Financial Screening Navigator
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Cooper Norcross University Hospital
Camden, NJ, US
Summary
The Financial Screening Navigator screens uninsured and underinsured patients for financial assistance programs and third-party liability options. They also generate patient liability estimates, collect payments, and maintain accurate documentation within the billing systems.
Job Description
About Us
At Cooper University Health Care, our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. Our extraordinary professionals are continuously discovering clinical innovations and enhanced access to the most up-to-date facilities, equipment, technologies and research protocols. We have a commitment to our employees to provide competitive rates and compensation programs. Cooper offers full and part-time employees a comprehensive benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, and retirement. We also provide attractive working conditions and opportunities for career growth through professional development.
Discover why Cooper University Health Care is the employer of choice in South Jersey.
Short Description
Financially screens uninsured and underinsured patients prior to inpatient and outpatient services, including office visits, testing, diagnostic studies, surgeries and procedures. Financial screening process encompasses any or all of the following job functions:
- Navigates and completes financial referrals for all uninsured and underinsured patients.
- Reviews patient history involving past illnesses, treatment locations, diagnoses and final outcomes.
- Assesses patient financial status and explores all third party liability options (e.g., Charity Care, Disability, Medicaid, SEED Program, Victims of Crime, grants) to assist patients.
- Explains NJ State Presumptive Eligibility and CMS Insurance Marketplace options to patients.
- Helps patients with new health coverage to understand their benefits and use them appropriately for primary care and preventive services.
- Generates patient liability estimates and provides to patients.
- Collects patient liability payments and/or establishes payment arrangements.
Provides clear and concise documentation in systems.
Communicates daily with internal customers, providers and patients.
Experience Required
2 years experience in healthcare revenue cycle billing and reimbursement, working specifically with health insurance plans and products, NJ Charity Care and Medicaid preferred.
Experience with EPIC, IDX Flowcast and Healthquest systems preferred.
Basic knowledge of medical terminology, continuity of care protocols and coding principles.
Proven ability to effectively interact with and provide service excellence to patients, clinicians, physicians and administrators.
Education Requirements
High School Diploma required.
License/Certification Requirements
Detail oriented with the ability to multi-task using multiple information systems.
Proficiency in use of MS Office Word, Excel and Power Point.
Ability to organize, take independent action and project Cooper values to customers and
co-workers.
Salary Min ($)
USD $23.00
Salary Max ($)
USD $37.00
Cooper University Health Care is the leading academic health system in South Jersey and provides access to primary, specialty, tertiary, and urgent care, all within one complete health system. Cooper has nearly 14,000 team members including 1,600 nurses, more than 1,000 employed physicians representing 95 specialties and subspecialties, and more than 600 advanced practice professionals. Hospitals throughout the region send their most complex and critically ill and injured to Cooper for treatment by our highly skilled experts.
Ranked year after year by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top health systems in the Philadelphia Metro area, Cooper is consistently recognized for its quality, safety, and exceptional patient care.
Cooper has three hospitals: South Jersey’s only Level I trauma center, Cooper University Hospital in Camden, which is the busiest trauma center in the Philadelphia region; Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional in Cape May Court House, and Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, which is the only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley. Cooper is also home to a leading cancer center (MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper), six urgent care centers, and more than 130 outpatient offices from the Delaware River to the Jersey Shore, including large regional hubs in Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Voorhees, Willingboro, and Sewell.
Cooper University Health Care is affiliated with – and its physicians make up the faculty of – Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, which is located on the Cooper Health Sciences Campus in Camden, New Jersey. Cooper has a long history in the City of Camden and is playing a leading role in its revitalization.
Founded
1887
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Camden, NJ
Cooper University Health Care is the leading academic health system in South Jersey and provides access to primary, specialty, tertiary, and urgent care, all within one complete health system. Cooper has nearly 14,000 team members including 1,600 nurses, more than 1,000 employed physicians representing 95 specialties and subspecialties, and more than 600 advanced practice professionals. Hospitals throughout the region send their most complex and critically ill and injured to Cooper for treatment by our highly skilled experts.
Ranked year after year by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top health systems in the Philadelphia Metro area, Cooper is consistently recognized for its quality, safety, and exceptional patient care.
Cooper has three hospitals: South Jersey’s only Level I trauma center, Cooper University Hospital in Camden, which is the busiest trauma center in the Philadelphia region; Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional in Cape May Court House, and Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, which is the only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley. Cooper is also home to a leading cancer center (MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper), six urgent care centers, and more than 130 outpatient offices from the Delaware River to the Jersey Shore, including large regional hubs in Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Voorhees, Willingboro, and Sewell.
Cooper University Health Care is affiliated with – and its physicians make up the faculty of – Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, which is located on the Cooper Health Sciences Campus in Camden, New Jersey. Cooper has a long history in the City of Camden and is playing a leading role in its revitalization.
Founded
1887
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Camden, NJ
