Summary

Position Summary

The Patient Access Specialist position receives, coordinates and implements the initial patient experience by providing critical functions essential to ensuring proper clinical treatment, billing and reimbursement, patient satisfaction as well as efficient and accurate handling of the patient registration process.

Position Responsibilities

• Assists with Onboarding of new associates
• Cross training of current associates

• Comprehensive Pre-Registration process for specified departments/modalities due to sensitive nature of patient clinical and/or financial needs and complication of required processes
• Accurately completes a quality registration in the HIS system that maintains the integrity of demographic and financial information required for clinical and billing functions for every patient encounter
• Understands and adheres to state and federal regulations and system policies regarding compliance, integrity and ethical registration practices.

•  Reviews and ensures that all medical orders are compliant and meet government and hospital guidelines as well as clinical protocols
• Completes clinical screening for specified modalities to ensure patient safety
• Ability to obtain insurance eligibility and benefit information from payors via phone, RTE, or web in order to provide patient with estimated responsibility for services requested or rendered

• Responsible for all patient and claim edits for accuracy and compliance with all government and commercial carriers to ensure a clean claim submission
• Works as a liaison with Centralized Referral Center or assigned entity to ensure prior-authorizations have been obtained to secure payment and prevent denials
• Complete and/or process patient payments for account posting accuracy
• Maintain an accurate cash drawer and functions related to cash drawer reconciliation and deposit
• Responsible for practicing AIDET and all customer/patient related encounters
• Performs other duties assigned by department supervisor or manager

Minimum Requirements

Education

• High School diploma or equivalency

Experience

• Minimum three years’ experience in healthcare access and/or customer service
• Emphasis on financial analysis of insurance benefits for up front collections
• Focused knowledge with CPT, HCPCS and ICD-10 codes
• Excellent understanding of insurance and medical terminology
• Solid Microsoft Office skills required with a focus on Excel and Word

License/Registration/Certifications       

• N/A

Additional Information

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS) offers a full spectrum of services through six hospital campuses: Spartanburg Medical Center, Spartanburg Medical Center — Mary Black Campus, Pelham Medical Center, Cherokee Medical Center, Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care and Union Medical Center. SRHS also includes Ellen Sagar Nursing Center and Woodruff Manor. SRHS provides unparalleled cancer care through Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute, with locations in Spartanburg, Greer, Union and Gaffney. The multidisciplinary Medical Group of the Carolinas has more than 600 physicians across Upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina. SRHS employs more than 9,000 associates and offers outpatient surgery centers and a Level I Trauma Center.

Founded on Aug. 29, 1921, as Spartanburg General Hospital, Spartanburg Regional celebrates over 100 years of excellence.

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