Healthcare Office Assistant: Data Entry & Records Support

UnitedHealth Group; Houghton (MI); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

401k contribution

Equity stock purchase program

Incentive and recognition programs

Job summary

UP Health System, part of LHC Group within the Optum family, seeks an Office Assistant to support leadership with routine clerical tasks, scheduling and data entry in a healthcare setting.

This role involves maintaining medical records, assisting with discharge processes, and coordinating communications with physicians, patients, and referrals, while offering growth opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Current driver's license and access to reliable transportation.
• Computer skills, clerical-business machine skills, and be able to type.
• General clerical skills and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Assists with routine clerical/office tasks, answers telephone calls, and delivers messages.
• Pulls, reviews, and follows up on reports of orders recert and unverified visits.
• Maintains an up-to-date medical record by scanning documents timely and completing EOE audits as appropriate.
• Completes discharge chart reviews, performs audits, processes orders to/from physicians, and tracks for timely receipt.
• Communicates professionally within the organization and with external sources (physicians, patients, family members, referral sources, etc.)

Skills

Telephone communication

Data entry

Typing

Clerical skills

Organizational skills

Computer skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

UP Health System, part of LHC Group within the Optum family, seeks an Office Assistant to support leadership with routine clerical tasks, scheduling and data entry in a healthcare setting.

This role involves maintaining medical records, assisting with discharge processes, and coordinating communications with physicians, patients, and referrals, while offering growth opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package.