**Employment Type:** Part time **Shift:** Day Shift **Description:** At Saint Alphonsus Health System, we are looking for people who are living out their calling. We want you to be passionate about coming to work, and challenged to achieve your potential. Living by these virtues, we pride ourselves on exceptional service and the highest quality of care. Our Patient Service Representatives (PSR’s) are the face of Saint Alphonsus for patients and family members visiting our clinics. They work in conjunction with physicians and clinical staff to take care of patients’ administrative needs during each visit. The primary duties that PSR’s are responsible for include checking in patients for appointments, collecting patient co-pays, answering telephones, taking accurate messages, scheduling appointments, and checking insurance eligibility. They utilize our electronic record system to verify and update patient demographic information as well as posting and balancing of payments collected. **Position Details:** This **Part-Time** role will work 20hr/wk, with a full day shift on Wednesdays each week. This position is located in the Coughlin Clinic on the Boise hospital campus. **SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:** + High School Diploma or equivalent preferred. + Previous customer service experience required. Healthcare experience preferred. Electronic health record (EHR) experience a plus. Medical terminology preferred. + Experience with process improvement or lean philosophy preferred. **We Expect That You:** + Know, understand, incorporate, and demonstrate the Organization's Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions + Protect our patients’ rights by maintaining confidentiality of personal and financial information and follows guidelines for HIPPA regulations + Maintain operations by following policies and procedures and reports needed changes **Patient Registration Essential Functions:** + Acknowledges and greets patients immediately, providing a positive customer service experience + Registers patients for appointments and completes paperwork + Verifies and updates existing patient and insurance information + Keeps patient appointments on schedule by notifying provider of patient’s arrival + Informs patients immediately of delays, explains why, and the anticipated wait time + Collect, record, and communicate to patients their responsible balances for visit, diagnostic testing, supplies, etc. + Maintain knowledge of different payer practices and deductibles + Assist patients with all aspects of Financial Assistance Paperwork + Control credit extended to patients via a payment plan + Maintain business office inventory and equipment and order supplies + Maintain a neat work area including the reception area + Follow Cash Control Policy and Procedure and balances daily financial activities. Ensure collection of payments at time of service **Scheduling Medical Appointments Essential Functions:** + Optimize patient’s satisfaction, provider time, and treatment room utilization by scheduling appointments in person or by telephone + Handles multiple telephone lines effectively and politely per clinic standards + Updates patient personal and insurance information, and notifies patients to bring insurance cards, identification, and co-payment to appointment + Mail patient paperwork to new patients prior to appointment + Interacts with patients via Patient Portal + Scan incoming patient related documents into EHR + Ability to process incoming and outgoing referral requests **Medical Records Essential Functions:** + Files incoming medical reports and correspondence + Assembles new patient medical records in accordance with policies and procedures + Ensures availability of treatment information by filing and retrieving patient records + Receives, processes, and documents referral requests to and from the office + Sorts incoming faxes via Right Fax and routes + Receives and routes record requests from others and makes requests on behalf of providers/patients **About Saint Alphonsus:** Colleagues of Saint Alphonsus Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout SAHS and Trinity Health. Visit www.saintalphonsus.org/careers (https://www.saintalphonsus.org/careers/search-openings/details?j=00137722\_Speech%20Therapist%20PRN) to learn more about the benefits, culture and career development opportunities available to you at Saint Alphonsus Health System. Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are committed to promoting diversity in its workforce and to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We are committed to recruit and retain a diverse staff reflective of the communities we serve. Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are equal opportunity employers and prohibit discrimination against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. **Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion** Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions. Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity. EOE including disability/veteran