Scheduling Specialist - Chest Medicine - La Jolla

Scripps Health; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Career development

Retirement options

Job summary

Scripps Health is seeking a Scheduling Specialist for the Chest Medicine department at the Anderson Medical Pavilion in La Jolla. The role involves front-line patient interaction, scheduling complex procedures, and ensuring accurate registration with insurance details.

Responsibilities include patient check-in/out, handling authorizations, and providing excellent customer service while mentoring staff and maintaining documentation accuracy.

Qualifications

• Excellent mathematical skills and ability to handle monies.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills; able to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and billing guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Register patients and schedule/authorize procedures.
• Collect payments and respond to billing inquiries.
• Mentor staff on procedures.
• Document patient information and insurance details.
• Escalate issues to leadership when needed.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Medical terminology

Billing knowledge

Problem solving

Tools

Epic

Job description

Description

Full Time position (80 hours per pay period) with a Monday - Friday, 8AM - 5PM schedule, located at our Scripps Anderson Medical Pavilion in La Jolla. You will enjoy comprehensive benefits that cover health & wellness, career development, and retirement options among other benefits.

Why join Scripps Health?

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2026.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Becker's Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

Join a caring team supporting Scripps Anderson Medical Pavilion as a Scheduling Specialist in the Chest Medicine department. You'll be on the front line for creating a positive Scripps Health experience for our patients while being responsible for duties such as the following:

• Interacting with patients, payers, and providers to gather information necessary for accurate registration including assigning of appropriate Medical Record Number, scheduling, referral/authorization, point of service payment collection, document collection and arrival/check-in functions.
• Responding to customer billing and payment inquires as needed.
• Mentoring and training staff on departmental procedures.
• Accurately scheduling and re-scheduling complex patient procedures and appointments. Successful scheduling includes, but not limited to, exhibiting proficiency in the scheduling procedures, scheduling and confirming appointments according to practice guidelines, entering appropriate insurance, initiating authorizations and referrals, performing Key User duties with minimal errors.
• Accurately documenting patient to provider communication, assessing urgency and escalating as appropriate. May manage the patient check-in and check-out process from start to finish, which includes identification verification; updating or confirming demographic and insurance information on every patient; ensuring appropriate forms are provided, signed and witnessed at the time of the patient visit; verifying coverage including benefits, authorization, pre-determination, payer specific policy exclusions or limitations to coverage, collecting any patient responsibility and accurately preparing end of day reporting or payment reconciliation as needed.
• Regularly displaying a proactive approach to customer service by listening to the patient, taking ownership of solutions and being able to accurately identify the need to involve leadership to resolve concerns.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Must possess excellent mathematical skills and ability to handle monies.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills; innovative with ability to identify and solve problems. Able to adapt, prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, commercial and government health insurance and billing guidelines, ACA requirements, understanding of DRG's, Medical ICD9/ICD10 codes and CPT/HCPC Codes and Modifiers are required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 or more years of experience in a customer service or healthcare/medical office environment.
• Previous scheduling experience.
• Experience with Epic.

Job Details

Job: Business Office

Primary Location: Central San Diego County-LA JOLLA-SCF-ANDERSON MEDICAL PAVILION

Work Locations: SCF-ANDERSON MEDICAL PAVILION, 9898 GENESEE AVE, LA JOLLA 92037

Organization: Scripps Clinic

Minimum Rate (USD): 27.24 – Maximum Rate (USD): 35.88

In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Act, Scripps Health posts the pay range for all jobs. Please note that actual pay will be determined based on relevant experience and internal equity within the pay range. Please also note this range is applicable for employees who reside in California only. A geographical pay differential may be applied for remote employees who reside out of state. Scripps Health strives to ensure that our employees receive equal pay for equal work in line with our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer.

Scripps Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.