Receptionist, Gastroenterology Clinic

Receptionist, Gastroenterology Clinic, Javon Bea Hospital - Riverside

- Monday to Friday Day Shift Hours

- 80 Hours / 2 weeks

Individual who act as the central point of communication among patients, partners and providers; responsible for providing front line activities to include scheduling, registration, cash handling and overall support services to patients and guests.

Experience a rewarding and fulfilling career with Mercyhealth. Mercyhealth is committed to offering our partners a best place to work. Our unique workplace Culture of Excellence is built upon:

• Employee engagement, empowerment and growth
• Teamwork toward our common goal - providing exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better
• An atmosphere of caring and quality that cascades throughout the organization

Clerical:

• Answers incoming telephone calls, determines purpose of callers, and forwards calls to appropriate personnel and routes Epic Messages to nursing and provider as appropriate.
• Retrieves messages from voice mail and forwards to appropriate personnel.
• Answers questions about organization, physicians, and available services, providing callers with address, directions, and other information as appropriate.
• Welcomes on-site visitors, determines nature of business, and announces visitors to appropriate personnel.
• Monitors visitor access and issues passes when required.
• Receives, sorts, and routes mail, and maintains and routes publications.
• Orders, receives, and maintains office supplies.
• Maintains fax machines, assists users, sends faxes, and retrieves and routes incoming faxes.
• Creates and prints fax cover sheets, memos, correspondence, reports, and other documents when necessary.
• Performs other clerical duties as needed.

Epic Scheduling and Registration

• Schedules patient appointments.
• Responsible for EMR Electronic Medical Records registration check-in processes in Epic.
• Loads, verifies and updates patient demographics.
• Scans, loads and verifies insurance coverage.
• Collects signed HIPAA and Consent for Treatment documents, updates the interactive face sheet and sends documents to Medical Records for scanning.
• Reviews all Alerts in Epic and refers patient to a PFC when necessary.
• Collects co-payments and other self-pay obligations when required and post in Epic when registering patient.
• Provides patient with an estimated self-pay obligation when appropriate.
• Performs cashiering functions online payment posting within Epic.
• Processes payments and deposits by adhering to the systems Cash Handling Policy.
• Completes daily closing report and balances their individual cash drawer at the end of each day.
• Performs petty cash count in and out daily and records appropriately.

• Assist patients with MyChart signup and activation.
• Replies to MyChart messages in a timely manner, closing messages when complete.
• Safeguards patient privacy and confidentiality per MHS policies.
• Preps Routes daily for upcoming appointments for frontline registration.

• Reviews daily work queues and corrects identified patient registration errors.
• Utilizes Epic waitlists based on provider preference.
• Reviews and updates no-shows and cancellations for the day.
• Preps and Pre-registers patients for upcoming appointments.
• Processes referrals and pre-certifications when required.
• May be assigned to update and maintain physician scheduling protocols.
• Maintains an average check-in time equal to or above 50 percent of all reception partners specific to 3 of the 4 following indicators
  • Average Check In Time
  • Average Registration Time
  • Average Registration Time for New Patients
  • Average Registration Time for Existing Patients
• Maintains an average registration accuracy equal to or above 50 percent of all reception partners as measured by percent
• Workflows Without Registration Warnings.
• Maintains an average collection of co-pays equal to or above 50 percent of all reception partners.

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Previous medical reception experience required.

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following behavior expectations:

Quality - Follows policies and procedures; adapts to and manages changes in the environment; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness giving attention to details; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Manages time and prioritizes effectively to achieve organizational goals.

Service - Responds promptly to requests for service and assistance; Follows the Mercyhealth Critical Moments of service; Meets commitments; Abides by MH confidentiality and security agreement; Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; and effectively communicates information to partners; Thinks system wide regarding processes and functions.

Partnering - Shows commitment to the Mission of Mercyhealth and Culture of Excellence through all words and actions; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others views; Demonstrates a high level of participation and engagement in day-to-day work; Gives and welcomes feedback; Generates suggestions for improving work: Embraces teamwork, supports and encourages positive change while giving value to individuals.

Cost - Conserves organization resources; Understands fiscal responsibility; Works within approved budget; Develops and implements cost saving measures; contributes to profits and revenue.

Mercyhealth offers a generous total rewards package to eligible employees including, but not limited to:

* Comprehensive Benefits Package: Mercyhealth offers a retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, access to flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.

* Competitive Compensation: Mercyhealth offers market competitive rates of pay and participates in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.

* Paid Time Off: Mercyhealth offers a generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries, to allow employees the opportunity for a great work-life balance.

* Career Advancement: Mercyhealth offers a number of educational assistance programs and career ladders to support employees in their educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.

* Employee Wellbeing: Mercyhealth has a focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization and offers a number of tools and resources, such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application, to assist employees on their wellbeing journey.

* Additional Benefits: Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.