Patient Services Representative, Radiation Oncology, Full-Time, Day Shift

About the position

Be a part of a world-class academic health-care system at UChicago Medicine as a Patient Services Representative in our Radiation Oncology Clinic in Hyde Park. In this role, the Patient Services Representative schedules medical procedures and services, creates reservations, performs preadmission, registration, discharge and transfer processes. They provide excellent customer service, assist patients with financial and billing inquiries and perform collection functions.

Responsibilities
• Greets and registers patients upon arrival, collects patient demographics, referrals, guarantor, insurance and other billing information; interviews patients and other parties to obtain information
• Performs pre and post-billing functions, responds to patient inquiries in-person and via written correspondence.
• Verifies insurance coverage
• Initiates problem solving to resolve patient questions/complaints and refers escalated concerns to appropriate sources for resolution
• Prepares various correspondence and reports, clinic consultation notes, referral letters and other departmental correspondence; maintains correspondence files
• Answers incoming calls and assists with general clerical duties as needed within the department

Requirements
• High School Diploma
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, physicians, management, staff and other customers
• Exceptional customer service skills including the ability to use independent thinking, sound judgment and creativity when resolving customer issues
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and effectively handle challenging situations
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Basic office skills including 35 wpm typing and 4500 key strokes an hour
• Ability to accurately and efficiently enter alpha numeric data on screen
• Knowledge of basic medical terminology
• Ability to use personal computers and select software applications including Epic
• Successful completion of competencies related to the Cadence Scheduling system
• Successful completion of competencies related to the Point of Service Collection policy

Nice-to-haves
• Associate or Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Prior experience in a practice setting preferred including in depth knowledge of appropriate insurance protocols

Benefits
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