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The Department of Ambulatory Care Services at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking an hourly/per diem TH Staff Assistant 2 / Emergency Department Registrar.Â
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.
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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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