Patient Access Specialist - Medix : Job Details

Job Title: Patient Access Specialist Job Location Details: Boulder, CO Work Location: On-site Job Description: The Patient Access Specialist plays a crucial role in ensuring a smooth patient experience from the moment they enter our facility. This position is responsible for efficiently managing patient registration, obtaining necessary insurance and demographic information, scheduling procedures, and supporting a positive flow throughout the registration area. Responsibilities/ Job Duties:

• Greeting patients, providing information, answering phones, registering patients and entering exam orders as required.
• Obtaining all demographics, insurance information, appropriate codes, and authorizations from patients (or their representatives) and physicians in a courteous and efficient manner for billing.
• Scheduling for a variety of procedures: surgery, outpatient groups, labs
• Other duties pertinent to optimal patient experience, patient flow, and efficient staff utilization are also expected.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

• EPIC (EHR) experience
• High school diploma or GED
• Basic knowledge of insurance, coding, and authorizations
• Basic knowledge of the revenue cycle- AR/ collections
• Excellent computer skills and knowledge of medical terminology

Schedule/ Shift: Tuesday -Friday 7:00 am - 5:30 pm Benefits:

• Paid Sick Leave (Medix provides paid sick leave according to state and local sick leave ordinances)

• Health Benefits / Dental / Vision ( Medix Offers 6 different health plans: 3 Major Medical Plans, 2 Fixed Indemnity Plans (Standard and Preferred), and 1 Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) Plan. Eligibility for health benefits is based on verifying that an average of 30 hours per week during the first 4 weeks of the work assignment has been met. If you meet eligibility requirements and take action to enroll, you will be covered no earlier than 60 days into your assignment, depending on plan selection(s).)

• 401k ( eligible on the first 401k open enrollment date following 6 consecutive months on assignment. 401k Open Enrollment dates are 1/1, 4/1, 7/1, and 10/1)

• Short Term Disability Insurance

• Term Life Insurance Plan

For California Applicants: We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (ULAC), The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO) , and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA). This position is subject to a background check based on its job duties, which may include patient care, working with vulnerable populations, access to financial and confidential information, driving, working with heavy machinery, or working in a warehouse or laboratory environment. Due to these job duties, this position has a significant impact on the business operations and reputation, as well as the safety and well-being of individuals who may be cared for as part of the job position or who may interact with staff or clients.