PatientServiceRep

**Department:** 09121 AMG DesPlaines 77 Rand Rd - Building Operations **Status:** Full time **Benefits Eligible:** Yes **Hou****rs Per Week:** 40 **Schedule Details/Additional Information:** Full-Time M-F, rotate weekends and 1 evening 11:30am-8pm per week **Pay Range** $19.80 - $29.70 **POLISH OR SPANISH SPEAKING PREFERRED** Major Responsibilities: Patient Services: Provides efficient, high-quality service to patients who arrive for appointments or who telephone or visit in person to request appointments or information on tests and procedures, bills and charges, referrals, and other matters. 1)• Greets and accurately registers patients in EMR system verifying essential billing and demographic information. 2)• Coordinates scheduling of patient appointments (phone and in-person requests) accurately and efficiently. 3)• Answers multiple incoming telephone lines, accurately determining the appropriate recipient of the call or message and referring them promptly and appropriately. 4)• Distributes communications accurately, based on practice protocol. Includes pagers, faxes, emails. 5)• Resolves a variety of patient questions, including HMO referrals, billing and queries about services and test results; refers complex issues to practice manager or a clinical staff member, as appropriate. 6)• Schedules future appointments and requisitions, laboratory tests, radiology procedures and other special diagnostic tests as needed. May coordinate with appropriate sections of hospital admission and/or outpatient admissions and surgery. 7)• Notifies patient care area when patient has arrived and is ready to be seen. Attends to waiting patients in reception and ensures that they are seen in a timely manner or are promptly notified of unexpected delays. 8)• Accurately identifies type of insurance from card, understands different types of payers, and verifies eligibility if necessary. 9)• Performs other related duties as required. Billing Services: Ensures entry at time of service of b