Job Description

Primary City/State: Brush, Colorado

Department Name: Brush PCP RHC

Work Shift: Day

Job Category: Revenue Cycle

Primary Location Salary Range: $17.23 - $25.85 / hour, based on education & experience

In accordance with State Pay Transparency Rules.

A rewarding career that fits your life. Those who have joined the Banner mission come from all walks of life, united by the common goal: Make health care easier, so life can be better. If changing health care for the better sounds like something you want to be part of, apply today.

Location: Brush Family Medicine, 2400 Edison St. Brush, CO 80723

Clinic Hours: Monday-Thursday 7am-7pm, Friday 7am-5pm, Saturday 8am-3pm.

Schedule: Shifts vary based on clinic needs anywhere from 7a-7p, Monday through Friday. Shift\'s are as follow: 7am-4pm, 7:30am-4:30pm, 8am-5pm, 8:30am-5:30pm, or 10am-7pm.

Customer service experience, basic computer knowledge, excellent phone etiquette, team player, and self-motivated.

Day to Day: Delivering excellent patient care through customer service techniques, running estimates through Experian to offer the patient an accurate copayment due at time of service, scheduling appointments according to provider preferences, ensuring insurance information in patient chart is up-to-date when scheduling appointments, managing provider preferences, and making appointment reminder calls. PFS work hand-in-hand with clinical staff to get patient appointments, request medication refills for patients, etc.

Positive attitudes and morale, tight knit crew where you\'re treated like family, great benefits with opportunities to grow both personally and professionally, and so much more.

Brush Family Medicine is located in rural North Eastern Colorado and attached to East Morgan County Hospital. We are a primarily a family practice clinic with OB. We have a Specialty Clinic which houses, General Surgery, OBGYN, midwifery, and visiting outpatient providers, such as Orthopedics and Cardiology. We also have a standalone clinic within 10 minute drive in Ft. Morgan, CO. This is a family practice clinic with OB with a variety of outreach providers. In this role you will be answering phones, scheduling appointments, communication with clinical staff, overseeing providers schedules to avoid over booking, double booking and managing provider preferences. Also, multi-tasking, learning providers preferences, and a great deal of detail to providers schedules.

At Banner Medical Group, you\'ll have the opportunity to perform a critical role in the community where you practice. Banner Medical Group provides both primary and specialty care throughout the communities in which Banner Health operates. We do this in a variety of settings - from smaller group practices like our Banner Health Clinics in Colorado and Wyoming, to large multi-specialty Banner Health Centers in the metropolitan Phoenix area. We currently have more than 1,000 physicians and more than 3,500 total employees in our group and are seeking others to enhance our ability to deliver our nonprofit mission of providing excellent patient care.

POSITION SUMMARY
This position coordinates a smooth patient flow process by answering phones, scheduling patient appointments, providing registration of patient and insurance information, obtaining required signatures following established processes, procedures and standards. This position also verifies insurance coverage, validates referrals and authorizations, collects patient liability and provides financial guidance to patients to maximize medical services reimbursement efforts. This also includes accurately posting patients at the point of service and releasing information in accordance with organizational and compliance policies and guidelines.

CORE FUNCTIONS
1. Performs registration/check-in processes, including but not limited to performing data entry activities, providing patients with appropriate information and intake forms, obtaining necessary signatures and generating population health summary.

2. Verifies insurance eligibility benefits for services rendered with the payors and documents appropriately. Assists in obtaining or validating pre-certification, referrals, and authorizations

3. Calculates and collects patient liability according to verification of insurance benefits and expected reimbursement. Explains and provides financial policies and available resources for alternative payment arrangements to patients and their families.

4. Enters payments/charges for services rendered and performs daily payment/charge reconciliation in a timely and accurate manner. Balances cash drawer at the beginning and end of the day and prepares daily bank deposit with necessary paperwork sent to centralized billing for record purposes.

5. Schedules office visits and procedures within the medical practice(s) and external practices as necessary. Maximizes reimbursement by scheduling patients in accordance with payor plan provisions. Confirms patient appointments for the following day as necessary and ensures patients are properly prepared for visits.

6. Demonstrates proactive interpersonal communications skills while dealing with patient concerns through telephone calls, emails and in-person conversations. Optimizes patient flow by using effective customer service/communication skills by communicating to internal and external customers, care team, management, centralized services and HIMS.

7. Assists in responding to requests for patient medical records according to company policies and procedures, and state and federal laws.

8. Provides a variety of patient services to assist in patient flow including but not limited to escorting patients, taking vitals and patient history, assisting in patient treatment, distributing mail and fax information, ordering supplies, etc.

9. Works independently under regular supervision and follows structured work routines. Works in a fast paced, multi-task environment with high volume and immediacy needs requiring independent decision making and sound judgment to prioritize work and ensure appropriateness and timeliness of each patient\xe2\x80\x99s care. This position requires the ability to retain large amounts of changing payor information/knowledge crucial to attaining reimbursement for the services provided. Primary external customers include patients and their families, physician office staff and third party payors.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.

Requires knowledge of patient financial services, financial, collecting services or insurance industry experience processes normally acquired over one or more years of work experience. Requires the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously with minimal supervision and to work independently. Requires strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills to effectively interact with a wide range of audiences. Strong knowledge in the use of common office software, word processing, spreadsheet, and database software are required.

Employees working at BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Work experience with the Company\xe2\x80\x99s systems and processes is preferred. Previous cash collections experience is preferred.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred

Our organization supports a drug-free work environment.

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