Patient Account Customer Service Rep- Remote

Ochsner Health is a healthcare organization committed to serving and innovating in patient care. The Patient Account Customer Service Rep is responsible for handling patient billing inquiries, providing customer service, and ensuring timely and accurate responses to patient inquiries.

Responsibilities:

• Promptly replies and provides accurate information to customers regarding medical bill accounts via inbound and outbound telephone calls, e-mail, fax, regular mail correspondence or in person
• Serves as a liaison between the patient, providers, external departments or other responsible person(s) to ensure that charts are applied appropriately
• Records and maintains transactions appropriately ensuring account balances and discrepancies are resolved within the prescribed period
• Plans, organizes, and prioritizes work and convinces debtors on the necessity of assuming financial responsibility
• Educates the debtor on any available payment options, as well as explain the financial impact of various alternatives
• Provides top quality customer service experience on every patient inquiry received to ensure and maintain high levels of patient satisfaction
• Must represent the company by providing appropriate/applicable levels of competency and professionalism to ensure all patients issues are resolve timely, accurately and efficiently
• Ensures each call is handled appropriately and effectively to ensure the highest level of patient satisfaction
• Other duties as required

Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 1 year of customer service, healthcare, or office experience
• Must have computer skills and dexterity required for data entry and retrieval of patient information
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present information clearly and professionally to varying levels of individuals throughout the patient care process
• Must be proficient with Windows-style applications, various software packages specific to role and keyboard
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to perform effectively under conditions of fluctuating workload
• Works with minimal supervision and makes independent decisions
• Bachelor's degree
• Previous call center experience
• Experience with medical terminology in a medical billing environment