Patient Financial Clearance Representative – Ambulatory

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Patient Financial Clearance Representative ensuring financial clearance activities and patient responsibility communication before scheduled appointments at VCU Health in Richmond, VA.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for the entire scope of financial clearance activities for assigned patients before the scheduled appointment date
  • Confirm completeness of patient registration data
  • Verify insurance eligibility
  • Confirm health plan benefits
  • Procure PCP referrals and health plan authorizations
  • Calculate/collect patient liability estimates
  • Communicate patient financial responsibility with consistency, clarity and transparency
  • Ensure patients understand the cost of services they receive, their insurance coverage and limitations, and their individual responsibility
  • Collects and updates patient demographic and insurance plan information
  • Verifies insurance plan eligibility and benefits using multiple system and web-based tools
  • Calculates out-of-pocket liability and collects required deposits, co-pays, deductibles, and outstanding balances from patients prior to service
  • Refers patients to financial counselors when assistance is needed to identify alternate payer sources
  • Contacts health plan to secure prior authorization for procedures/testing
  • Coordinates peer-to-peer review between physicians and health plan medical directors to secure prior authorization for services
  • Maintains thorough knowledge of commercial, managed care and governmental health care plans

Requirements:

  • Minimum three (3) years of previous experience in a health care setting
  • Experience in commercial, managed care and governmental health insurance plans
  • One (1) year experience in insurance plan authorization and referral requirements; or Medical billing
  • Previous experience using a personal computer and various software applications, including Microsoft, e-mail, etc.
  • Strong customer service skills and patients/customers centered focus in a positive manner in all situations
  • Previous experience using GE-IDX Patient Registration or other medical billing/registration system (preferred)
  • Previous experience in ICD and CPT coding (preferred)
  • Previous experience using medical terminology (preferred)

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