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Patient Account Registrar

Prime Healthcare • Weslaco, TX • 1d ago

Overview

Shifts Available : Nights

Employment Type : Full Time

Hours: 8 -hour - 11:00pm-7:00am

Location : Knapp Medical Center - Weslaco,TX

We are seeking a Patient Account Registrar , sometimes referred to as a Hospital Admission Representative. The Patient Account Registrar collects and verifies patient demographic and insurance information while ensuring eligibility, benefits, and authorizations are accurately obtained. The Patient Account Registrar collaborates closely with the Admitting team and communicates effectively with patients across all age groups.

Responsibilities Section

Interview patients or authorized representatives to gather accurate demographic and insurance information

Verify insurance eligibility, benefits, and required authorizations

Enter and retrieve patient data using computerized systems

Communicate clearly with patients using age-appropriate techniques across all life stages

Support Admitting department operations, including reception, PBX functions, and special assignments

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community! Knapp Medical Center, a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Knapp Medical Center is an award-winning, not-for-profit hospital in Weslaco, Texas. With 227 beds, the community hospital specializes in emergency care, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, wound care, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, critical care, and interventional radiology. Knapp serves as the only acute care hospital in the Mid-Valley area, as well as Weslaco's only Level III Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, and Level II Newborn Nursery. Knapp has been providing quality and compassionate healthcare to Mid-Valley residents for 60 years. More than 300 physicians serve on the hospital's medical staff. Knapp also serves as one of the largest employers in the Mid-Valley, employing more than 450 people. For more information, please call 956-968-8567 or visit www.KnappMed.org

Responsibilities

The Patient Account Registrar interviews the patient or his/her representative to obtain patient demographics. This position also secures insurance information, eligibility, benefits and authorizations as applicable. Works closely with all facets of the Admitting department including PBX operator function and reception areas. Must be able to operate a computer to input and retrieve data. Ability to communicate with the population served, utilizing age specific techniques from neonatal, pediatrics, adolescents, young adults, middle adult to geriatrics. Maintain proficiency in medical terminology. Special projects or other assignments may be given with expectations to be completed in a specified timeframe

Qualifications

Education and Work Experience

Previous hospital experience as an admissions representative preferred.

Knowledge of medical terminology preferred.

Effective written and verbal communication skills

Ability to multi-task, prioritize needs to meet required timelines

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Customer Services experience required

High School Graduate or GED Equivalent Required (effective 4/1/14 for all new hires)

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Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Nights

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC\KnowYourRights\screen\reader\10_20.pdf

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FacilityKnapp Medical Center

LocationUS-TX-Weslaco

ID2026-288849

CategoryAdmin

Position TypeFull Time

ShiftNights

Job TypeNon-Exempt

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