About this opportunity
Downstate lists this Emergency Department Registrar (Nights) opportunity in northern, Kentucky. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
The Department of Ambulatory Care Services at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time TH Staff Assistant 2 / Emergency Department Registrar. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
General Duties
Conducts both quick registrations and full registrations of persons who present for ED services and applies wristbands to patient wrists or ankles.
Conducts registration of persons who present to ambulatory surgery, endoscopy procedures and L&D
Accurately searches for patient files ensuring that duplicate medical records are not assigned.
Conducts patient interviews to obtain accurate and complete patient demographic and insurance data as necessary.
Explains and obtains signatures on appropriate hospital forms, including the general consent to treatment, notice of privacy, and patient agreement forms.
Facilitates transportation for discharged ED patients
Reviews registration forms and updates to ensure accurate and complete demographic and financial data. Maintains photo copies of patient's insurance and identification cards.
Answers, triage and route incoming phone calls to ED.
Verifies coverage and checks eligibility for insurance benefits including Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross, and other insurances.
Schedules follow-up Outpatient appointments in Acuity or Altera Health bridge
Assist Patients and staff members with inquires
Prepare the patient's medical chart with appropriate documentation.
Maintains knowledge of all organizational and departmental policies and procedures.
Ensures compliance with HIPAA regulations and relevant hospital policies.
Admitting Duties
Setting up Death Certificates in eVitals system
Processing OCME/Funeral Home pick ups
Processing Bed Transfer and Patient discharges
Processing Chart Conversions from ED outpatient to Observation and Inpatient Levels of Care
Inpatient Bed Management/ Bed Assignments
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Who can apply
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