based on department Required Skills Computer Skills to include use and navigation Customer Service Skills Detail Oriented Excellent Communications Skills Excellent Interpersonal Skills General Clerical Skills Medical Terminology Microsoft Office Applications Multi Line Telephone Operational Skills Multitasking Organizational Skills