Admitting Officer I - Center for Women's Health

Admitting Officer I - Center for Women's Health

Hiring Department: Center for Women's Health

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1030496

FTE: 1

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 37.5 hours/week

Shift: Days

# of Positions: 1

Workplace Type: On-Site

Posting Close Date: 3/25/2025

Salary Range (commensurate with experience): Hourly Rate between $29.55 and $39.00

About the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health)

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) provides comprehensive care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), UI Health comprises a clinical enterprise that includes a Joint Commission-accredited tertiary care hospital and outpatient clinics, and the Mile Square Health Center network of federally qualified health centers. It also includes the seven UIC health science colleges: the College of Applied Health Sciences; the College of Dentistry; the School of Public Health; the Jane Addams College of Social Work; and the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, including regional campuses in Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana. UI Health is dedicated to the pursuit of health equity. Learn more: https://hospital.uillinois.edu/about-ui-health

Benefits eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package which offers: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability & AD&D insurance; a defined benefit pension plan; paid leaves such as Vacation, Holiday and Sick; tuition waivers for employees and dependents. Click for a complete list of Employee Benefits.

Position Summary:

Under direct supervision, performs basic insurance verification and pre-authorization for Women's Health services. This includes reviewing clinic schedules and obtaining pre-authorization from insurance carriers for specialist visits, clinic based procedures and courses of treatment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Insurance Preauthorization: Serves as a liaison between patients, healthcare providers, billing departments, and insurers.
• Contacts patients to explain healthcare benefits and healthcare facility policies.
• Manages authorizations for health procedures in an electronic health record (EHR) system which could include documenting communications with insurance providers, monitoring pre-authorization expirations, and requesting extensions.
• Reviews clinic schedules and procedure calendar for visits that require preauthorization. Identifies appropriate procedural and diagnostic coding (as needed) consultation with providers.
• Verifies insurance benefits, determines eligibility and estimates financial liability for outpatient services.
• Performs insurance pre-authorization for services; Documents authorization in electronic medical record.
• Develops pre-authorization tools / quick reference guides to identify procedures / payers that do not require pre authorization
• General Clinic Responsibilities: Participates in departmental / ambulatory / UI Health process improvement teams.
• Performs administrative duties such as answering phones, relaying calls and messages, providing information.
• Maintains current knowledge of all relevant insurance coding, contracts, guidelines, policies an, requirements by attending appropriate in-service training offered by Revenue Integrity Serves as resource for department for managed care coverage issues.
• Adds appointments to schedule for procedures and notifies patient of appointment.
• Performs other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications Required:

1. High school diploma or equivalent.

2. Any one or combination totaling one (1) year (12 months) from the categories below:

1. College coursework or training from a vocational, technical, or armed forces program in business, communication, health care administration, health information technology, health sciences, public health, social sciences, or a closely related field, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:

• 30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
• Associate's Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18 months)
• 90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
• Bachelor's Degree (120 semester hours) equals three (3) years (36 months)

2. Work experience in a medical setting which could include business administration (office administration, billing, collections), customer service, health information technology, medical insurance, patient admission/registration, patient services, or closely related experience.

3. One (1) year (12 months) of work experience in a medical setting obtaining preauthorization approval from medical insurance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to use medical dictionary for correct spelling of medical terms
• Ability to interact persons with varying cultural and economic backgrounds
• Ability to interact and communicate with other health care professionals within and outside the facility
• Experience with an electronic medical record Experience in processing insurance pre-authorizations.

To Apply: For fullest consideration click on the Apply Now button, please fully complete all sections of the online application including adding your full work history with specific details of your duties & responsibilities for each position held. Fully complete the education, licensure, certification and language sections. You may upload a resume, cover letter, certifications, licensures, transcripts and diplomas within the application.

Please note that once you have submitted your application you will not be able to make any changes. In order to revise your application you must withdraw and reapply. You will not be able to reapply after the posting close date. Please ensure the application is fully completed and all supporting documents have been uploaded before the posting close date. Illinois Residency is required within 180 days of employment.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

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To apply, visit https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/14398?c=uic







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