Company Conformance Statements
In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following:
• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
• Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.
Position purpose
Schedule patients for office visit and procedure appointments.
Responsibilities/Duties/Functions/Tasks:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Assist with high call volume
• Maintain physicians schedules – scheduling office visits and procedures (may be done via phone or face-to-face)
• Take triage call messages for medical staff
• View patient visit notes, identifying problems & diagnosis listed and physician orders
• Assist in patient registration and financial transactions
• May schedule radiology/lab
• May include recall scheduling
• Assist with high call volume
• Maintain physicians schedules – scheduling office visits and procedures (may be done via phone or face-to-face)
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• Take triage call messages for medical staff
• View patient visit notes, identifying problems & diagnosis listed and physician orders
• Assist in patient registration and financial transactions
• May schedule radiology/lab
• May include recall scheduling
• Assist with check-in patients upon arrival at the office as well as check-out upon departure.
• Assist in collecting patient and insurance payments and reconcile charges on a daily basis.
• File records in appropriate sections of patient charts in EMR.
• Prepare patient charts in advance and scan documents into charts in EMR.
• Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent customer service skills are required
• Experience working in a medical office
• Ability to multi-task and work in fast-paced environment.
• Detail-oriented
• Basic understanding of healthcare plans
• Be able to read and understand medical benefits.
• Bilingual is a plus.
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Experience: 2-5 years of prior medical scheduling is preferred