KVH: Coder - Patient Service Representative - Orthopedics - Ellensburg, WA

Employer: Kittitas Valley Healthcare - Orthopedics

Job Description:
Company Description
KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.

Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at http://www.kvhealthcare.org/mission-and-vision.

KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision. We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education. We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website -

Benefits - KV Healthcare
www.kvhealthcare.org

Job Description
The Patient Service Representative is an integral part of the healthcare team. They will be responsible for reception duties, medical records, referrals, pre-authorizations, and scheduling. This position is also required to work closely with the healthcare team, KVH personnel and external customers.

Qualifications
What is required...
High School Diploma or equivalent
At least one year of general administrative/clerical or customer service experience
Current computer experience (medium to expert level) in Microsoft products
Demonstrated knowledge of Medical Terminology
Previous cash-handling experience

What is preferred...
Some college coursework
Bilingual
Previous medical office experience with exposure to some or all of the following; medical records, insurance verification and pre-authorization fundamentals, scheduling, and/or high-volume phone systems
Certified Professional Coder from The American Academy of Professional Coders
Certified Billing and Coding Specialist from the National Healthcareer Association
Certified Medical Administrative Assistant from the National Healthcareer Association

Additional Information
Wage: Wage range starts at $18.23/hour and goes up to $27.63/hour. Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience.

FTE: 1.0 = 40 hours/week
Schedule: Primarily Mondays - Fridays; 8:00am - 5:00pm
Benefits: This position is benefits eligible
Union Status: This is a non-union covered position

Contact Person:
Location: 603 S Chestnut St • Ellensburg, WA
Application Method: Apply Online
Base Pay: Wage range starts at $18.23/hour and goes up to $27.63/hour


Posted on February 29, 2024

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