**Durango Outpatient Surgery Center is hiring a full time Insurance Verification Specialist/ Registration Specialist **

Durango Outpatient Surgery Center is a fast-paced Ambulatory Surgery Center committed to producing the highest quality work and experience for patients and their families. Our mission is to provide first-class surgical services to the local community in a safe, comfortable, welcoming environment, one in which we would be happy to treat our own families. We have 5 operating rooms offering a full range of surgical procedures including: Bariatrics, Colorectal, General Surgery/Robotics, GI, OB/Gynecology, Sports Medicine, Orthopedic, Pain Management, Podiatry, and Spine.

Job Summary:

The Insurance Verification Specialist/ Registration Specialist is responsible for validating and entering patient information and insurance coverage into the appropriate computer system. Duties may also include communicating with physician offices, insurance carriers, and patient follow-ups.

Job Duties:

• Contacts all insurance carriers per patient, to insure proper coordination and reimbursement of benefits.
• Breaks down managed care contract reimbursements and estimates patient(s) financial responsibilities.
• Works closely with physician offices and patients to provide accurate patient financial responsibilities and to ensure scheduled procedures/admissions have proper pre-authorization.
• Interacts appropriately and effectively with all patient/others regardless of age or ethnic background.
• Update patient demographics, insurance carriers/information in the system.
• Follows all equipment safety guidelines and is personally responsible for knowledgeable use and care for all business equipment.
• Ability to collect upfront payment or set up recurring payment plans in the practice management software within the standard operating procedures.

**What We Offer **

USPI offers the following benefits, subject to employment status **: **

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) - Starting PTO accrual is 15 days per year.
• 401k retirement plan
• Paid holidays
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.

Required Skills

• Minimum 2 years of previous experience ASC or Hospital insurance verification experience preferred
• High school graduate or equivalent
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate with patients over the phone and in person
• Medical Terminology experience preferred
• Forty-five (45) wpm typing skills required.
• Must have the skills necessary to operate the office equipment required to fulfill job duties.
• Familiar with patient accounting software, especially AdvantX.
• Knowledge of Internet Explorer, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Outlook.

Who We Are

We are part of a much larger team with United Surgical Partners International (USPI). **** At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.

Required Experience

• Minimum 2 years of previous experience ASC or Hospital insurance verification experience preferred
• High school graduate or equivalent
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate with patients over the phone and in person
• Medical Terminology experience preferred
• Forty-five (45) wpm typing skills required.
• Must have the skills necessary to operate the office equipment required to fulfill job duties.
• Familiar with patient accounting software, especially AdvantX.
• Knowledge of Internet Explorer, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Outlook.

Who We Are

We are part of a much larger team with United Surgical Partners International (USPI). **** At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.