Patient Flow Rep-Lakeside PACU

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Patient Flow Rep-Lakeside PACU (Days) Full-time','Full-time','Administrative/Clerical','Full-time','Full-time','80','80','Occasional','Occasional','TEXAS-THE WOODLANDS-ST LUKE LAKESIDE','','!*!Lakeside
Hospital

A collaboration between CHI St. Luke’s Health and a team of
specialized physicians— focused on cardiology and interventional cardiology,
sports medicine, orthopedics, including total joint replacement, and spine
care—in The Woodlands community. As the only hospital in Montgomery County to
offer sports medicine as a major service line, Lakeside Hospital provides
inpatient and outpatient care including diagnostic imaging, including MRI, CT
and nuclear medicine.

 

Position Summary:

Facilitates internal transfers, and incoming/outgoing transfers;
ensures the transfer laws and the Hospital policies are followed properly on
patients requiring emergent medical care and/or bed placement.  Must also
have extensive knowledge of various HMO's, POS's, PPO's, commercial and governmental
payers, and be familiar with the Hospital's contract agreements with third
party payer agreements.

 

Position Responsibilities:

1.    
Responsible for
collecting demographic and financial information on incoming transfers and
completes registration in the hospital system

2.    
Adhere to Federal/State
statutes that govern medical emergency transfers and enforce the time
requirements mandated by the State of these transfers

3.    
Ensure that non-emergent
(private pay and/or out-of-network) patients meet the hospital's admitting
criteria

4.    
Confirm that patients
are admitted to the appropriate level of care. Coordinate with Patient Flow
Coordinator (PFC) to pre-screen patients prior to transfer

5.    
Coordinate transfers
with other departments to ensure patients' outpatient tests/procedures are
scheduled

6.    
Coordinate with
Memorial-Hermann Air Traffic Control all helicopters landing and ensure that
the medical staff is on the helipad to meet the helicopter

7.    
Responsible for
verifying the hospital census and ensure that all patients are being charged
the appropriate level of care

8.    
Ensure the quality of
patient admissions to the hospital by obtaining accurate demographic and
clinical information in a timely and efficient manner on all patients being
bedded. This includes direct admits, intra and inter-hospital transfers,
surgery patients, etc. observation, inpatient, and outpatient-in-a-bed status

9.    
Monitor Bed Central
system to make appropriate bed assignments and authorize or deny all in-house
transfer requests to these patients by following the hospital procedures and
infection Control guidelines

10.
Check the bed status and
patient type and, if necessary, changes the accommodation code or patient type
for billing purposes

11.
Review reports to ensure
that the appropriate room charges are captured as required by federal/State
requirements.','!*!Education:

High
School Diploma/GED Required

 

Minimum Experience:

One
(1) years of related work experience','We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.','2018-R0144765','CHI St. Luke's Lakeside Hospital','Patient Flow Rep-Lakeside PACU (Days) Full-time

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