Hospital admissions clerk vs medical receptionist

Differences between hospital admissions clerk and medical receptionist duties and responsibilities

Hospital admissions clerk example responsibilities.

• Manage front office check-in, insurance verification and certifications from doctors.
• Register patients upon entry of the emergency room while collecting personal medical and insurance information.
• Process surgery schedules for billing.
• Assist nurses and doctors with paging other personnel and teams (stroke, trauma, radiology, etc).
• Check insurance eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid.
• Administer registration of patients and pass on information to require hospital departments.
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Medical receptionist example responsibilities.

• Conduct analysis to address long wait times which lead to faster triage, shorter wait times.
• Evaluate all EOB's to insure accurate payment is received and when necessary will file appeals to achieve optimal payments.
• Greet and check-in patients, including obtaining accurate patient demographic information, patient registration, and checking insurance eligibility.
• Learned and operate chiropractic equipment (decompression; Leander) & x-rays; enabling Dr to have more time for patients.
• Resolve concerns of terminally ill patients with compassion and professionalism.
• Identify patients' specific scheduling requirements while demonstrating care and compassion via telephone.
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