Finance Counselor/Registration Clerk III

Description

To obtain complete and accurate personal, clinical and financial information from patients in an efficient and courteous manner. The MDIH Finance Counselor has a variety of responsibilities including:

1. Insurance specialist
2. Information gatherer
3. Collector
4. Receptionist and Switchboard Operator
5. Public Relations
6. Data Entry
7. Clerical
8. Pre-admission schedules and coordination of authorizations/pre-certification/referrals
9. With the assistance of the Patient Access Manager assesses and establishes payment plans (within guidelines), verifies charity care programs qualifiers and investigates other alternative financing.
10. Trainer for new hires and other hospital staff
11. Provide assistance as a Certified Applications Counselor related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

MDI Hospital and Birch Bay Retirement Village provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.

1. Prefer college degree or other certification relevant to healthcare settings. High School or equivalent with demonstrated registration clerical skills, including excellent spelling, numerical accuracy, strong math aptitude, good communication skills and pleasant manners. Ability to perform all duties of Registration Clerk I-II-III in addition to admission and pre-registration proven experience in a complex office or hospital setting where attention to detail.
2. Successful completion of the CMS-Certified Application Counselor (CAC) Curriculum-must be completed within three months of hire.
3. Strong Healthcare financial customer service skills and interacting with people
4. Medium to expert skill level using software like Word and Excel
5. Economics and Accounting -- Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
6. Strong writing ability -- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

1. Proven ability and experience managing multiple work events in a high volume communication environment.
2. Excellent communication skills to include conflict management, tact, persuasion and problem solving skills.
3. Demonstrates commitment to Patient Services and performs duties to promote quality patient care and customer satisfaction while promoting safety and cost efficiency.
4. Ability to train and educate new staff and assist other departments performing registration tasks.

Emotional maturity with excellent customer services skills. Strong ability to capture details and data enter with high level of accuracy.

1. Prefer prior healthcare experience (Medical Office or Hospital settings).
2. Experience working in customer service (Face to Face exchanges with customers).
3. Financial service experience from the point of care perspective.
4. College degree in Coding or Healthcare, may be substituted for work experience.

1. Ability to sit for extended periods of time in an office setting.
2. Light lifting of various office equipment and supplies up to 20 lbs.
3. Extensive telephone answering and forwarding calls as well as paging while working on PC and/or registering patients face-toface. This will require the ability to reach and move upper body in various directions throughout shift to perform all face-to-face and telephone encounters.
4. Ability to keyboard the entire shift.
5. Ability fo continuously move out of seat to obtain paperwork from printers, send or receive
6. Filing
7. Walking to various departments or offices as needed to hand off materials etc. (Daily or as needed for all physical demands.)

1. Extensive communications with various levels of personnel and customer base.
2. Able to work in emergency situations and sometimes stressful environment.