Patient Service Specialist
Select Medical
- Erie, PA
- $12.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Center Location: Erie, PA
- Type of Employment: As Needed Float
- Hours: Monday to Friday; Saturdays as needed
- Pay range is $12.00/hour+ Based On Experience
- Greet new and existing patients as they arrive, register new patients and provide information about what to expect during their visit
- Schedule patient appointments in person or over the phone
- Regular communication with parties including, but not limited to: attorney offices, insurance companies, translation companies, market operational leaders and business development team
- Collect co-pays from patients, manage payer approvals and conduct insurance authorizations and verifications
- Provide patients with pertinent information about their next appointment as they check out
- Respond to requests for information from patients, providers, and coworkers
- High School Diploma or GED
- Ability to use all necessary office equipment (faxes, copiers, computers, telephones, etc).
- Ability to type 40 words per minute
- Medical Office Experience
- Health care experience
- Previous therapy experience
- Ability to walk, stand, bend, and reach consistently throughout a work day/shift
- Appropriate manual dexterity to enable typing (including10-key) throughout a work day/shift
- Ability to lift up to 25lbs, safely, from ground to waist using proper body mechanics
- Ability to carry office supplies up to 10lbs
- Visual acuity (near and distant) sufficient to maintain accurate records, recognize people and understand written direction
- Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand and give directions