Patient Services Representative – Primary Care

Roper St. Francis Healthcare • Mt. Pleasant, SC

15h • Onsite

About The Position

Thank you for considering a career at Roper St. Francis Healthcare! Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Work Shift: Days (United States of America) Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Address: 180 Wingo Way, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 Given that our office operates as a concierge practice, our care service is distinct from traditional primary care offices. We limit our practice to a maximum of 450 patients to ensure personalized and attentive care. This allows us to foster stronger relationships with our patients and provide more individualized attention. On average, we see around 10 patients per day, excluding lab or nurse visits. This manageable patient load enables us to offer comprehensive and unhurried consultations, ensuring that each patient receives the time and care they need. Additionally, we offer a flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of both our patients and staff. Every other Friday, we operate on a half-day schedule, which helps maintain a balanced work environment and enhances our ability to deliver high-quality care consistently. Reports to: Practice Manager/Supervisor # of Direct Reports: 0 Primary Function/General Purpose of Position The Patient Services Representative is the first line of quality service to our patients and the community. This position will be responsible for processing patient registration, verifying demographics, obtaining insurance cards, and patient identification. Responsibilities include scheduling appointments, transcribing orders, explaining financial options to patients, and updating medical records accurately and efficiently. This position will provide excellent customer service and may be asked to occasionally cover other physician practice locations as needed.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED (required)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to engage with staff and patients in a professional manner
• Problem solving skills
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office products, typing and computer skills (including 40+ WPM typing skills)
• Basic math skills

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in patient registration/healthcare
• Knowledge of medical terminology and ICD-9 coding (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary point of contact between patients and physician practices
• Provides strong communication and excellent customer service skills by greeting patients and the community in a respectful manner
• Answers internal and external calls in a friendly and helpful manner, routes calls, schedules patients, and enters necessary information for patient scheduling into the computer system in a timely and accurate manner.
• Processes patients in practice as they present for their appointments.
• Possesses the ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems promptly, ensuring patient flow is maintained and informs supervisor of any department and patient issues immediately
• Processes admission paperwork, including basic insurance verification.
• Secures, completes and verifies all pertinent patient demographic and insurance information as part of the registration process., Corrects registration errors as needed.
• Records time indicators for lobby wait times.
• Calculates patient liabilities and actively collects and processes patient payments.
• Reconciles cash drawer at the close of the day.
• Performs charge entry for external services (i.e. nursing homes) as necessary.
• Schedules referrals or follow-up appointments and/or assists with scheduling, rescheduling or canceling other services for patients.
• Assists patients with online scheduling and MyChart as necessary.
• Assists patients in obtaining necessary referrals for follow-up services and record referrals on tracking tool (referral/consults).
• Responsible for and/or assist in obtaining proper authorizations and pre-certifications if applicable for all procedures scheduled through the physician practice
• Pulls patient charts as needed per office policy, files and maintains information as appropriate in chart per policy, and routes charts to clinical staff as indicated in office per policy
• Verifies RX benefits in electronic health record, per protocol
• Refers patients to financial counselors when additional financial counseling or payment arrangements are needed.
• Completes accounts in revenue cycle software

Benefits

• Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)
• Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HAS/FSA options, life insurance, mental health resources and discounts
• Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, and short- and long-term disability
• Tuition assistance, professional development and continuing education support
• Benefits may vary based on the market and employment status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED