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**COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT UPDATE:** We have updated our COVID-19 policy for new and existing employees. Learn more *This policy applies to US/ US territory candidates and employees only:* To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies now require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles require full COVID-19 vaccination as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements, and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment. **Patient Service Representative American Health Network, Part of Optum**
Requisition Number: 2046999 Job Category: Healthcare Delivery Primary Location: Greenfield, IN
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Our teams are helping people from around the world. We can bring out your best as you put your listening, analytical and problem solving skills to work in a setting that is geared to helping improve lives and enhance health care for millions. Here, youll discover a wealth of pathways for professional growth within Customer Service, Billing, Claims, Enrollment & Eligibility and across our global economy. Join us and find out why this is the place to do **your lifes best work.SM**
* Location: American Health Network, a Part of Optum: 1111 Ronald Reagan Pkwy, Avon, IN 46123
* Schedule: Monday Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
* Specialty: Oncology
**Opportunities with American Health Network, a Part of Optum.** When you join American Health Network (AHN), you become part of a team that strives to identify and retain the top healthcare professionals in the markets it serves. At American Health Network, we want to be the best health care organization we can be. Our mission is to improve the health of our patients. Were a physician-led organization, operating over 70 medical offices in Indiana and Ohio, with over 300 providers and 1200 employees. Were also an OptumCare partner, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, and backed by the resources of a global health care organization working to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. Thats an important differentiator as more people need our help simplifying the complexities of the American health care system. At the same time, the culture of AHN supports work-life flexibility for providers and places a high value on their physical, emotional, financial and other aspects of well-being.
**Position Details:**
**Primary Responsibilities:**
* Greet patient when entering the practice
* Obtain accurate and updated patient information, such as name, address, insurance information
* Perform insurance verification on the date of service
* File and maintain medical records
* Confirms and schedule appointments
* Answer telephone calls promptly and courteously
* Collects co-pays or outstanding balances on the date of service
* Perform referral documentation promptly
Youll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
**Required Qualifications:**
* High school diploma or GED
* Previous healthcare or customer service-related experience
* Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this role. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination prior to employment to ensure compliance
**Preferred Qualifications:**
* Experience working in medical front office position performing duties such as scheduling appointments, checking patients in/out, insurance verification, collecting co-pays and maintaining medical records.
* Knowledge of EMR software
*To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies now require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles require full COVID-19 vaccination as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment.*
**Careers with Optum.** Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do **your life's best work.(sm)**
*Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.*
*UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.*
Proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases is an employment requirement.
Job Keywords: Patient Service Representative, Patient Access Representative, Patient Registration, Unit Secretary, Medical Front Office, Medical Receptionist, Phone Room, Medical Terminology, Indiana, IN, Greenfield
**Careers at Optum**
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