University Of Southern California Alhambra , CA 91801
Posted 3 weeks ago
Serves as primary point of contact for access to USC academic medical centers and USC Health Sciences Campus. Under the direction of the Access Center Leadership, the Lead will serve as the point of contact for the team members, including assigning daily duties, workload balancing, scheduling and leads daily huddles. In addition, the Lead will act as the service recovery contact for any patient/customer matters the lead also answers, screens and directs incoming and outgoing telephone calls for multiple areas within the department, electronic messages and other web-based communications using a call management system. Responds to basic inquires and refers other inquires to appropriate medical personnel. Contacts and distributes messages to medical personnel using a variety of electronic methods including text, voice and email systems. The Patient Access Liaison Lead will also be responsible to schedule and confirm initial and follow-up medical appointments, registers patients, including verifying insurance coverage to advise patient of any estimated financial responsibility. The lead will be expected to work independently and to lead and assist with various department projects when needed.
Essential Duties:
Required Qualifications:
Req High school or equivalent
Req 3 years Three (3) to five (5)years' experience working in a call center and/or in a healthcare customer service department/environment (or combination of that equals two or more years) required.
Req Demonstrated interpersonal skills.
Req Strong leadership skills.
Req Ability to multi-task.
Req Cross trained in multi-specialty areas.
Req Knowledge of insurance
Req Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Pref Associate's degree Associates' or Bachelors' degree in healthcare, business or operations field.
Pref Specialized/technical training Vocational certificates in healthcare preferred: appoint scheduling, registration, insurance verification, medical assistant.
Pref 1 year One (1) year of lead experience.
Pref Knowledge of HIPPA compliance and various health insurance types preferred.
Pref Knowledge of medical terminology strongly preferred.
Pref Demonstrated knowledge of high-level computer literacy with practice management scheduling systems preferred.
Pref Bilingual: Spanish, Chinese and other languages preferred.
Required Licenses/Certifications:
The hourly rate range for this position is $23.00 - $39.10. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring ordinance. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at uschr@usc.edu. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.
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