Medical Front Desk & Patient Services Coordinator

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation; Forest Hills (AL); In loco; USD 26.000 - 36.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation is seeking a Clinical Operations team member to support front desk and administrative functions at the Fairfield, AL location. You will handle phone inquiries, schedule appointments, assist patients, collect copays, and manage patient intake forms with attention to HIPAA and accuracy in the EMR.

The role requires a high school diploma, excellent communication, and the ability to multitask in a fast-paced clinic environment.

Competenze

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Detail-oriented; accurate data entry into EMR.
• Flexible and reliable attendance.
• Capable of handling patient interactions compassionately.

Mansioni

• Answer the telephone in a courteous and professional manner within 3 rings.
• Receive and convey messages in writing, verbally and electronically.
• Assist patients and their families in a compassionate manner.
• Make appointments following preset scheduling rules.
• Fax documents.
• Prepare documents for mail-out.
• Open and distribute incoming mail.
• Assist in routing telephone calls and messages to the appropriate staff.
• Collect copayments at each patient encounter, and, if necessary, make bank deposits in accordance with financial policy.
• Check and transcribe demographic information from the patient intake sheet to their electronic medical chart to ensure correct demographic information on each patient.
• Is able to appropriately triage telephone calls from other health care facilities or from other nurses or physicians to the appropriate clinical staff in a timely manner.
• Communicate with providers effectively about patient and scheduling conflicts (i.e. double booking, rescheduling, follow-ups with a different provider).
• Ensure that each patient has the correct forms to fill out prior to each patient encounter (demographics, medical record release, HIPAA, well child check forms, new patient intake forms, etc.).
• Ask patient for updated insurance information, verify insurance eligibility, and screen patients for sliding fee eligibility based on income and household size information.
• Explain sliding fee application process to potentially eligible patients.
• Perform any other duties assigned by a supervisor.

Conoscenze

Communication skills

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Attendance reliability

Formazione

High school diploma

Strumenti

EMR system

Descrizione del lavoro

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation is seeking a Clinical Operations team member to support front desk and administrative functions at the Fairfield, AL location. You will handle phone inquiries, schedule appointments, assist patients, collect copays, and manage patient intake forms with attention to HIPAA and accuracy in the EMR.

The role requires a high school diploma, excellent communication, and the ability to multitask in a fast-paced clinic environment.