Job DescriptionManages patient’s admissions, insurance coverage, bed coverage, and discharge.Qualifications
High School Graduate or GED required.
Healthcare Insurance verification and Front Desk registration
Minimum 2 years of registration experience within a medical setting (doctor’s office, hospital). Bi-Lingual (Spanish/English) preferred.
Knowledgeable in medical health insurances and front desk registration.
MS Office Suite
EPIC, IDX, EXCEL, MS WordCollective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSW
Compensation StatementThe Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for this role is $24.77 - $27.20 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.SEIU 1199 at Mount Sinai West, AZY - Admitting - WST, Mount Sinai WestResponsibilities
Collect, verify, and input patient information paperwork with appropriate financial and demographic forms into the M.I.S system
Obtains all old medical record numbers from the Medical Records Department for patients previously in the system, or when appropriate assigns new medical record number
Receives information from the Emergency Department on incoming emergency admissions.
Admits and interviews patients scheduled for elective, emergency, OB, ambulatory surgery and pre-admission prior to admission to the hospital following established procedures
Registers people for private outpatient registration office. Completes corresponding charge forms and documentation
Registers patients having pre-admission testing services
Interviews patients privately before, during or after the services for financial screening to update insurance information or other pertinent data
Ensures all admissions are given admission information which includes but is not limited to: The Patient’s Bill of Rights, Discharge information, A Welcome booklet, hospital policies and procedures regarding room rates and financial obligations
Prepares and distributes daily admission and census lists
Verify patient financial class codes are correct and refers patient to Medicaid Expediters when the patient does not have coverage.
Notifies Medical A.C. of all private teaching admissions
Assign patient beds and initiate patient bed transfers when necessary.
Enters relevant discharge and transfer information into the computer
Accepts telephone and in-person requests from physicians for patients accommodations
Assures placement of patients’ name on “Elective or Emergency” list
Act as billing liaison for the patient, prepare bills, collect, deposit, and give receipts for payments. Update the billing system to reflect payments and keep track of complete and incomplete accounts in a separate filing system.
Closes all PROP, PAT and Ambulatory Surgery visits in the M.I.S. system
Process and files birth certificates
Process and files death certificates
Contacts Nursing Stations to obtain expected discharge
Release bodies to funeral director. Notify morgue attendant for family members that with to view deceased.
Communicates with Housekeeping & Nursing regarding status of patients bed using BedBoard system.
May be required to act as a messenger or patient transporter and provide backup/relief to the clinic cashiers
About UsStrength Through DiversityThe Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!“About the Mount Sinai Health System:Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/VeteransCompensation StatementMount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $24.7664 - $27.204 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.