Patient Access Representative - Freestanding Emergency Department

Overview

USA Health is Transforming Medicine along the Gulf Coast to care for the unique needs of our community.

USA Health is changing how medical care, education, and research impact the health of people who live in Mobile and the surrounding area. Our team of doctors, advanced care providers, nurses, therapists, and researchers provide the region's most advanced medicine at multiple facilities, campuses, clinics, and classrooms. We offer patients convenient access to innovative treatments and advancements that improve the health and overall wellbeing of our community.

Responsibilities

1. Responsible for complete and accurate registration of patients.
2. Explains payment policies, reviews accounts for old debts, and collects payments.
3. Utilizes supportive insurance information to ensure entry of correct third party data.
4. Obtains information to complete various forms and explains hospital policies.
5. Assigns nursing floor and makes bed/room assignments.
6. Uses CRT and keyboard to access the Hospital Information System (HIS).
7. Obtains required signatures and verifies pre-admitting tests.
8. Prepares admission charts and patient cards.
9. Routes patients to appropriate ancillary departments.
10. Performs discharge procedures as needed.
11. Adheres to Infection Control and Standard Precautions procedures/policies.
12. Distributes charts and obtains missing information.
13. Operates cash drawer and balances using an adding machine.
14. Operates printer, fax, copiers, and installs paper/forms weighing up to 25 lbs.
15. Communicates and uses appropriate customer relations skills with physicians, patients, families, health care team, and staff in person and via the telephone; responds to overhead pages.
16. Adheres to all applicable hospital policies and procedures including those pertaining to patient confidentiality.
17. Regular and prompt attendance and the ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required.
18. Related duties as required.

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent and one year of general clerical experience. Successful completion of post-high school training from an accredited institution as approved and accepted by the University of South Alabama may be substituted (30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or 720 classroom hours) for the required year of experience.