PatientServicesRepresentative

**Thank you for considering a career at Mercy Health!** **Scheduled Weekly Hours:** 0.01 **Work Shift:** Days (United States of America) **Mercy Health** ** __About Us__** As a faith-based and patient-focused organization, Mercy Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of all people in mind, body and spirit through exceptional patient care. Success in this goal requires a culture of compassion, collaboration, excellence and respect. Mercy Health seeks people that are committed to our values of compassion, human dignity, integrity, service and stewardship to create an environment where associates want to work and help communities thrive. **Patient Services Representative**** _–_ Springfield Cancer Center** **Job Summary:** The Patient Services Representative is the first line of quality service to our patients and the community. This position will be responsible for processing patient registration, verifying demographics, obtaining insurance cards, and patient identification. Responsibilities include scheduling appointments, transcribing orders, explaining financial options to patients, and updating medical records accurately and efficiently. This position will provide excellent customer service and may be asked to occasionally cover other physician practice locations as needed. **Essential Functions:** * Serves as the primary point of contact between patients and physician practices * Provides strong communication and excellent customer service skills by greeting patients and the community in a respectful manner * Answers internal and external calls in a friendly and helpful manner, routes calls, schedules patients, and enters necessary information for patient scheduling into the computer system in a timely and accurate manner. * Processes patients in practice as they present for their appointments. * Possesses the ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems promptly, ensuring patient flow is maintained and informs supervisor of any department and patient