Patient Access Representative Senior - Plymouth, MN

$1000 SIGN ON BONUS FOR EXTERNAL APPLICANTS

Opportunities at Optum, in strategic partnership with Allina Health. As an Optum employee, you will provide support to the Allina Health account. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Location: 2805 Campus Dr. Plymouth, MN 55441

Job Summary: This position is responsible for greeting and welcoming patients in person.  Provides a standard registration process by collecting demographic and financial data and enter information into a electronic medical record.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Greets and welcomes patients in person
• Collects demographic and insurance information
• Checks in and interviews patients to complete the registration process
• Obtains signatures from patients as needed
• Directs patient to their appointment or procedure
• May assist in scheduling add-on appointments
• Documents any issues and resolutions in electronic medical record
• Resolves claim issues and registration errors on patient accounts and in assigned work queues
• Uses resources, tools and procedures to complete registrations for complex accounts
• Verifies insurance eligibility and benefits information for payers and interprets results, focusing on complex billing situations
• Obtains cost information and explains information to patients
• Collects on patient financial obligations
• Handles complex questions as needed
• Screening and approve patients for financial assistance programs and financial counsel as needed 
• Provides technical or functional direction for employees
• Assists patient in completion of request for information forms and submits to appropriate department
• Provide customer service for inbound and outbound telephone calls
• Identifies and escalates trends to leadership related to daily site activities
• Participates in the orientation and training of employees and provides feedback to leadership
• Exhibits behaviors and expectations that are consistent with leadership roles
• Assists and supports team in all roles
• Other duties as assigned

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of customer service experience
• 1+ years of revenue cycle experience in a healthcare/hospital setting
• Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Ability to work 2-3 shifts per week from 11:00am – 7:30pm
• Ability to work every other weekend from 11:00am – 7:30pm
• Ability to work come onsite for training within standard, daytime hours for first 3 weeks upon hire
• Must be 18 years or older

Preferred Qualifications:

• Epic Experience
• Experience with electronic medical records 

Physical Demands

• Consistent walking, standing, bending, turning, etc.
• Lifting weight Up to 10 lbs. occasionally, up to 2-5 lbs. frequently

**PLEASE NOTE** The sign-on bonus is only available to external candidates.  Candidates who are currently working for UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare or a related entity in a full time, part time or per diem basis ("Internal Candidates") are not eligible to receive a sign on bonus. 

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