Patient Services Assistant (Per Diem)

Proposed Schedule: Up to 19.75 hours per week with a minimum of 16 hours per month. Shifts will vary based on the operating hours of the Health Center.

Responsible for basic administrative and patient support services. Acts as a key member of the health care team ensuring that patients, providers and other team members receive prompt and professional service. Performs all clerical functions in the Patient Services setting.

• Greets patients and other visitors promptly and professionally
• Assists patients, team members, providers and other team members with incoming and outgoing calls and fax transmissions
• Identifies emergency situations (over the phone or in the health center) and takes appropriate actions
• Forwards calls, faxes or other incoming correspondence to appropriate team member, creating a patient case or physically talking with team members as indicated
• Accurately enters and verifies patient demographics and insurance information/coverage over the phone and at check in
• Schedules/reschedules patient appointments, appropriately maximizing availability of provider schedule, utilizing the following to prioritize:
o Patient’s usual provider
o Another member of the usual provider’s care team
o Another provider in the same site
o Another provider in an alternate HHHN site
o Informs patients of HHHN Urgent Care sites
• Collects Co-pays, co-insurance and self-pay balances at time of visit. Offers patients sliding fee program
• Checks patients out, including scheduling follow-up appointments and processing referrals not requiring a prior authorization
• Reconciles payment batch amounts on a daily basis. Informs supervisor immediately with any discrepancies
• Performs all procedures in opening and closing departments in accordance with policy and procedure
• Provides highest level of customer service in all interactions with internal and external customers
• Protects the confidentiality of patient’s electronic medical record in accordance with policy and procedure
• Ensures timely response to inquiries from insurance companies and/or circulates to appropriate personnel
• Attends all expected training and meetings
• Assists Patient Services Leader with training of other Patient Services staff
• Classifies and barcodes hard copy documents for electronic medical records
• Reviews and follows policies and legal requirements prior to releasing copies of medical records
• Other duties as assigned

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Computer training and/or medical terminology training preferred
• Minimum of one-year work experience in a medical office setting or equivalent training/education required
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize workload
• Experience working with a diverse population required
• Experience with Microsoft Office required
• Experience with EMR and knowledge of billing a plus
• Excellent customer service and communication skills required

The pay rate for this position is $19.77/hour.