[Hiring] Temporary Contact Center Associate 1 @University of Miami

Role Description

The Contact Center Associate 1 supports functions that assist in creating and driving a culture of empathy, service excellence and delivery of patient centered care that impacts the patient experience across the UHealth System. The incumbent is responsible for scheduling and registering patients for appointments utilizing the EPIC scheduling system to search for appointments across multiple physicians, resources, specialties and sites while utilizing expertise in medical triage and understanding of government and commercial insurance requirements to ensure patients are scheduled with the appropriate provider within a convenient time frame.

Core Responsibilities

• Provides general information about UHealth System services to patients and community health care providers.
• Handles high volume of call center calls for scheduling patient appointments and accurately completing full registration for patients requesting appointments with the UHealth system.
• Adheres to policies and procedures regarding appointment scheduling and registration processes, performing these tasks accurately with attention to detail to ensure the highest quality standards.
• Initiates pre-registration process, coordinating with the Central Insurance Verification and Patient Access teams, to assure pre-registration is scheduled in the appropriate facility prior to the appointment.
• Ensure all patient demographic insurance information is accurate, complete and up to date.
• Verifies private patient insurance information for same day appointments or by request.
• Adheres to standards provided by the HIPPA Privacy Office related to patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Provides patients with all required information regarding appointments and payment policies (e.g. medical records, parking, cash policies, anticipated charges, required ancillary services, cancellation policy).
• Liaises/advocates for patients, physicians, and staff in facilitating ease of care. Assists in identifying trouble spots and problem patterns in the provision of care.
• Maintains a working knowledge of medical symptoms, signs, and anatomical systems to identify and differentiate type and urgency of medical need.
• Maintains knowledge of insurance referral requirements to ensure access based on third party reimbursement criteria.
• Notifies appropriate parties of the appointment time, referral criteria, insurance verification, and prior authorization requirements.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
• This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders; bi-lingual a plus (Spanish, Creole).
• Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

Company Description

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the groundbreaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status

Full time

Employee Type

Temporary