Intake Specialist-Quality Assurance-Remote Position-PST Time Zone
Description
AdaptHealth Opportunity – Apply Today!
At AdaptHealth we offer full-service home medical equipment products and services to empower patients to live their best lives – out of the hospital and in their homes. We are actively recruiting in your area. If you are passionate about making a profound impact on the quality of patients’ lives, please click to apply, we would love to hear from you.
Intake Specialist
The Intake Specialist has a broad range of responsibilities including accurate and timely data entry, understanding, and selecting inventory and services in key databases, communicating with referral sources, and appropriately utilizing technology to notate patient information/communication. Intake Specialist’s schedules can vary based on the need of the branch.
Primary function of this role is to review patient orders created on a daily basis to ensure accurate information was entered by the Referral Management Team. The role will be responsible for identifying trends, assisting with corrective training, and correcting entry errors to ensure accurate service level reporting.
The lead specialist serves as a subject matter expert, conducts new hire training and mentor to the team.
Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities:
• Accurately enters referrals within allotted timeframe as established; meeting productivity and quality standards as established.
• Communicates with referral sources, physician, or associated staff to ensure documentation is routed to appropriate physician for signature/completion.
• Works with leadership to ensure appropriate inventory/services are provided.
• Communicates with patients regarding their financial responsibility, collects payment and documents in patient record accordingly.
• For non-Medicaid patients communicate with patients
• Responsible for reviewing medical records for non-sales assisted referrals to ensure compliance standards are met prior to a service being rendered.
• Follows company philosophies and procedures to ensure appropriate shipping method utilized for delivery of service.
• Answers phone calls in a timely manner and assists caller.
• Reviews medical records for non-sales assisted referrals to ensure compliance standards are met prior to a service being rendered.
• Demonstrates expert knowledge of payer guidelines and reads clinical documentation to determine qualification status and compliance for all equipment and services.
• Works with community referral sources to obtain compliant documentation in a timely manner to facilitate the referral process.
• Contacts patients when documentation received does not meet payer guidelines, provide updates, and offer additional options to facilitate the referral process.
• Works with sales team to obtain necessary documentation to facilitate referral process, as well as support referral source relationships.
• Must be able to navigate through multiple online EMR systems to obtain applicable documentation.
• Works with insurance verification team to ensure all needs are met for both teams to provide accurate information to the patient and ensure payments.
• Assume on-call responsibilities during non-business hours in accordance with company policy.
• Lead Responsibilities:
• Supervise and provide guidance to team members in daily operations and complex case resolution
• Lead team meetings and facilitate training sessions for staff development
• Monitor team performance metrics and productivity standards, providing feedback and coaching as needed
• Serve as primary escalation point for difficult customer issues and complex regulatory compliance questions
• Develop and implement process improvements and workflow optimization strategies
• Coordinate with management on staffing needs, scheduling, and resource allocation
• Conduct new employee onboarding and ongoing training programs
• Maintain advanced expertise in Medicare guidelines, payer policies, and regulatory changes to guide team decisions
• Prepare reports and analysis on team performance, trends, and operational metrics for management review
• Maintains patient confidentiality and functions within the guidelines of HIPAA.
• Completes assigned compliance training and other education programs as required.
• Maintains compliance with AdaptHealth's Compliance Program.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
Competency, Skills and Abilities:
• Ability to appropriately interact with patients, referral sources and staff.
• Decision Making.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Excellent customer service and telephone service skills.
• Proficient computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to work independently as well as follow detailed directives
• Solid ability to learn new technol
AdaptHealth Opportunity – Apply Today!
At AdaptHealth we offer full-service home medical equipment products and services to empower patients to live their best lives – out of the hospital and in their homes. We are actively recruiting in your area. If you are passionate about making a profound impact on the quality of patients’ lives, please click to apply, we would love to hear from you.
Intake Specialist
The Intake Specialist has a broad range of responsibilities including accurate and timely data entry, understanding, and selecting inventory and services in key databases, communicating with referral sources, and appropriately utilizing technology to notate patient information/communication. Intake Specialist’s schedules can vary based on the need of the branch.
Primary function of this role is to review patient orders created on a daily basis to ensure accurate information was entered by the Referral Management Team. The role will be responsible for identifying trends, assisting with corrective training, and correcting entry errors to ensure accurate service level reporting.
The lead specialist serves as a subject matter expert, conducts new hire training and mentor to the team.
Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities:
• Accurately enters referrals within allotted timeframe as established; meeting productivity and quality standards as established.
• Communicates with referral sources, physician, or associated staff to ensure documentation is routed to appropriate physician for signature/completion.
• Works with leadership to ensure appropriate inventory/services are provided.
• Communicates with patients regarding their financial responsibility, collects payment and documents in patient record accordingly.
• For non-Medicaid patients communicate with patients
• Responsible for reviewing medical records for non-sales assisted referrals to ensure compliance standards are met prior to a service being rendered.
• Follows company philosophies and procedures to ensure appropriate shipping method utilized for delivery of service.
• Answers phone calls in a timely manner and assists caller.
• Reviews medical records for non-sales assisted referrals to ensure compliance standards are met prior to a service being rendered.
• Demonstrates expert knowledge of payer guidelines and reads clinical documentation to determine qualification status and compliance for all equipment and services.
• Works with community referral sources to obtain compliant documentation in a timely manner to facilitate the referral process.
• Contacts patients when documentation received does not meet payer guidelines, provide updates, and offer additional options to facilitate the referral process.
• Works with sales team to obtain necessary documentation to facilitate referral process, as well as support referral source relationships.
• Must be able to navigate through multiple online EMR systems to obtain applicable documentation.
• Works with insurance verification team to ensure all needs are met for both teams to provide accurate information to the patient and ensure payments.
• Assume on-call responsibilities during non-business hours in accordance with company policy.
• Lead Responsibilities:
• Supervise and provide guidance to team members in daily operations and complex case resolution
• Lead team meetings and facilitate training sessions for staff development
• Monitor team performance metrics and productivity standards, providing feedback and coaching as needed
• Serve as primary escalation point for difficult customer issues and complex regulatory compliance questions
• Develop and implement process improvements and workflow optimization strategies
• Coordinate with management on staffing needs, scheduling, and resource allocation
• Conduct new employee onboarding and ongoing training programs
• Maintain advanced expertise in Medicare guidelines, payer policies, and regulatory changes to guide team decisions
• Prepare reports and analysis on team performance, trends, and operational metrics for management review
• Maintains patient confidentiality and functions within the guidelines of HIPAA.
• Completes assigned compliance training and other education programs as required.
• Maintains compliance with AdaptHealth's Compliance Program.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
Competency, Skills and Abilities:
• Ability to appropriately interact with patients, referral sources and staff.
• Decision Making.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Excellent customer service and telephone service skills.
• Proficient computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to work independently as well as follow detailed directives
• Solid ability to learn new technol