Description
The Admitting Clerk will be responsible for peforming all functions necessary to maintain the efficient workflow of all front desk receptionist duties.
Essesential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Stand and greet all patients as they arrive in a friendly, courteous, and professional manner
- Demonstrate and maintain a working knowledge of customer service principles, and departmental expectations regarding customer service
- Routinely check and respond to work e-mail
- Document in the computer system all necessary demographic, insurance, and financial information
- Maintain patient charts; including creating new files, scanning files into the computer system, filing, shifting, and breaking down charts
- Responsible for photocopying records and documents for billing purposes
- Perform clerical duties, including mail delivery, faxing, copying, and scanning
- Responsible for answering, screening, and directing incoming phone calls
- Collect co-payments or other applicable financial payments
- Performs exit interviews with all patients
- Facilitate daily deposits and perform cash reconciliations
- Maintain daily financial log including documenting patient financial class, amount owed, amount collected, and scanning completion
- Maintain daily patient log including documenting chief complaint, time and date of entry, time and date of exit, services rendered, and discharge/transfer information Document patient volumes for the previous day
- Maintain and compile reports and informational packets for distribution
- Perform any job related to the registration process
- Schedules Follow-up appointments for ED patients with hospital clinic
- Perform other duties as assigned