Patient Registrar

Shift:

Full Time (40 hours)

Day Shift

Non-Exempt; Pay Grade: NE

Position Summary:

• Patient Registrar is responsible for obtaining information from patients to ensure payment for all services.

• The Patient Registrar is responsible for providing pre-registration, registration, and discharge services for patients in a variety of departments, clinics, etc
• Overall functions include telephone utilization, insurance verification, chart preparation, and cash collection activities
• Enter data into EPIC. Scans insurance and photos documents into EPIC. Pre-registration, registration and discharges patients
• Schedules and pre-registers follow-up appointments
• Answers telephones, prepares chart paperwork
• Maintains a cooperative working relationship with patients, medical staff and general public
• Responsible for entering referrals and patient authorizations into patient accounts for billing

Education/Experience:

• Work requires a high school level of educational development and 6 months of previous experience

Knowledge/Skills:

• Work requires the analytical skills to gather and interpret data in situations in which the information or problems are relatively routine.
• Work requires the ability to exchange information on factual matters, schedule appointments, greet visitors, explain medical center policies, and/or relay messages to appropriate personnel
• This type of interaction requires courtesy and tact when dealing with patients, visitors and/or medical center employees. More sensitive situations may be referred to others as appropriate