Admitting Room Registrar
Our Westchester, NY-based client seeks two
Temp-to-Perm Admitting Registrars.
Admitting Room Registrar Position Summary
The Admitting Registrar is responsible for greeting and receiving all patients presenting to the appropriate departments (Inpatient, Ambulatory Surgery, Ambulatory Testing Center, etc.) ethically and efficiently. In this role, you'll obtain demographics and insurance information from patients seeking treatment as well as understand and adhere to all HIPAA policies while ensuring information obtained will support billable/collectible accounts. Will interact in a professional and customer-focused manner with patients, families and visitors being the calm and reassuring presence patients need as they navigate their experience. Also responsible for patient placement throughout the facility in the bed control unit within Admitting.
- Shift time is 12 am-8 am, including alternating weekends and holidays.
- They pay up to $30 an hour
- Perm Salary - $53K - $80K.Essential Functions and Responsibilities Includes the Following:
1. Understands and adheres to the client’s Performance Standards, Policies and Behaviors.
2. Responsible for generating patient charts and ID bracelets, obtaining pertinent signatures, coordinating patient charts to include physician orders and medical consent, and directing patients to the appropriate ancillary department for testing.
3. Integrate the use of the Health Information System (HIS) for insurance eligibility, copays, and correcting registration errors at the time of registration.
4. Responsible for checking inpatient and ambulatory patient's valuables with the cashier and having patients sign the Valuable Policy Release form, which should be included in the patient folder.
5. Scan insurance cards and legal patient identifications.
6. Provide each patient with all mandatory documents (i.e., Notice of Privacy Practices, Patient Bill of Rights)
7. Responsible for using the language interpreter for patient preferred language is other than English.
8. Process patient pre-admission for all elective patients either by telephone or when the patient arrives for pre-op testing
9. Responsible for informing patients about their responsibilities at the time of pre-registration.
10. Responsible for morgue reconciliation in addition to obtaining appropriate signatures for handoff to funeral homes.
11. Responsible for entering ordered tests into the Order Communication system to ensure that the ancillary departments receive appropriate testing orders through the computer system.
12. Ensures that patient chart is completed in a comprehensive, accurate manner giving attention to proper chart alignment.
13. Responsible for notifying insurance companies of Inpatient Admission/Outpatient services.
14. Responsible for setting up patients' charts for the following day.
15. Responsible for auditing patients' charts for JACHO compliance.
16. Prepares impatient, Ambulatory,/Endoscopy daily lists printed from the OR scheduling system.
17. Responsible for Credit card verification and POS collections.
18. Responsible for completing pre-certification process on the weekends for those insurances' carriers mandating the completion of the process on weekend.
19. Responsible for escorting patient to Ambulatory Surgery unit.
20. Complete work queues during downtime to assist Patient Accounts with accurate and timely billing.
21. Responsible for Press Ganey patient satisfaction.
22. Performs all other related duties as assigned.
