Surgery Scheduler

HCA Healthcare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Life insurance

Consumer discounts

Job summary

HCA Healthcare is seeking a Surgery Scheduler for MSO - Surgical Specialists to join a fast-paced, patient-focused team in Houston. The role involves coordinating surgical scheduling, obtaining necessary authorizations, and ensuring accurate documentation and coding for each case.

The ideal candidate has at least 1 year of medical office experience, performs clerical tasks efficiently, and supports patient care with a high level of accuracy and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a medical office setting.

Responsibilities

• Obtains CPT and ICD-10 codes and other clinical information from practice staff.
• Prepares documentation for Medicare/Beneficiary notices and maintains this documentation.
• Determines OR time needed and coordinates with Facility for scheduling and anesthesia coverage.
• Ensures scheduling packets are correct and timely.
• Obtains necessary authorizations and scans into medical records or PMS.
• Verifies physician credentialing at the Center or Facility before scheduling.

Skills

Medical office experience

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Surgery Scheduler you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join MSO - Surgical Specialists which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary And Qualifications

Full time (Monday - Friday, days), no nights, no on call, no weekends, no holidays

Seeking a Surgery Scheduler for our practice who provides clerical expertise to ensure all patients receive high quality, efficient care. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do.

What you will do in this role

• Obtains CPT and ICD-10 diagnosis codes and other clinical information as required for treatment of the patient from practice staff; seeks assistance from practice and Facility Coders as determined through practice and facility processes.
• Prepares documentation for Notification of Non-covered Medicare Services or Advance Beneficiary notices to patients and follows practice procedures to maintain this documentation.
• Determines O.R. time needed for the procedure and works with Facility to ensure procedure is scheduled, daily schedule is streamlined and arranges necessary anesthesia coverage, as determined through Facility processes. Ensures all requirements for the procedure have been obtained and confirmed with the Facility or other parties to include medical/imaging records and needed equipment/instruments.
• Ensures scheduling packets are correct and timely.
• Obtain patient face sheets from Insurance Verification to obtain necessary authorizations based on insurance types.
• Obtains authorization notes from Facility and scans into medical record or practice management system.
• Collects necessary and appropriate physician and practice fees associated with the procedure.
• Verifies/confirms physician is credentialed at the Center or Facility before scheduling the patient.
• Ensures efficient coordination of provider clinic and Facility schedule which could include awareness of provider's schedule and coordination of provider time-out, travel, meetings, conferences and continuing medical education.
• Refers conflicts and procedural questions to Practice Manager or designee as they arise.
• Attends required meetings and participates in committees as requested.
• Cross-trains as back up to other business office positions as requested.
• Performs other general duties as assigned.
• Maintain surgery logs or other required practice or case tracking logs

Qualifications you will need

• Minimum (1) year of experience in a medical office setting highly preferred. (i.e. ambulatory surgery center, hospital, doctors office) preferred
• CERTIFICATION/LICENSE: BLS may be required as per practice standard

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Physician Services Group

is skilled in physician employment, practice and urgent care operations. We are experts in hospitalist integration, and graduate medical education. We lead more than 1,300 physician practices and 170+ urgent care centers. We are HCA Healthcare’s graduate medical education leader. We provide direction for over 260 exceptional resident and fellowship programs. We focus on carrying out value-added solutions. These solutions help physicians deliver patient-centered healthcare. We support HCA Healthcare's commitment to the care and improvement of human life.

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