Admissions Specialist- PRN

Admissions Specialist

PRN

Are you looking for a rewarding career? We're looking for a qualified Admissions Specialistlike you, to join our Texas Health Resources family.

Work location: 850 Ed Hall Drive Kaufman, TX 75142

Work hours: PRN

Department highlights:

• Opportunities to grow within the company
• Supportive team environment
• Collaborative workplace that encourages collaboration.

Here's What You Need

Education

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent is required

Experience

• 1 Year Relevant Customer Service experience is required
• 2 Years Professional office/healthcare experience is preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• CHAA - Certified Healthcare Access Associate Upon Hire is preferred And
• CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training 90 Days is required

What You Will Do

• As a compassionate member of the care team will welcome patients and their families when they arrive, putting them at ease and setting the tone for the rest of the visit.
• During the patient interaction, accurately gathers complete demographic information to ensure electronic health record integrity consistent with high reliability organization principles.
• To ensure a seamless visit, identifies correct network coverage and obtains and/or validates healthcare benefits and/or pre-certification for applicable tests and/or procedures. These efforts maximize reimbursement for services rendered
• Educates patients and/or families about applicable legal, ethical, and compliance documents; ensures regulatory consents are signed by the appropriate parties.
• Engages with patients in understanding their financial obligations based on the financial policy and accurately prepares estimates to collect co-payments, self-pay deposits, and patient balances.
• Ensures all payor and government required elements are completed correctly, particularly the MSPQ, Important Message from Medicare (IMM) and medical necessity checking (ABN and Letter of Non-Coverage)
• As a highly reliable organization stays up to date and complies with all applicable regulations with the operating systems, entity and system policies and procedures
• Maintains customer service and/or productivity guidelines set forth by applicable leadership.
• Engaged and willing partner who mentors peers, exhibits flexibility and adapts easily to change.
• Participates in staff meetings, process improvement, special projects and completes other duties as assigned.
• Maintains daily Epic work queue and personal Employee Scorecard Dashboard
• Team member is responsible for maintaining awareness and accuracy of THR contracted insurance plans; as well the ability to communicate with patients/and families alerting patients of Out of Network and advise of potential financial implications, such as non-coverage

Additional perks of being a Texas Health employee

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Entity Highlights:

For more than 40 years, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman has served the communities of Kaufman, Crandall, Forney, Gun Barrel City, Mabank, Terrell and surrounding areas. We're a 91-bed, acute-care, full-service hospital that serves our community with excellence every day.

We specialize in a wide variety of surgical services, including orthopedic surgery as well as diagnostic and imaging services and outpatient physical therapy. We also specialize in respiratory care, nuclear medicine and emergency medicine.

Texas Health Kaufman is a Joint Commission-certified facility. We're recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Pathway to Excellence hospital for our commitment to creating a positive practice environment that engages and empowers our staff.

Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we've won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

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