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Job Requisition ID: R00025934

Job Category: Health System

Organization: Grenada Patient Services

Location/s: UMMC-Grenada

Job Title: Patient Services Coordinator I-Patient Financial Services/Access

Job Summary: To provide a range of intake and associated administrative services pertaining to patients being admitted to the hospital or receiving outpatient services to include obtaining demographic, insurance, and medical information; collecting co-pays and deposits; scheduling follow-up appointments; and ordering diagnostic tests as directed.

Education & Experience

High school diploma/GED and one (1) year of related experience or equivalent combination of education/experience

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required: NA

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of patient registration procedures and documentation. Knowledge of medical insurance claims procedures and documentation. Knowledge of patient care charts and histories. Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications. Skill in preparing and maintaining patient records. Interpersonal and customer service skills. Verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Interviews patients to obtain demographic and insurance information necessary for medical record identification and bill processing.
• Inputs patient registration information into computer registration system and verifies accuracy of information.
• Provides accurate patient, medical, financial, or procedural information to patients or approved outside entities as directed.
• Discusses financial arrangements and issues with patients and/or family members.
• Facilitates patient and information flow by directing patients to correct locations, arranging patient transport, answering incoming telephone calls, and providing clerical support.
• Maintains patient charts; prepares required forms orders and maintains inventory of supplies as required.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires frequent exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional crawling, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, constant sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type:

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt: No

Pay Class: Hourly

FTE %: 50

Work Shift:

Benefits Eligibility:

Job Posting Date: 03/30/2023

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):

University of Mississippi Medical Center