This is an In-person Position NOT available for remote work.   Customer Care: - Provides high quality customer service to both external and internal customers that meets or exceeds the service standards of the health care industry. - Demonstrates knowledge of all department, locations, units, and buildings on OHSU campus. - Promptly greet all patient and visitors in a warm professional manner whether face to face or over the phone. This includes providing directions and screening all patients and visitors. - Determine customer needs proactively and direct inquires to appropriate resources. - Provide crisis management and conflict resolution as issues arise whether internal or external. Arrange Care: - Functions as a liaison for families during complicated cases by working with the clinical team, social worker, and case managers. - Arranges any and all accommodations needed to provide the best experience to all our customers. This includes mobility equipment (wheelchairs, stretchers, Etc.), interpreter services, and identifies support services for individuals with disabilities, when necessary, in compliance with State regulations. - Mails information packets. Enrollment & Financial Services: - Maintains current information on managed care insurance plans and serves as a liaison and information resource for patients, referring physician offices, and other OHSU staff. This includes but not limited to: Providing patient education regarding OHSU financial assistance, insurance coordination of benefits, and other facility or regulatory documents. - Maintain knowledge pertaining to insurance issues which include but are not limited to motor vehicle, Worker’s Compensation, personal injuries, Medicare, OHP/Washington Welfare/Medicaid, and exposures. - Creates new and maintains existing insurance coverages/guarantors for a patient based on their insurances and the care being provided. - Obtains benefit information including deductible or co-pays, co-insurance, stop loss or out of pocket status, and correct billing address. Collects cost-shares at time of service. - Complete insurance verification on each patient’s insurance 100% of the time. - Gathers, adds, updates, and/or verifies detailed demographic information and completed/signed forms required for services. These functions are performed at stationary computer terminalor or at patient’s bedside using a mobile computer terminal, occasionally over the phone. - Completes Race, Ethnicity, Language, and Disability (REALD) questionnaire with patient face to face or over the phone and updates REALD Smart Form as required by law. - Follows Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR’s) regarding workers’ compensation in operation of OHSU and industry workman’s compensation procedures. Also initiates and completes claims for worker’s compensation injuries, personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, and crime victim accounts by collecting detailed information of trauma admissions (motor vehicle accident, personal injury, and/or worker’s compensation) to determine accident-related liability. Authorization & Registration Services: - Validates appropriate admitting locations by procedure and admitting provider to ensure appropriate patient placement. - Accurately complete Inter-Hospital Transfers and same-day admissions and obtain prior medical records as needed. - Activates direct admissions based on notification from unit at time of patient’s arrival. - Ensures all required forms are completed for services and confirmation of payment sources. Training: - Successfully complete the required PAS Specialist and PAS Revenue Cycle Specialist initial training and core competency assessment during the initial probationary period. Maintains core competencies, and demonstrates continuous application of these skills throughout the period of employment. - Gives instruction to other PAS Revenue Cycle Specialist personnel pertaining to PAS Revenue Cycle Specialist processes and procedures as well as performance. Provides on the job training, orientation, guidance and coaching for new PAS Revenue Cycle Specialist personnel in the service area as assigned. May be required to provide informational assessment of other PAS Revenue Cycle Specialist workers’ performance to the PAS Coordinator/Supervisor and/or the employment supervisor - Required to maintain Patient Access Services Individual Performance Standards. Daily Office Tasks: - Troubleshoots equipment problems and initiates repairs requests once reviewed with leadership. - Ensures Patient Access Services Department Coordinator is aware of low forms/supply levels. - Provide coverage in other admitting areas and the Emergency Department when needed. - Follow and complete daily task list as assigned by management.

Customer Service:  - Provide high quality customer service to all internal and external customers. This includes communicating accurately, openly, supportively, in a timely manner, and extending special attention and sensitivity to all patients, visitors, and fellow employees. - Assist in maintaining an atmosphere of cooperation within the department, as well as with other departments and allied professionals. - Demonstrate respect and cooperation in all staff relationships, and a genuine willingness to prevent or resolve inter-personal conflicts. Must demonstrate superior face to face customer contact skills, remain calm and resourceful during crisis management or other difficult situations, and manage standard complaint processing. - Required to learn and maintain skill with available information technology, and remain current with changes to departmental procedures and new information. Provide flexible coverage of internal service needs, including work location and reporting time. Registration Service: - Gather and/or verify patient information including demographics, guarantor, emergency contacts, insurance coverage, and financial status. Verify patient eligibility for health care coverage and enter appropriate insurance plan information and codes. Enter all information accurately into OHSU databases. - Provide financial screening for low income or non-sponsered patients and refer patients to apply for Oregon or Washington Medicaid or OHSU Financial Assistance when appropriate. Complete reverification, udpates, and/or new patient registration from patient work queues, email, or inbasket as assigned. Required to maintain Registration Department individual performance standards: Production Standard: Individual standard of 60 registrations per day Error Rate Standard: Maintain an accuracy rate of 97% Talk Time Standard: Average time to complete a registration is 4.5 minutes or less. Telecommunications: - Utilize an Automated Call distributor (ACD) to answering incoming registration calls.  Staff in and out of ACD and use not ready work as per department guidelines.  Remain available to accept incoming calls at all times. Adhere to department schedule for break and lunch periods. - Refer general information inquiries and urgent health concerns to the appropriate area. Answer and explain all registration questions asked by patients or other employees. Note that Registration Services participates in customer service evaluations via call monitoring and/or recording.