Northwell Health · 1 day ago
Patient Services Assistant I
New Hyde Park, NY
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$29/hr - $31/hrNorthwell Health is seeking a Patient Services Assistant I to perform a variety of clerical duties in assigned departments to fulfill coverage needs. The role includes responsibilities such as scheduling appointments, handling billing and collections, and compiling statistical reports for the department.
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Responsibilities
Performs all duties related to departmental physicians' billing (including but not limited to):
Completes, processes and reconciles insurance claim forms and payments
Follows up on outstanding accounts via telephone and/or written inquiry to patients and/or third party payors
Inputs charges, payments and adjustments to computerized system or posting to manual records
Maintains daily, weekly and monthly records of fees collected
Verifies insurance coverage and other related data with third party carriers
Processes credit balance reports, preparing pre-collection notices and other correspondence/bills
Collects all monies due from patient at time of service.Prepares payment journals and/or makes bank deposits for all collections
Schedules appointments for patients with ancillary hospital departments, service, and doctors' offices
Greets patients as they arrive to suite, obtains necessary demographic and insurance information and records same.Reconciles billing with kept appointments/procedure logs
Sets up, retrieves and files charts/reports as needed
Answers phones, obtains and provides necessary information and takes messages.Contacts various departments and clinical services, as needed.Types correspondence and relevant forms
Compiles statistics on a daily and monthly basis and prepares various statistical reports
Performs periodic and year-end account analysis as necessary
Performs other duties, as required
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Qualification
Required
High School Diploma or equivalent, required
Knowledge of physician's billing inclusive of third party billing, medical terminology and CPT codes, required
Data entry skills (80 keystrokes per minute), required
Ability to input data into computerized system and do simple arithmetic calculations
Preferred
Knowledge of ICD-10 coding, highly desirable
Company
Northwell Health
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals, about 1,000+ outpatient facilities and more than 16,000 affiliated physicians.
Founded in 1997
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$58.3MKey Investors
National Institute of Mental HealthNational Human Genome Research InstituteBreakthrough Discoveries
2025-12-02Grant· $4M
2025-10-23Grant· $3.2M
2025-06-16Grant· $2.3M
Leadership Team
Michael Dowling
President and CEO
Nick Stefanizzi
Chief Executive Officer at Northwell Direct
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