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POSITION SUMMARY: Registers and interviews patients, obtain accurate demographic and financial information and check for medical necessity for all Medicare patients. Computer entry, preparing registration paperwork. Send out specimens according to section procedures and policies, ensuring the appropriateness of the sample. Responsible for competently handling and processing all laboratory specimens, ensuring specimen integrity by adhering to laboratory procedures to include receipt, data entry, storage and delivery of specimens to testing areas. Serves as a resource for specimen and testing information. Obtains a blood sample from the correct patient, ensuring that the blood is properly drawn and labeled following established procedures to assure the proper specimen for the requested testing. Confirm unusual results with reference laboratories, and review and report all results according to laboratory policy to enable clinicians to perform accurate patient assessment. Performs Quality Control, Instrument Maintenance, simple lab tests, processing blood and other body fluids, send outs, and other tests as required to adhere to and comply with CAP moderately complex testing requirements