Patient Service Specialist - Admitting/Access

At Scripps Health, you will experience the pride, support, and respect of an organization that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Places to Work.
You’ll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So if you’re open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.
Join a winning team at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla supporting the Financial Services (Access/Admitting) department as a Patient Service Specialist. Working together, you’ll bring your expertise, compassion, and excellence to all we do. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy providing world class customer service during patient registration, insurance verification, and financial counseling. You will experience the pride and support of being a member of an outstanding organization where we share a culture of providing excellent care to our patients and each other.
As a Patient Service Specialist, you will be responsible for:

• Receiving and routing messages received in the department appropriately as well as manages customer billing and payment inquires as needed.
• Regularly displaying a proactive approach to customer service by listening to the patient, taking ownership of solutions and being able to accurately identify the need to involve leadership to resolve concerns.
• Acting as a member of the patient care team by supporting the clinical care staff in the care of the patient.
• Effectively managing the patient check-in and check-out process from start to finish, which includes identification verification; updating or confirming demographic and insurance information on every patient; ensuring appropriate forms are provided, signed and witnessed at the time of the patient visit; verifying coverage including benefits, authorization, pre-determination, payer specific policy exclusions or limitations to coverage, collecting any patient responsibility and accurately preparing end of day reporting or payment reconciliation as needed.
• Assisting patients with HPE eligibility, discussing payment arrangement options including financial assistance information, providing price estimates.
• Interacting with patients, payers, and providers to gather information necessary for accurate registration including assigning of appropriate Medical Record Number, referral/authorization, point of service payment collection, document collection and arrival/check-in functions.

This is a benefitted Full Time, Varied Shift position, located at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. Flexible schedule availability is a must as some weekends and holidays are included.
Required Qualifications

• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Able to adapt, prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Must be able to demonstrate proficiency of computer applications, excellent mathematical skills, and ability to handle monies.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills; innovative with ability to identify and solve problems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of medical terminology, commercial and government health insurance and billing guidelines, ACA requirements, understanding of DRG's, Medical ICD9/ICD10 codes and CPT/HCPC codes and modifiers.
• 2 years of experience in customer service or healthcare/medical office environment.

Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
Position Pay Range: $21.27-$31.91/hour