Front Desk Specialist

Full Time
Milwaukee, WI 53208
Posted
Job description
Come join our team! We are hiring!
We are currently hiring a Front Desk Specialist in Milwaukee, WI. This is a full-time position that does not require working late nights, weekends, or holidays.

Why Progressive Community Health Centers?
Founded in 1999, Progressive Community Health Centers is an independent non-profit organization that operates four clinic locations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. More than 100 employees support our agency's mission to improve the health and quality of life of the community by providing culturally competent services that address identified needs. We provide high quality, comprehensive care to roughly 16,000 patients annually, a majority of who are low-income. No one is ever turned away from our clinics based on insurance status or ability to pay. We value a patient-centered philosophy and provide range of services that include family medicine, internal medicine, women's health, urgent care, dental, radiology and integrated behavioral health. We also offer supportive services such as case management, health education and benefits enrollment.

Summary
The Front Desk Specialist performs tasks that occur early in the revenue cycle process that have an early impact on patient experience and revenue outcomes. The Front Desk Specialist is responsible for greeting and accessing patients in need of services, performing data collection, providing patient education, directing patients and visitors to the appropriate areas, scheduling appointments and assisting with patient flow.

Hours: M-F 8am - 5pm

Responsibilities
  • Provides patients with excellent customer service, including greeting and assessing patient service needs.
  • Performs pre-registration, which includes capturing patient demographics and third-party insurance precertification or preauthorization requirements prior to the appointment.
  • Performs patient education about importance of providing insurance cards and required payments at the time of service to improve the accuracy of claims submission and increase up-front cash collections. Articulates any outstanding balances and payment obligations to patients at the time of their service.
  • Utilizes payer eligibility websites to verify patient insurance coverage and inputs changes and eligibility updates into EPIC.
  • Works closely with financial counselors to assess and refer uninsured and underinsured patients for a sliding fee assessment in accordance with Federal Ch. 330 requirements.
  • Answers questions and provides information in compliance with HIPAA laws and other organizational policies.
  • Performs other job-related duties as may be assigned.

Requirements
  • High School diploma or equivalent education.
  • A minimum of 1 year of healthcare experience, with working knowledge of Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial health plans, preferred.
  • Experience with Epic, preferred.
  • Bilingual in English and Karen, preferred.

It is mandatory that all employees, employed providers and volunteers are vaccinated. All hired candidates must submit proof of vaccination prior to their orientation. This is a mandatory requirement for Progressive Community Health Centers. The purpose is to minimize exposure to and transmission of COVID-19 and the influenza virus in the workplace by providing occupational protection to employees and thereby preventing exposure to members of the community, which we serve.

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