Customer Service Representative

2 days ago


Tinton Falls, New Jersey, United States Hackensack Meridian Health Full time
Job Title: Customer Service Representative

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and customer-focused Customer Service Representative to join our team at Hackensack Meridian Health. As a key member of our Patient Accounting Department, you will be responsible for providing exceptional customer service to our patients, resolving billing inquiries, and ensuring timely resolution of patient accounts.

Responsibilities:

  • Handle a minimum of 250 inbound Automated Call Distribution (ACD) calls per week, providing timely resolution of patient inquiries and resolving calls with minimal outside direction.
  • Verify and update patient identity, demographics, insurance, and other data as required.
  • Provide patients with accurate and timely information regarding their accounts, including billing and payment details.
  • Review insurers' payment explanations of benefits to determine patients' responsibility and perform comparisons to managed care contracts for accuracy.
  • Perform partial financial screening for uninsured or minimally insured patients to determine the next phase of customer care.
  • Develop and implement payment plan options for patients.
  • Identify patient needs and modify care to meet those needs, communicating effectively with patients, parents, and caregivers.
  • Work closely with the Department of Consumer Affairs to achieve optimal patient satisfaction.
  • Investigate billing issues with internal and external departments to ensure accuracy.
  • Assist with NJ State reporting via PCG system to correct claims and update the State system.
  • Handle, log, and adjust bankruptcies, referring to agencies as applicable.
  • Enter payments via encrypted credit card system.
  • Implement proper activity/CDM codes for medical record requests, coding changes, or audit requests.
  • Send written correspondence to patients advising of actions needed or responses to inquiries.
  • Send itemized bills and documentation to patients and insurance companies as needed.
  • Process return mail in a timely manner, contacting patients, physician offices, and employers to secure and update accurate information.
  • Respond to inquiries and correspondence from attorneys, collection agencies, and patients while accounts are in bad debt.
  • Make outbound calls for follow-up to insurance companies, doctor's offices, and patients to resolve/address patient billing issues.
  • Review and facilitate patient/insurance correspondence to resolution.
  • Achieve departmental productivity and cash collection standards.
  • Ensure HIPAA compliance in all interactions.
  • Maintain and utilize written policies and procedures implemented within the revenue cycle.
  • Work to reduce self-pay accounts receivable to meet department standards.
  • Ensure assigned work queues are worked and completed timely.
  • Collaborate, communicate, and coordinate to create a positive patient experience.
  • Meet specific performance metrics of productivity and quality assurance.
  • Adhere to established workflows, scripting, and department call flow.
  • Demonstrate customer-care skills such as empathy, active listening, courtesy, politeness, helpfulness, and other skills to interact with various customers.
  • Perform other job-related duties as required or assigned, including assisting in training team members.

Qualifications:

  • High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), or GED equivalent programs.
  • Minimum of 1 year of experience in customer service.
  • Exceptional customer care skills, including active listening, compassion, written and verbal communication skills, and a professional phone voice.
  • Strong time management and decision-making skills.
  • Possesses a true customer/patient-first attitude and a passion for assisting customers/patients by delivering a positive patient experience on every contact.
  • Excellent computer and analytical skills.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Outstanding work ethic and strong adherence to shift schedule.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Associate's degree or two years of college from an accredited college or university.
  • In-depth knowledge of the revenue cycle, including third-party follow-up, reconciliation, billing, and other key areas of patient financial services.
  • Experience in analysis of accounts in a hospital or physician environment.
  • Knowledge of medical terminology, hospital systems, and insurance processes.
  • Computer skills, preferably including Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.
  • Bilingual in English/Spanish a plus.
  • Prior hospital finance/billing experience a plus.
  • Prior call center environment experience a plus.
  • Prior collection experience a plus.
  • EPIC experience.

Licenses and Certifications:

  • Successfully pass EPIC assessment completion within 30 days after Network access granted.

About Hackensack Meridian Health:

Hackensack Meridian Health is a Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Facility.

We are committed to providing a positive patient experience and are seeking a highly skilled and customer-focused Customer Service Representative to join our team.



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