Customer Care Associate - Psychiatry & Behavioral Health

MAHEC01 MAHEC; United States; On-site; USD 23,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards package

PSLF eligibility

Job summary

Mountain Area Health Education Center is seeking a Customer Care Associate to assist patients with check-in/check-out and appointment scheduling, while delivering an excellent patient experience at MAHEC in Asheville, NC.

The role emphasizes accurate data entry, insurance verification, payments processing, and coordination with financial advocates as needed. Strong communication and teamwork will be essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Two years of relevant experience or comparable education/experience.
• Knowledge of medical office workflows and front desk responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Check-in patients via phone or live.
• Update patients' demographic and insurance information.
• Verify insurance as needed.
• Collect payments and reconcile cash drawers as assigned.
• Refer patients to financial advocates as needed.
• Prepare and provide appropriate patient paperwork.
• Respond to walk-in patient needs.
• Monitor waiting room for delays.
• Check-out patients.
• Schedule appointments.
• Provide patients with clinical summaries after visits.
• Coordinate interpreting services for patients.
• Reconcile appointments.
• Answer phones and check voicemails.
• Monitor mail, scan and fax documents.
• Monitor EHR inbox and follow-up.
• Participate in orientation of new staff.
• Participate in process improvements of workflows.
• Support divisional and organizational initiatives.
• Participate in outreach events and seasonal clinics.

Skills

Computer skills

Electronic Health Records

Spanish language

Medical office workflows

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Two years of relevant experience

Comparable education/experience

Job description

Job Summary

The Customer Care Associate will serve patients by assisting with check‑in and check‑out responsibilities and appointment scheduling while providing an excellent patient experience.

Specific Responsibilities

• Check‑in patients via phone or live
• Update patients demographic and insurance information
• Verify insurance as needed
• Collect payments and reconcile cash drawers as assigned
• Refer patients to financial advocates as needed
• Prepare and provide appropriate patient paperwork
• Respond to walk‑in patient needs
• Monitor waiting room for delays
• Check‑out patients
• Schedule appointments
• Provide patients with clinical summary following visit
• Coordinate interpreting services for patients
• Reconcile appointments
• Answer phones, checks voicemails, monitors phone volume
• Collects and distributes mail
• Scan and fax documents
• Monitors appropriate electronic health record inbox and provides follow‑up
• Participates in orientation of new staff
• Participate in process improvement of new and existing workflows
• Actively embraces and supports divisional and organizational initiatives
• Participate in outreach initiatives, community events, and seasonal clinics

Key Competencies

• Communication Skills Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families.
• Decision Making Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.
• HealthCare Knowledge Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate. This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.
• Interpersonal Skills Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.
• Organizational Values Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.
• Problem Solving Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change.

Specified Skills

• Computer Advanced computer skills as related to working with medical office software program(s)
• Experience with Electronic Health Records
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE Ability to speak Spanish strongly preferred
• OTHER Knowledge of medical office functions including business office work flows

Physical Demands

Not Applicable.

Supervisory Responsibilities

N/A

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent, two years of relevant experience, or comparable combined education and/or experience required.

Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in a medical office/clinical environment preferred.

Schedule

Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position. Typical business hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (or flexed to best meet the needs of the clients and/or the Division); 40 hours per workweek; weekend, holiday, or evening coverage is occasionally required. Work hours will need to be flexible in order to respond to special work assignments, or evening activities, as requested by the team leader.

Compensation

• $20.63/hour, full time + MAHEC Total Rewards package.
• MAHEC is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Employees who meet federal requirements may be eligible to have remaining student loan balances forgiven after 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time at MAHEC.
• All MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the Flu vaccine or have an approved exemption.
• MAHEC does not provide employment-based US visa sponsorship, now or in the future.
• All new employees must provide valid, original I-9 documents on their first day of work.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Company Overview

Thank you for your interest in employment with Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC, where we are committed to improving health in western North Carolina through innovative health professions education and compassionate healthcare. MAHEC was established in 1974 to improve training and retention of healthcare professionals across our region. We are dedicated to excellence in clinical care, health professions education, and innovative practices that can be replicated nationally. The largest of the nine state AHEC's, MAHEC serves NC's 16 westernmost counties to address national and state concerns with the supply, retention, and quality of health professionals especially in rural areas.

Contact

MAHEC Talent Management is located at 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803.