Patient Access Rep I - Lab Registration-Patient Access - PD - Day

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Job description

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Do you love helping people every single day? Are you passionate about providing outstanding and high-quality service to patients and their family members?

If you thrive in a dynamic environment, excel at multi-tasking and are ready to seek the exciting and important responsibilities of a Patient Access Representative, please consider this great opportunity and apply! As a Patient Access Representative, you are the face of Cedars Sinai and can make a difference for our patients. You will be responsible for registering patients presenting to the medical center for treatment. Your priority is to deliver high quality and effective service to our patients and their family members.

What will you be doing in this role?

The Patient Access Representative I (PAR I) performs a variety of Patient Access activities for patients throughout the Medical Center for Inpatient, Outpatient and/or Emergency Services. The Patient Access Rep I - per diem performs all admissions activities for pre-admit and face-to-face registration of patients presenting to the Main Admissions and/or outpatient areas for treatment. Facilitates patient access to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and secures all demographic and financial patient registration information. This will include the following: Registration, Preregistration, insurance verification, Third Party Liability (TPL) screening, Medi-Cal / Medicare eligibility verification, Workers Compensation eligibility, and securing cash deposits (co-pays, deductibles, cash packages). Able to explain information and answer questions. Demonstrates competency skills including the ability to perform job duties and interact with customers with sensitivity and attention to the patient population(s) served.

Educational Requirements:

* High School Diploma/GED.
* 2 years college preferred.

Experience:

* 1 year of customer service experience preferably in a healthcare setting.
* Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills for interacting with patients, payers, physicians and other CSHS customers.
* Intermediate math skills.
* Able to multi-task and work in a fast pace environment with conflicting demands on time and attention.
* PC literacy: Basic core computer skills and navigation skills.
* English language proficiency. Bi-lingual preferred / helpful.

Other skills we are looking for:

* Minimum 2 years' experience in healthcare, insurance, or related experience.
* Previous work experience in an inpatient or outpatient admissions setting or physician's office.
* Knowledge / experience in patient accounting or with an insurance payor.
* Knowledge of medical terminology.
* Working Title: Patient Access Rep I - Lab Registration-Patient Access - PD - Day
* Department: Lab Registration-Patient Acces
* Business Entity: Corporate Services
* City: Los Angeles
* Job Category: Administrative
* Job Specialty: Admissions/Registration
* Position Type: Per Diem
* Shift Length: 8 hour shift
* Shift Type: Day

Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu) and COVID-19. For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through April each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment, subject to medical exemption or religious accommodation. For the same reason, you may also be required to receive other vaccines such as COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Cedars-Sinai reserves the right to make modifications to its required list of vaccines as required by law and/or policy.

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