Patient Access Team Lead

Minimum Education

Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent required.

Associates Degree in Business Finance Health Info Management or related field preferred.

Minimum Work Experience

24 years experience in medical facility health insurance or related area.

2 years experience in Patient Access preferred.

Medical terminology knowledge preferred.

Job Summary

The Patient Access Team Lead is responsible for providing feedback on daily scheduling preregistration and registration processes and staffing issues to the Patient Access Manager. Provide assistance to staff level employees as necessary to insure compliance with department policies and procedures. Assist leadership with staffing report reconciliation QA process and other duties as assigned

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Frye Regional Medical Center located in the beautiful foothills of North Carolina is a 355bed acute care hospital 81bed Behavioral Health facility and more than 70 primary and specialty care providers.

Essential Functions

• Assists Manager and in creating staff schedules and ensures adequate coverage
• Model AIDET guidelines in all interactions with the patient and ensure staff are adhering to the patient experience expectations.
• Promotes and demonstrates excellent customer service
• Maintain QA statistics (including patient wait times etc. and report results to Manager.
• Oversee the daily activities of the scheduling preregistration and registration areas to insure department standards are met
• Assists Manager in educating registration staff of any changes pertinent to their roles
• Secure all signatures necessary for treatments release of medical information and assignment of insurance benefits and payment of services from legally responsible patients
• Work closely and professionally with nursing and ancillary departments in effort to maintain a teamwork approach
• Excel in all functions performed by patient representatives in all scheduling preregistration and registration areas
• Collect/request deposits and copays
• Assume oncall responsibilities to insure adequate staffing and problemsolving
• Schedule all modalities and PreRegister/Register all patient types
• Assists in resolving patient concerns Assist Manager to insure all personnel department policies and procedures are followed
• Act in capacity of Manager in his/her absence and inform Manager of all issues upon his/her return
• Maintains effectiveness of patient flow
• Attends inservice presentations and completes mandatory education including but not limited to infection control patient safety quality improvements MSDS and OSHA standards.
• Demonstrates knowledge of occurrence reporting system and utilizes system to report potential patient safety issues.
• Practice and adhere to the Code of Conduct philosophy and Mission and Value Statement
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits Wide range of benefits options!

• Here at Fryeyou choose your ownMedical Dental and Vision plans from a variety of competitive options that give you the coverage that best fits your needs.
• HSA
• 401(K) retirement plan contributions
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Accident & Critical Illness Insurance
• Prescription Assistance with OptumRx
• Income protection programs for the entire family such as life insurance Short/Longterm Disability and Identity Theft.
• Employee Assistance program at no cost to you to provide emotional legal financial and daily life support for your entire are available 24 hrs. a day 7 days a week.
• Free travel and entertainment discount program to ensure you enjoy your time away from work.

Why join our team

Frye Regional Medical Center employs more than 1500 professional and clinical medical center is a 355bed acute care facility which offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient Regional Medical Center is dedicated to providing patients with a full range of services to meet the healthcare needs of our believe our employees are our most valuable assets in accomplishing this goal and we have made great strides to ensure employee you are passionate about changing lives we are looking for you!