Part-time Patient Services Associate/ patient - Brooklyn, United States - NYU Langone Health

NYU Langone Health

Verified Company

Brooklyn, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Part time

Description

NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough.

At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

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Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Part-Time Patient Services Associate/*Patient Access*.

Responsibilities:

Complies with HIPAA, OSHA, JCAHO, NYU policies and procedures
Admitting Office:
1.Performs registrations/admissions promptly and accurately, including accurately adding insurance, accident information and account notes, reviews and completes MSPs as required Obtains demographic and financial information from patient/family in a courteous and sensitive manner, securing signatures, copying insurance cards, updating computer system, printing charts and labels, and escorting patient to unit when necessary, in an accurate and timely manner.
2.Ability to accurately change names, change patient types and transfer patients
3.Calls appropriate insurance carrier to notify of visit and/or request authorization for admission, and documents account accordingly
4.Screens patients to determine eligibility for Medicaid and refers accounts to Medicaid Area
5.Verifies insurance recipient/policy number and effective dates of service, on EMEVS, MedE, OMNI or using other insurance verification tools and accurately updates account accordingly, on a timely basis
6.Calls insurance companies to verify insurance and secure authorization number for admission/procedure and update account accordingly, on a timely basis
7.Answers questions and provides information regarding the medical center's policies and procedures related to admitting, outpatient services, and financial matters, distributes patient handbooks, and charity care/Medicaid information
8.Interprets hospital regulations to patients
9.Makes decisions to facilitate departmental workflow in presence or absence of supervisor
10.When applicable, distributes HIPPA Privacy Notice and obtains patient acknowledgement of receipt of notice
11.Maintains appropriate documentation of expirations, filing of death certificates and organ donation in an accurate and timely manner
12.Facilitates bed procurements, patient transfers, performs bed rounds and maintains bed board in an accurate and timely manner
13.Prepares admission folders, print reports, census and schedules
Insurance Verification:
1.Verifies insurance/address information for billing and notification purposes and initiates appropriate procedures to maintain accurate patient/insurance records including correction and updating of demographic and insurance information and verification.
2.Ability to add insurance accurately
3.Screens patients to determine eligibility for Medicaid and refers accounts accordingly
4.Verify insurance recipient/policy number and effective dates of service, on EMEVS, MedE, OMNI or using other insurance verification tools, to insure that number and plan is correct, correct if necessary and update account on a timely basis
5.Calls insurance companies to verify insurance and secure authorization number for admission/procedure and update account on a timely basis.
6.Prepares admission folders, pulls discharge folders and files accounts daily
7.Reviews and completes MSPs as required
8.Coordinates the daily workflow to ensure that accounts are completed timely and accurately
Emergency Department:
1.Performs registrations of emergency room visits promptly and accurately, including accurately adding insurance, accident information and account notes, reviews and completes MSPs as required.
2.Ability to accurately change names, change patient types and transfer patients
3.Obtains demographic and financial information from patient/family in a courteous and sensitive manner, securing signatures, copying insurance cards, updating computer system, printing chats and labels.
4.Screens patients to determine eligibility for Medicaid, provides selfpay patients with Charity Care and Medicaid notice, and refers accounts to Medicaid Area
5.Calls appropriate insurance carrier to notify of visit and/or request authorization for admission, and documents account accordingly
6.Verifies insurance and obtains EMEVS authorization for all Medicaid patients and updates account
7.Completes inpatient admissions for patients admitted through the ED timely an