Exclusive Posting for Community Health Team Members Transitioning to UVA Health - Admitting Representative

• Interviews and obtains all admitting, demographic, insurance, and other needed information. Interviews may happen in department, patient rooms, or procedure areas as needed. Verifies insurance and initiates authorization via notification of admission to applicable payers.
• Obtains and analyzes financial information to ensure that patients can make informed choices in their care.
• Collects signatures on required financial and admission documents and consents as required.
• Distributes hospital state and federally mandated literature.
• Collects admission deposits, copays, co-insurance and pre-pay amounts due.
• Ensures that work is accurate, timely and meets quality standards for department. Collaborates closely with multiple departments such as the Bed Center, transportation and Utilization Management. Responsible for reviewing work ques throughout shift to audit quality of one's own work to ensure a low denial rate for the Revenue Cycle team.
• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education: High School Graduate or Equivalent.
Experience: No experience required. Experience withEHR-EPIC; well versed in Medicare & Medicaid both FFS and HMO plans; and admission requirements of commercial payers. Registration and/or admitting department experience preferred.
Licensure: None required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician's Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.