Corry Memorial Hospital is seeking a registration specialist to assist in registering patients in all areas of the hospital.

Job Summary:

To register patients throughout all departments of Corry Memorial Hospital in compliance with the LECOM Health Corry Memorial Hospital policies and procedures. 

characteristic job tasks and responsibilities:

• Register patients and update existing patient demographics by collecting detailed information including personal and financial information along with correct system information.
• Confirm and verify insurance benefits with the appropriate carrier via eligibility verification and/or appropriate insurance websites.
• Scan insurance card, driver’s license and order(s).
• Print face sheet(s), labels and apply arm bands on patients.
• Validate physician’s order for all appropriate information.
• Contact physician’s office if there is no order on file/or need new standing order.
• Collect any co-payments due.
• Complete all applicable forms and necessary communications while obtaining signature for consent to treatment and financial responsibility, HIPPA and Photo Consents.
• Notify departments of patient’s arrival.
• Direct patients to appropriate department for testing.
• File orders in drawer alphabetically as they come in from fax machine.
• Purge orders from drawer that are over 6 months old; verify if testing was done; send to physician’s office to let them know patient did have done at our facility.
• Follow up calls made to Physician’s offices if information not received.
• Look up Physician information if ordering physician is not in the system and add it; Give information to Special Projects Personnel.
• Late Add Ons are registered if not done by pre-reg/insurance verification.
• Greet, interview triage, and register ER patients; including obtaining all signatures, updating demographical information, and verifying insurance eligibility.
• Perform Cashier functions by collecting co-payments, counting cash drawer, providing change.
• Assist with outpatient registration, obtaining medical records, all intercoms, switch board after departmental business hours, and paging of physicians.
• Provide Clerical Assistance for the Emergency Department by scanning, filing, obtaining records, and completing tear down chart
• Distribute OBS Brochures as necessary.
• Assist Emergency Room Nurse and Physician as requested; such as assisting patients per RN or Physician instruction, obtaining wheelchairs, collecting urine specimens, cleaning beds, and copying charts for transfers.
• Assist Ambulance Service as needed; such as answering phone, open/close garage door, meet as they arrive, answer Ambulance Med patch.
• Set up arrangements for transfer by calling Transfer Center as well as helicopter transports.
• Monitor panel alarms and security cameras.
• Announce Fire Alarms.
• Notify departments of Cardiac Arrest.
• Contact on call Administrative personnel as needed.
• Assist in finding nursing staff coverage when needed.
• Complete transfer sheets and daily counts for Administration office.
• Assist Acute Care Unit with scanning living wills and POA’s.
• Verify room and bed census with nursing floors nightly.
• Call outside services such as Poison Control and Chaplain as needed.
• Snow removal and/or salting when needed.
• Assist with other tasks as assigned by Revenue Cycle Manager.

LECOM’s full-time employees enjoy the availability of an industry leading benefits package along with competitive wages. Enhanced benefits include Highmark Blue Cross / Blue Shield Health Insurance starting at only $70 a month! Life insurance and AD&D Insurance is provided to all full-time employees at no cost. The health system also offers an excellent 403(b) retirement plan to qualified employees.

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