Admitting Clerk jobs in Louisiana
Admitting Clerk performs routine registration, data collection, and administrative tasks to admit patients to a healthcare facility. Inputs patient demographic information into the designated system, collects and validates insurance or financial information. Being an Admitting Clerk reviews paperwork and obtains all necessary consents and signatures from patients or family. Explains the facility's policies and procedures and answers routine questions. Additionally, Admitting Clerk coordinates patient intake and bed assignment processes with clinical or administrative teams. Follows all established policies and standards to preserve patient confidentiality, ensure data security and comply with all applicable regulations. Requires a high school diploma. Typically reports to a supervisor. The Admitting Clerk works under the close direction of senior personnel in the functional area. Possesses a moderate understanding of general aspects of the job. May require 0-1 year of general work experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Recently Added Admitting Clerk jobs
Admitting Clerk
- North Caddo Medical Center
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Vivian, LA
FULL_TIME
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RESPONSIBILITES: Registration of all patients. Primary responsibility is the processing of the Emergency Room records. Ensures accuracy, integrity, and security of all databases. Conducts database searches, processes all requests for medical record retrieval from permanent storage area, filing new records and re-filing continuing records, processing all incoming reports needing filing in these records.
JOB SETTING AND CONDITIONS: This position is an entry-level clerical position in the Medical Records/Patient Access Department. This position is full time, evening shift. Normal working days and hours are Monday through Friday, 3:00 p.m. –
11:00 p.m., with a 30 minute meal period. Adjustments to the normal schedule are required rarely and only under emergency conditions.
Job Duties- Receives and interviews all incoming patients. Verifies and records demographic information accurately; obtains appropriate signatures; copies front and back of insurance cards and valid driver’s license or I.D.
- Verifies Worker’s Compensation patients by contacting the place of employment.
- Verifies Medicaid patients by using the Medifax system.
- Maintains file area in permanent and incomplete emergency room records.
- Receives and processes all requests for health records from file area.
- Processes all incoming reports needing filing in permanent and incomplete records.
- Assembles emergency room and outpatient records in correct order.
- Checks emergency room and outpatient records for physician and nursing deficiencies.
- Assists physicians and nurses with record completion.
- Consistently attaches Paper records of Protected Health Information (PHI) to the correct patient encounter type under the appropriate title and author for scanned document according to established policy.
- Images are always checked for quality of resolution, positioning and legibility.
- Demonstrates a consistent level of performance in recognizing and correcting images that is not acceptable or scanned to the designated document type.
- Always destroys the PHI paper record by placing it in the designated locked shred box once it has been correctly scanned and verified.
Education And Experience- This worker must have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
- This worker must possess basic clerical training, which includes computer skills, basic filing skills, and fundamental knowledge of office procedures.
- This worker should have a basic knowledge of health record content and sequence.
- This worker must possess relevant experience in clerical duties sufficient for individual development to the level of independent functioning with minimal direction.
- A trainee is acceptable provided the individual meets the established work standards within 12 weeks of completion of the mandatory training program for this job.
Skills- Fluent in English, with special emphasis on alphabetization.
- Able to process work, error free, within prescribed deadlines and time frames.
- Able to process work, using both alphabetical and numerical filing systems.
Physical And Mental Demands- Able to concentrate and maintain accuracy in spite of frequent interruptions.
- Able to be courteous, tactful, and cooperative throughout the working day.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality with regard to all phases of work.
- Moderate physical effort: lift/carry up to 30 pounds occasionally during the workday.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching and reaching.
- 6 Days Ago
Admitting Clerk
- Minden Medical Center
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Minden, LA
FULL_TIME
- Minden Medical Center is looking for a well-organized, customer service oriented Admitting Clerk on our 7A-7P shift . The ideal candidates will have the ability to interact in a positive and compassio...
- 8 Days Ago
Admitting/Registration Clerk
- Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
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Alexandria, LA
FULL_TIME
- Coordinates the reception area activities to promote communication throughout the Facility. Performs clerical and reception duties. QUALIFICATIONSHigh School diploma or GED required. Two years clerica...
