Patient Access Services Representative I/II

Job Details

Description
Kern Medical
has been a community cornerstone since its founding in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los Angeles. Kern Medical offers a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services including high-risk pregnancy care, inpatient psychiatric services integrated with county mental health programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing personalized patient-centered wellness care. Kern Medical cares for 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients a year.

Career Opportunities within Kern Medical include many benefits such as:

• New Hire Premium: +6% of base rate of pay, matched up to 6% if contributed to Deferred Compensation Plan.
• Shift Differential Pay: varies per classification.
• A Comprehensive Benefits Package: includes Holidays, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance.

Position
: Patient Access Services Representative I/II - Health Benefit Advisor/Patient Financial Counseling Dept. - Bilingual (English/Spanish) Preferred

Compensation
The estimated pay for this position is
$ to $
. The rates shown include a 6% premium pay (base= $-$ plus 6%). This reflects only a portion of the total compensation package for this position. Additional compensation may be available for this role through differentials, incentives, and bonuses. In addition, this position may be eligible for participation and company contributions into the Kern County Employees' Retirement Plan.

Job Description
Under supervision, performs patient access, registration/admitting and financial counseling activities, which may include: patient pre- registration/registration, and admitting, patient financial counseling, researching and evaluating federal, state, and commercial insurance funding issues and screening patients for alternative government funding.

Distinguishing Characteristics
The Patient Access Services Representative I is the first level of the Patient Access Services Representative classification series. Incumbents have hospital/healthcare knowledge or experience, and are expected to gain specific knowledge of the importance of patient and insurance demographic information and the availability of