**Description**

**Primary Responsibilities:**

Obtains detailed patient insurance benefit information for all aspects of the transplant process, including but not limited to inpatient, outpatient, prescription drugs, organ acquisition, follow-up clinic visits, and travel and housing if necessary.

Obtains all necessary transplant payer authorizations. Verifies transplant coverage and other medical benefits initially and on an ongoing basis and acquires necessary referrals and authorizations in coordination with OTP business office staff, Scheduler, and/or Registration Representatives.

Monitors and updates information regarding insurance data, physicians, authorizations and preferred providers. Assists patients with questions concerning insurance and other financial issues.

Identifies and effectively communicates financial information to transplant team members, patients and their families with emphasis on identifying any potential patient out-of-pocket liability.

Processes and forwards financial forms to other organizational departments, or required regulation entities such as Medicare, Medicaid, and UNOS.

Become part of the larger transplant community, which includes participation in professional societies, continuing education, and overall involvement in broader transplant work.

**SCHEDULE:** Monday - Friday 8am-4:30pm or 8:30am-5pm PST.

The Patient Financial Specialist is responsible for protecting the financial integrity of the Swedish Organ Transplant Program. The Financial Specialist shall be a designated member of the transplant team and will be assigned primary responsibility for coordinating and clarifying patient-specific financial aspects of transplant care. The financial specialist will work with patients and their families beginning with the evaluation for transplantation and continuing through and after transplantation, in a compassionate and tactful manner in order to help facilitate access to and provide continuity of care. The financial specialist will also work with other members of the transplant team, insurers and administrative personnel.

**Required qualifications:**

+ Associate's Degree in Business, Finance or related field.
+ Two (2) years Patient financial counseling or insurance company experience.
+ One (1) year experience in a medical inpatient or outpatient clinical setting.

**Preferred qualification:**

+ Bachelor's Degree

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.

**Applicants that meet qualifications will receive a text message with some additional questions from our partner Modern Hire.**

**About Providence**
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of Know me, care for me, ease my way. Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, well walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
**About the Team**
Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the greater Seattle area. It is comprised of five hospital campuses (First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, Edmonds and Issaquah); emergency rooms and specialty centers in Redmond (East King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Swedish Medical Group, a network of more than 128 primary care and specialty care locations throughout the Puget Sound. Swedish, named a LinkedIn Top Company to grow your career, employs nearly 13,000 caregivers (all employees), including nearly 1,400 providers. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and innovation or other outreach, we're committed to caring for the people in our region and beyond.

We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

We are committed to cultural diversity and equal employment for all individuals. It is our policy to recruit, hire, promote, compensate, transfer, train, retain, terminate, and make all other employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin (including certain language use restrictions), ancestry, disability (mental and physical including HIV and AIDS), medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, age, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, and military and veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status. We will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified caregiver or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.

We are a community where all people, regardless of differences, are welcome, secure, and valued. We value respect, appreciation, collaboration, diversity, and a shared commitment to serving our communities. We expect that all workforce members in our community will act in ways which reflect a commitment to and accountability for, racial and social justice and equality in the workplace. As such, we will maintain a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on any applicable legally protected status. We also expect that all workforce members will maintain a positive workplace free from any unacceptable conduct which creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.
**Requsition ID:** 120845
**Company:** Swedish Jobs
**Job Category:** Patient Financial Services
**Job Function:** Revenue Cycle
**Schedule:** Full time
**Shift:** Day
**Career Track:** Admin Support
**Department:** 3901 SFH KIDNEY ACQUISITION
**Address:** WA Seattle 1124 Columbia StSwedish Health Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Providence does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.