Patient Access Representative - Float

It's more than a career, it's a calling.
WI-SSM Health Dean Medical Group Janesville

Worker Type:
Regular

Job Highlights:

Join a team where your work maters - every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive and inspired to make a lasting impact.

In this role , as a Patient Access Representative Float  you will serve as a key point of contact for patients, coordinate appointments, verifying patient information and insurance, and help ensure patients receive timely access to care. This role does require you to travel, and having transportation is a must. Must be flexible as this role does not have a set schedule. Customer service skills required

Department: Janesville would be the home base, but also required to cover the following locations: Fort Atkinson, Evansville, and Whitewater

Schedule:   Full time 40-hours. Hours are primarily on weekdays Monday through Friday, eight hour shifts between 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with occasional weekend coverage as needed.

Job Summary:
Responsible for communicating with patients, participants and staff to accurately schedule patients for prescribed procedures and gather the necessary demographic, insurance and clinical information for the procedure.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Gathers information from patient and enters into appropriate database. Seeks appropriate resources to resolve issues about the type, date or location of prescribed procedures.
- Schedules patient procedures in a manner that most efficiently utilizes the patient's time and clinical resources. Coordinates and communicates schedules.
- Assists with coordination of activities related to insurance pre-certification/authorization.
- Provides counseling to patient, participant or their representative regarding pre-service requirements and instructions.
- Performs clerical and reception duties associated with patient registration.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

- High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

- No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

- None

Department:
5920840164 WRO Frontline Resource Staff

Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

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