Medical Office Receptionist

LifeStance Health Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k with employer match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

LifeStance Health Inc. is seeking a Medical Office Receptionist to manage front desk operations at our Saint Peters, MO location. You will greet patients, schedule appointments, handle payments, and support telehealth access with clinical staff.

The role emphasizes excellent customer service, HIPAA compliance, and teamwork in a fast-paced healthcare setting, with competitive benefits and opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required; associate or bachelor's degree preferred.
• 1+ years of experience in healthcare operations, customer service, or similar role.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and EMRs.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize duties.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage front desk responsibilities including greeting and checking patients in/out.
• Provide support to patients via phone, email, or portal with billing and scheduling needs.
• Complete insurance eligibility verification and collect co-pays at the time of service.
• Assist patients with telehealth access and portal issues, escalating when needed.
• Coordinate with clinicians and other staff to ensure smooth daily operations.

Skills

Multitasking

Independence

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

EMR systems

HIPAA compliance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associates or Bachelor's preferred

Tools

EMR systems

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

## Medical Office ReceptionistApply: In-Office: SAINT PETERS-PSYCHIATRY (MO): Full time: Posted Today: JR106919At LifeStance Health, we strive to help individuals, families, and communities with their mental health needs. Everywhere. Every day. It’s a lofty goal; we know. But we make it happen with the best team in mental healthcare.Thank you for taking the time to explore a career with us. As the fastest growing mental health practice group in the country, now is the perfect time to join our team!*LifeStance Health Values** Belonging: We cultivate a space where everyone can show up as their authentic self.* Empathy: We seek out diverse perspectives and listen to learn without judgment.* Courage: We are all accountable for doing the right thing - even when it's hard - because we know it's worth it.* One Team: We realize our full potential when we work together towards our shared purpose.*Benefits* As a full-time employee of LifeStance Health, the following benefits are offered: medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k retirement savings with employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, holiday pay and an Employee Assistance Program.**Job Summary:**The Practice Coordinator is responsible for managing the front office daily activities for their practice location, ensuring quality customer service to in-person and remote patients and clinicians. **Compensation:** Starting at $20.25/hourly, plus quarterly bonus/incentive potential **Location**: 255 Spencer Rd. 201 Saint Peters, MO 63376 **Duties/Responsibilities:** **Operational Excellence:*** Create a positive work environment; be a culture carrier and support in-office clinician and staff engagement activities to promote LFST culture, engagement, and connection.* Conduct schedule prep process for all patients to ensure all paperwork and documentation is complete, credit card on file is current, demographics are accurate, and patient chart is prepared.* General office duties, cleanliness, and appeal, such as sorting office mail, scanning documents, e-faxes, shared office email and office upkeep, to ensure the practice is running smoothly and prepared for patients and clinicians.* Communicate with peers, clinicians, and patients in ways that support patient care and clinician satisfaction. **Patient Support:*** Provide exceptional customer service, responding quickly and appropriately to patient needs, and being prepared to manage potentially difficult or sensitive situations by following Crisis and De-escalation Processes.* Manage front desk responsibilities including greeting and checking patients in/out in a courteous manner.* Provide support to patients with requests via phone, email, and/or portal with payment/billing related questions, scheduling needs, release requests, miscellaneous inquires, etc.* Manage queues within the phone system, ensuring calls are answered timely to ensure excellent customer service.* Assist patients with telehealth access, Patient Portal issues, and other troubleshooting as needed.* Handle any urgent requests; triage patient issues and resolution, i.e., direct to correct departments or escalate for assistance.* Collect all in-person and telehealth co-payments and account balances at the time of service.* Complete insurance eligibility verification and reach out to patients to resolve any issues. **Clinician Support:*** Provide general clinician support – assist clinicians with administrative questions and/or duties such as sending letters, faxes, etc.* Coordinate with clinicians pertaining to any additional patient questions.* Support clinician schedules by auditing for appointment accuracy.* Maintain a pleasant, secure, and motivational working environment in the Practice. **Required Skills/Abilities:*** Ability to multitask and prioritize duties to support delivery of high-quality patient experience.* Ability to work independently and as a team member.* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.* Proficient in using Computer Software Applications (Microsoft Office & EMRs)* Comfortable handling sensitive and confidential Information (HIPAA) **Education and Experience:*** High School or equivalent required, associates/bachelor’s degree, preferred.* 1+ years of experience in healthcare operations, customer service, or similar role or setting preferred. **Physical Requirements:*** The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, bend, talk, and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee must be able to lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. *LifeStance provides the compensation range and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. LifeStance reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.*