Front Desk Representative - Hamden, United States - Refocus Eye Health
Description
Your primary job duties will include, but not limited to, scheduling appointments, greeting and checking in patients in a courteous manner, answering all patient inquires, taking phone calls, maintaining and updating patient files, checking referrals as well as insurance eligibility.
Your top priority will be to ensure a smooth workflow so that our patients receive the best possible care. Our Front Desk Receptionist should be efficient and well-spoken with experience running a medical office. If you are customer service oriented, computer-savvy and can multitask, we'd like to meet youEssential Responsibilities:
- Answer phones
- Check messages
- Patient checkin/checkout.
- Verify all patient information
- Collect and record copays
- Insurance Eligibility
- Monitoring provider schedules to ensure accuracy.
- Handling patient complaints, escalating to Office Manager as appropriate.
- Ensure end of day tasks are completed (Batch and balance daily finance reports)
- Rescheduling/Scheduling patients, calling patients on wait list/recall list.
- Confirm patient appointments
- Prepare fee slips and charts for next day appointments
- Retrieve previous notes from Referring doctor for new patients
- Take problem calls, fill out appropriate paperwork for calls to be triaged
- Maintain excellent communication and effective working relationships with patients, providers, clinical and administrative teams, leadership, insurance companies, the public and the medical community to facilitate high patient quality care.
- Reliable
- Ability to work well with others
- Excellent communication skills
- Data entry and typing skills
- Ability to work in a fastpaced environment
- Excellent customer service skills
- Proven experience as a medical secretary or similar administrative position
- Knowledge of medical terminology, regulations and medical office procedures
Travel:
Flexible to travel to Hamden, Cheshire and Branford as needed. Hamden is the home office.
Preferred:
- Prior ophthalmology experience
- EMR experience
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Education:
HS Diploma / GED
7:30-4:30 with one late night (5:30pm) required.
- 8hour shift
Work Location:
In person
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