Scripps Health Administrative Services supports our five hospitals and 19 outpatient facilities, which treat half a million patients annually through 2,600 affiliated physicians.
At Scripps Health, you will experience the pride, support, and respect of an organization that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Places to Work.
You’ll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates.
So if you’re open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.
Join the Patient Financial Services team at Scripps Green Hospital as a Patient Service Representative.
This important role involves greeting patients, explaining documents, obtaining signatures, and checking in patients.
The ideal candidate will have a strong customer service and medical registration background.
General PSR duties may include:
Interacting with patients, payers and providers to gather information necessary for accurate registration including assigning of appropriate medical record number, scheduling, and referral/authorization, point of service payment collection, document collection and arrival/check-in functions
Responding to customer billing and payment inquires as needed.
Effectively managing the patient check-in and check-out process from start to finish, which includes identification verification; updating or confirming demographic and insurance information on every patient; ensuring appropriate forms are provided, signed and witnessed at the time of the patient visit; collecting patient payment responsibility and accurately preparing end of day reporting or payment reconciliation as needed.
Escalating billing inquiries as needed.
Accurately scheduling patient appointments.
Successful scheduling includes, but is not limited to, exhibiting proficiency in appointment scheduling procedures, accurate documentation and routing of messages, scheduling and confirming appointments according to practice guidelines, entering appropriate insurance, performing key user duties with minimal errors.
May be responsible for initiating and validating referrals/authorizations.
Regularly displaying a proactive approach to customer service by listening to the patient, taking ownership of solutions and being able to accurately identify the need to involve leadership in order to resolve concerns.
This is a non-benefitted Casual (per diem) position with a varied schedule that includes some weekends, located at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla/Torrey Pines.
Required Qualifications:
Must be able to demonstrate proficiency of computer applications, excellent mathematical skills, and ability to handle monies.
Excellent communication and customer service skills.
Strong organizational and analytical skills; innovative with ability to identify and solve problems.
Preferred Qualifications:
1 year experience customer service or healthcare/medical office environment preferred.
Able to adapt, prioritize and meet deadlines.
Knowledge of medical terminology, commercial and government health insurance and billing guidelines, ACA requirements, understanding of DRG's, Medical ICD9/ICD10 codes and CPT/HCPC Codes and Modifiers.
Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
Position Pay Range: $22.
29-$30.
58/hour