Thank you for considering a career at Ensemble Health Partners!

­­­­ENTRY LEVEL CAREER OPPORTUNITY OFFERING:

• Bonus Incentives
• Paid Certifications
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Career Advancement

• This position pays between $17.20 - $18.45 based on experience

   

Ensemble Health Partners is a leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for health systems, including hospitals and affiliated physician groups. They offer end-to-end revenue cycle solutions as well as a comprehensive suite of point solutions to clients across the country.

Ensemble keeps communities healthy by keeping hospitals healthy. We recognize that healthcare requires a human touch, and we believe that every touch should be meaningful. This is why our people are the most important part of who we are. By empowering them to challenge the status quo, we know they will be the difference

The Opportunity:

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The Inpatient Financial Counseling Specialist performs the task of benefit education and validation. This includes face to face review of inpatient benefits, authorization and collecting inpatient, observation, and outpatient in a bed liability throughout Ensemble Health Partners. This position handles the accurate verification and calculation of patient liabilities including previous balances, collection of patient payments, and may require nights, weekends, and holidays, as necessary. They are responsible for performing these functions while meeting the mission of Ensemble Health Partners and all regulatory compliance requirements. The Financial Counseling Specialist will work within the policies and processes as they are being performed across the entire organization.

• Responsible for the assessment and collection of patient liabilities. These collections include copays, deductibles, co-insurance and balances after financial assistance. This individual is tasked with assessing patient insurance and financial information to determine liability. The Specialist in Inpatient Collections will utilize face to face communication with patients during their stay to collect the estimated patient liability.

   

• Works various patient access, insurance eligibility, follow-up reports as assigned.

   

• Assists in facilitating daily inhouse call reviews to include all needed parties to validate that patients have a valid payor source with authorization on the account for the current stay.

   

• Completion of pre-registration and registration tasks including, but not limited to, the registration of patients at the time of service, or prior to the date of service while attempting to collect the patient's financial liability.

   

• Monitors missed collection opportunities for potential process improvements and follow-up. Must make at least 3 attempts each day to visit a patient's room if the patient is otherwise preoccupied in previous attempts.

   

• Notes all accounts with a patient liability daily.

   

• Makes follow-up phone calls to patients that are unable to make payment while in-house.

   

• Sends letters to patients' addresses post-discharge detailing an estimated liability as well as options to pay

   

• Works with patients to sign consent to treat, observation, Important Message from Medicare, and other registration-related forms if applicable.

   

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