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Patient Access Representative Intermediate - River Falls, WI

UnitedHealth Group
River Falls, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 3/15/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/14/2025

$1,000 SIGN ON BONUS FOR EXTERNAL APPLICANTS

Opportunities at Optum, in strategic partnership with Allina Health. As an Optum employee, you will provide support to the Allina Health account. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Location: River Falls Area Hospital – 1629 E Division St, River Falls, WI

Job Summary: Responsible for greeting and welcoming patients in person.  Provides a standard registration process by collecting demographic and financial data and enter information into a electronic medical record.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Greets and welcomes patient in person
  • Collects demographic and insurance information
  • Checks in and interviews patient to complete appropriate paperwork
  • Directs patient to their appointment or procedure
  • May assist in scheduling add-on appointments
  • Documents any issues and resolutions in electronic medical record
  • Resolve claim issues or registration errors on patient accounts
  • Uses resources, tools and procedure to complete registration for complex accounts and in assigned work queues
  • Verifies insurance eligibility and benefits information for payers and interprets results focusing on complex billing situations
  • Obtains cost information and explains information to patient if necessary
  • Collects co-pay or deductibles and respond to questions regarding financial assistance programs available.  Refers complex questions as needed
  • Screening and approving patients for financial assistance programs
  • Assists and counsel’s patient with application process for available financial assistance programs
  • Provides technical or functional direction for employees
  • Assists patient in completion of request for information forms and submits to appropriate department
  • Obtains signatures from patients as needed
  • May gather medical record information from all departments for collection
  • Provide customer service for inbound and outbound telephone calls
  • May mentor other staff as needed
  • Other duties as assigned

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

  • 2 years of customer service experience
  • 6 months of revenue cycle experience in a healthcare/hospital setting
  • Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Office products
  • Willing and able to work the following schedule:
    • Week One:
      • Monday 8:00am-4:30pm
      • Tuesday 7:30am-4:00pm
      • Thursday 7:30am-4:00pm
      • Friday 6:30am-3:00pm
    • Week Two:
      • Monday 8:00am-4:30pm
      • Tuesday 7:30am-4:00pm
      • Wednesday 7:30am-4:00pm
      • Thursday 7:30am-4:00pm
      • Friday 7:30am-4:00pm
  • Ability to work full time, standard daytime hours for 3 weeks to complete training upon starting
  • Must be 18 years of age or older

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Flexibility to occasionally work other shifts as business requires
  • Revenue Cycle experience
  • General office experience

Soft Skills:

  • Quality communication skills
  • Dependability  

 

**PLEASE NOTE** The sign-on bonus is only available to external candidates.  Candidates who are currently working for UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare or a related entity in a full time, part time or per diem basis ("Internal Candidates") are not eligible to receive a sign on bonus. 

 

The salary range for this role is $16.88 to $33.22 per hour based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

 

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location, and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups, and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

 

 

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

 

 

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