- 3 Months Ago
ER ADMITTING CLERK
- Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
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Natchitoches, LA
FULL_TIME
- DescriptionPosition SummaryThe ER Admit Clerk compiles and reviews with patient/significant other/family member/responsible party their personal information, insurance, and financial obligations as re...
- 2 Months Ago
Administrative Assistant
- Clerk of Civil District Court for Orleans Parish
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Orleans, LA
FULL_TIME
- Administrative Assistant SUMMARY OF POSITION: This position is responsible for handling office tasks, providing polite and professional assistance via phone, mail, and e-mail, and generally being a he...
- 22 Days Ago
Executive Assistant
- Clerk of Civil District Court for Orleans Parish
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Orleans, LA
FULL_TIME
- JOB DESCRIPTION: This position requires familiarity with bookkeeping, records management, coordination of projects, project management, and coordination of data sources. The executive assistant will b...
- 23 Days Ago
Admitting Clerk jobs at Popular Companies
Admitting Clerk - Receptionist
- Trinity Health Corporation
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Meridian, ID
- Employment Type:Full time. Shift:Day Shift. Description:The Admitting Clerk / Receptionist is responsible for greeting &...
- 6/1/2024 12:00:00 AM
Admitting Clerk -- Registration -- Women & Children's Hospital
- CAMC Health System
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Charleston, WV
- Job Summary Accountable for interviewing the incoming patient or patient representative, recording the information requi...
- 6/1/2024 12:00:00 AM
Admissions Coordinator, Long Term Care (LTC)>
- Good Samaritan Society
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Grants, NM
- Good Samaritan Society - 840 Lobo Canyon Rd [Medical Office Assistant / Admitting Clerk] As an Admissions Coordinator at...
- 6/1/2024 12:00:00 AM
Admitting Clerk 3rd Shift
- Hamilton Ryker
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Paris, TN
- Registration Clerk receives patients, obtaining all demographic information needed to complete the Registration/Admissio...
- 5/31/2024 12:00:00 AM
Admitting Clerk-PD
- St. Catherine of Siena
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Smithtown, NY
- Overview St. Catherine of Siena Nursing and Rehabilitation and St. Catherine of Siena Hospital are proud members of Cath...
- 5/30/2024 12:00:00 AM
Admitting Clerk (Emergency Department)
- Lake Norman Regional Medical Center
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Mooresville, NC
- Registers patients and processes related paperwork. Duties include interviewing patients, preparing standard registratio...
- 5/30/2024 12:00:00 AM
Admitting Clerk - Registration - Memorial Hospital
- CAMC Health System
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Charleston, WV
- Job Summary Accountable for interviewing the incoming patient or patient representative, recording the information requi...
- 5/30/2024 12:00:00 AM
Admitting Clerk - Patient Access, FT, 7am-330pm
- Tennova Knoxville Physician RMC - Turkey Creek
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Knoxville, TN
- Registers patients and processes related paperwork. Duties include interviewing patients, preparing standard registratio...
- 5/30/2024 12:00:00 AM
About Louisiana
Louisiana is bordered to the west by Texas; to the north by Arkansas; to the east by Mississippi; and to the south by the Gulf of Mexico.
The state may properly be divided into two parts, the uplands of the north, and the alluvial along the coast.
The alluvial region includes low swamp lands, coastal marshlands and beaches, and barrier islands that cover about 20,000 square miles (52,000 km2). This area lies principally along the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River, which traverses the state from north to south for a distance of about 600 mi (970 km)) and empties into the Gulf of Mexico; ...
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Income Estimation for Admitting Clerk jobs
$34,609 to $42,707
Most Popular Cities in Louisiana for Admitting Clerk Jobs
What does an Admitting Clerk do?
Admitting Clerk in Monroe, LA
Admitting clerks perform the function of registering names of candidates for admit ting or providing entry to an organization.
January 23, 2020
Admitting Clerk in Petaluma, CA
Average Hospital Admitting Clerk Salary Across the U.S.
January 28, 2020
Admitting Clerk in Waco, TX
Often, the clerk will greet and interview patients, input personal information into a database, direct patients to different areas of the building, make appointments and maintain patient files.
February 03, 2020