What are the responsibilities and job description for the Insurance Verification Specialist (PRN) position at MedStar Medical Group?
General Summary of Position
Verifies patient's benefits and coverage for commercial insurance, Medicare, Workman's compensation, and Medicaid. Obtains authorization for hospital admission. Supports registration and scheduling staff, has good communication skills between physicians, office staff, co-workers and patients when discussing insurance benefits and authorization for a medical procedure and or admission.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards and safety standards. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.
- Provide excellent customer service in all patient communication with the goal of providing accurate and timely registration and scheduling, educating and providing service and support as the first point of contact for MedStar St. Mary's Hospital.
- Timely and accurately verify and schedule patients following all policy and procedures including patient identifiers and patient confidentiality.
- Verifies eligibility and benefits and obtains authorizations when needed for all services specific to the clinical department and location.
- Performs duties of a registrar, as needed and maintain error rate
- Maintains a professional relation with other departments within the facility, including assisting and working with and as part of the Revenue Cycle Team.
- Obtains authorizations to ensure maximum reimbursement, to meet patient satisfaction, and maintain all payer rules and regulations, and corporate compliance.
- Timely and accurate completion of worklist and work queues and maintain records to insure that all required data elements and information is validated.
- Demonstrate ongoing knowledge and competency of the scheduling and registration systems, including applications and other assigned system tools.
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Experience
Licenses and Certifications
This position has a hiring range of $18.33 - $31.61
Salary : $18 - $32
