Patient Services Specialist I - Clear Lake Center - Full-Time

The mission of Correctional Managed Care is to address the healthcare needs of underserved patient populations within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

• Provides high level customer service in all interactions with internal and external customers.
• Provides direct, professional, and knowledgeable interactions with patients, physicians, referral sources, and the treatment team.
• Answers calls accurately and with exceptional customer service at all times.
• Ensures caller's needs are met and accurate information is obtained.
• Ensures calls are documented and triaged appropriately ensuring patient satisfaction and patient safety. Completes telephone encounter process if appropriate.
• Acts as patient advocate and liaisons with various departments to meet mutual goals.
• Maintains patient confidentiality regarding access to patient and other clinical information via email, computer, fax and mail.
• Addresses concerns of patients, provides service recovery, and escalates issues as needed.

SCHEDULING:

• Applies the policies of the clinical entity to schedule appointments.
• Completes reminder calls to patients for scheduled appointments.
• Obtains future appointments at time of service for clinic follow-up, referrals, and ancillary services.

 REGISTRATION:

• Verifies, ensures eligibility, and pre-registers patients by obtaining patient demographics and third party coverage(s) at every encounter.
• Ensures compliance with Medicare and third party coverage.
• Communicates with patient, referral source, UTMB physician and clinical staff regarding any obstacle to access or authorization.

DISPOSITION: 

• Fully dispositions each patient within the designated timeline.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structures established for department.
• Performs related duties as required. 

EQUIPMENT:

Standard office equipment.

WORK LOCATION/ENVIRONMENT:

Work location to be determined based on final selection.

Standard office environment. Security clearance is required; pre-employment drug testing is also required.