What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Advocate - Bilingual Spanish position at Cognizant Technology Solutions?
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The Patient Advocate coordinates activities to ensure that Medicaid process eligibility for self-pay patients and other underinsured patients.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Assist patients and others to complete forms, applications, and other paperwork.
- Collect and review patient information to determine patient's eligibility.
- Prepare documents, review for accuracy and completeness.
- Provide technical assistance on agency issues, services, and programs.
- Maintain and / or create files or record keeping systems. Sort, label files, and retrieve documents or other materials.
- Interact with patients at the site to provide real-time service support, address patient concerns.
- Develop and retain professional relationships with hospital staff.
- Handle caseload, retrieve, sustain, and communicate all designated reports.
- Maintain confidentiality and adhere to EMTALA and HIPAA guidelines.
- Other duties as assigned.
Experience and Qualifications :
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future.
Benefits : Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements :
Disclaimer : The hourly rate, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
