The primary purpose of this position is to provide registration and eligibility services information by interacting with patients to obtain and process demographic and insurance information for alternate resources, Purchased Referred Care, and private/commercial insurance. The position is located in Lawrence, KS. Incumbent reports to the Supervisory Health System Specialist. A $1,000 recruitment incentive will be offered to new federal employees. One year service agreement is required.

Duties

Interviews patients to obtain pertinent patient registration information Assists patients in completing new or updated forms Responsible for verifying eligibility for all patients seeking services Obtains signatures for files on required form for alternate resources and purchased referred care prior to patients being seen in the clinic Maintains, key-enters, updates and verifies all alternate resources data necessary for patient registration and for accurate billing. This position is being re-advertised to solicit additional applications. Applicants who applied previously need not reapply unless submitting updated and/or missing information.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GS-03: Your resume must demonstrate at least six (6) months of general experience. General experience is progressively responsible clerical, office or other work that indicates your ability to perform the work of this position at the GS-03 level. OR One year of education above the high school level. OR Combination of education and experience that when combined fully meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-03. GS-04: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of general experience. General experience is progressively responsible clerical, office or other work that indicates your ability to perform the work of this position at the GS-04 level. OR Two years of education above the high school level OR A combination of education and experience that when combined fully meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-04. GS-05: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: providing patient registration and eligibility services information, interacting with patients to obtain and process demographic and insurance information for alternate resources, private and commercial insurance. OR Four years of education above the high school level. OR A combination of successfully completed post-high school education and specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 are also qualifying. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Typing Proficiency: The typing proficiency requires applicants to type 40 words per minute based on a five minute sample with three or fewer errors. You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement

Education

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying.

If you are using education and/or a combination of experience and education to qualify for the position, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume.

When there is a positive education requirement, or you are using education to qualify as a substitution for experience, transcripts (unofficial) are required at the time of application to verify that you meet the educational requirement or substitution. Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Kansas Service Unit 2415 Massachusetts Lawrence, KS 66046 US
• Name: Jennifer Miller
• Phone: 785-832-4885
• Email: [email protected]