Front Office Specialist - Orthopedics - East Cobb

Wellstar Health System; Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System in Marietta, GA, is seeking a Front Office Specialist who delivers exceptional patient service at check-in and check-out. This role handles scheduling, insurance verification, cash handling, and general administrative duties to support clinic operations.

The ideal candidate will have 1–2 years of front office experience in healthcare, strong communication, and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years administrative front office experience in a physician practice or health care setting preferred
• High School Diploma General is required
• All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated

Responsibilities

• Greet patients and guests warmly in person or by phone using AIDET principles
• Register and schedule patients for appointments; verify insurance eligibility
• Process check-ins/check-outs, collect co-pays and balances, and balance daily cash
• Support administrative tasks and coordinate with clinic staff as needed
• Assist with appointment reminders and acts as a liaison to clinical personnel

Skills

Customer service

Multi-tasking

Communication

Front office experience

Education

High School Diploma General

Tools

Experion

Job description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Summary

The Front Office Specialist (FOS) is responsible for illustrating exceptional customer service and focus to WellStar's patients and customers. This includes greeting customers, registering patients at check-in and check out, answering telephones, scheduling appointments, cash management, and/or administrative functions that support the practice's operations. The FOS is an important team member in achieving patient experience, employee engagement, and financial goals. This position is considered a highly functioning position where the team member must be able to multi-task while at the same time communicate with various customers.

Core Responsibilities And Essential Functions

• __Customer Service:__ * a. In Adherence to our AIDET principles, the FOS will greet patients and guests in a warm, friendly manner in person or on the telephone; identifying self and practice. * b. Answering incoming calls; directing to appropriate personnel, taking messages when appropriate within the EHR, handling non-clinical processes, and scheduling patient appointments as requested. * c. Communicating quickly and often with patients, if there is a delay or wait for patient care. * d. Working with both clinical staff and providers in a team approach. * e. Managing patient call wait times; being alert to queues in the system, responding to voicemails and messages timely, offer options to call patients back, if they are on hold too long
• __Operations/Revenue Cycle:__ * a. Registering/scheduling patients for appointments; ensuring patient insurance eligibility through Experion, checking in patients, scanning insurance cards and ID into the EHR, and ensuring completion of all necessary paperwork. * b. Collecting co-pays and any outstanding balances, adherence to the WMG LD90 cash management policy. * c. Managing cash allowance; verifying opening balance, ensuring all correct change and collections are made and accounted for, accurately balancing superbills/posting report with bank bag for each daily close. * d. Checking patients out; collecting any deductibles or self pay account balances, setting up payment arrangements on balances, and/or scheduling next appointment visits * e. Contacting patients for appointment reminders
• __Administrative:__ * Coordinating with the clinic for pharmaceutical representatives, visitors, sample pick-ups, and other clinic requests * Other duties as assigned by management.

Required Minimum Education

• High School Diploma General

Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

Required Minimum Experience

1-2 years administrative front office experience in a physician practice or health care setting Preferred and Previous customer service experience Required

Required Minimum Skills

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