Job Description
The Patient Service Rep is responsible for positive patient relations, accurate telephone communication, appointment scheduling, patient registration, payment and co-payment collection and overall providing outstanding customer service to patients through the intake of calls and ability to navigate services throughout Cedars Sinai Medical Network. This position also performs routine duties associated with the collection and maintenance of current patient demographics and insurance information.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:- Provides outstanding customer service through the successful intake, prioritizing, and resolution of calls and patient needs for a multi-specialty team.
- Greets patients and assist with resolving patient issues or raising patients issues.
- Check-in and out patients and collect co-payments/give receipts/reconcile payments. Verifies that patient demographic and insurance data are accurate in CS-Link.
- Schedules appointments, complete patient registration, collect patient payments and provides a high standard of patient service.
- Assists with the management of physician schedules and finds opportunities for improvement. Handle patient/provider correspondence as instructed.
- Process and track referrals and authorizations for various insurance types.
- Manages patient care flow and assist with monitoring CS-Link message pools and standard work.
- Monitors and assess their own workflow to find opportunities for improvement.
- Explains policies, procedures, or services to patients using administrative knowledge
- Participates in daily huddles and staff meetings.
- Promotes and practice infection prevention standards and all department policies and procedures.
Qualifications
Education:
High school diploma or GED preferred.
Experience:
Two (2) years experience working as a Patient Service Rep in an outpatient medical office setting preferred.
About Us
About the Team
Req ID : 5927
Working Title : Patient Service Rep - Internal Medicine / Geriatrics
Department : IM - Geriatrics
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation
Job Category : Administrative
Job Specialty : Admissions/Registration
Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 8 hour
Base Pay : $21.00 - $30.41
Our compensation philosophy
We offer competitive total compensation that includes pay, benefits, and other recognition programs for our employees. The base pay range shown above takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including knowledge/skills; relevant experience and training; education/certifications/licensure; and other business and organizational factors. This base pay range does not include our comprehensive benefits package and any incentive payments that may be applicable to this role. Pay Transparency Non Discrimination Provision (PDF) (opens in new window)
Diversity and Inclusion at Cedars-Sinai
We are caretakers and innovators committed to the pursuit of equitable healthcare. But health equity is not possible without representation. Our commitment to diversity goes beyond demographics or checking boxes. Our people must reflect the diverse identities, experiences and geographies of the communities and patients we serve – because that’s what our patients, colleagues and communities deserve. Quality Care and Research—For All, By All (opens in new window).
Cedars-Sinai is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu) and COVID-19. For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through April each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment, subject to medical exemption or religious accommodation. For the same reason, you may also be required to receive other vaccines such as COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Cedars-Sinai reserves the right to make modifications to its required list of vaccines as required by law and/or policy. Cedars-Sinai’s AA Policy Statement (PDF) (opens in new window)
