Practice Coordinator

Lifestance-Health; Smithfield (RI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical

dental

vision

AD&D

short and long-term disability

life insurance

401k retirement savings with employer"

Job summary

The Practice Coordinator at LifeStance Health manages front office daily activities for the Smithfield location, delivering quality in-person and telehealth patient service.

Responsibilities include coordinating schedules, handling payments, assisting clinicians, and maintaining a welcoming, compliant office environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to multitask and prioritize duties to support delivery of high-quality patient experience.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficient in using Computer Software Applications (Microsoft Office & EMRs).
• Comfortable handling sensitive and confidential information (HIPAA).

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 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 inquiries, etc.

Skills

Multitask and prioritize

Independent worker

Strong communication

Microsoft Office & EMRs

HIPAA confidentiality

Education

High School or equivalent

Associates/Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

EMRs

Job description

Benefits

As a full-time employee of LifeStance Health, the following benefits are offered:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• AD&D
• short and long-term disability
• life insurance
• 401k retirement savings with employer match
• paid parental leave
• paid time off
• holiday pay
• 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 $22.00/hourly, plus quarterly bonus/incentive potential

Location

900 Douglas Pike Suite 220 Smithfield, RI 02917

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 inquiries, 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 elevate 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 independent 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.

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