Medical Office & Billing Coordinator

Healthier-Mississippi-People-LLC; Gulfport (MS); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthier-Mississippi-People-LLC in Mississippi Gulfport seeks a Medical Office Assistant to support physicians and primary care providers. The role covers clerical, billing and general office operations in ambulatory practice, assisting with patient check-in, scheduling and records management.

Responsibilities include handling telephone inquiries, verifying insurance, maintaining charts, and ensuring HIPAA and infection control compliance.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of general medical office procedures.
• Ability to type 35 wpm and use Microsoft Word.
• Excellent customer service and multi-tasking.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic accounting principles.

Responsibilities

• Performs administrative duties such as answering telephones, greeting patients, pulling, updating and filing patient medical records, verifying patient demographic and insurance information, scheduling appointments, and performing billing and bookkeeping.
• Checks-in patients, assists with patient histories, checks accuracy of patient information, prepares charts, may be called upon to chaperone or assist provider during examinations and other patient care activities, performs billing and other general medical office procedures in accordance with established protocols of a particular clinic.
• Educates and advises patients on specified medical issues within established guidelines. Assists with scheduling, coding and billing of medical procedures and/or ambulatory surgical procedures.
• Arranges examining room equipment; cleans rooms and escorts patient to and from assigned room in clinic. Disposes contaminated supplies; maintains stocks of medical supplies and medications as appropriate to the clinic.
• Performs administrative duties such as answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patient medical records, verifying demographic and insurance information, scheduling appointments, and performing billing and bookkeeping.
• Practices safety, environmental, and infection control methods. Adheres to HIPAA, OSHA, infection control, and medical records compliance regulatory requirements.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Skills

Medical office procedures

Telephone skills

Customer service

Typing 35 wpm

Microsoft Word

Interpersonal skills

Verbal and written communication

Basic accounting principles

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

Healthier-Mississippi-People-LLC in Mississippi Gulfport seeks a Medical Office Assistant to support physicians and primary care providers. The role covers clerical, billing and general office operations in ambulatory practice, assisting with patient check-in, scheduling and records management.

Responsibilities include handling telephone inquiries, verifying insurance, maintaining charts, and ensuring HIPAA and infection control compliance.