- Answer multiple phone lines simultaneously, schedule patient appointments, and interact with physicians other practice departments.
- Communicates all pertinent information to patient/customer at initial and subsequent contacts.
- Answers incoming department calls within three rings. Fields department call volume: asks appropriate questions to screen calls, relays accurate information to caller, takes appropriate action.
- Monitors voicemail and EPIC referral work queue, initiating appropriate follow-up. Relays messages to staff per department guidelines
- Knowledgeable of all physician's sub-specialties, schedules, and insurances
- Schedule patient appointments for all practice physicians and locations
- Triage patient complaints thoroughly when scheduling their appointment.
- Assists front desk staff with referral scheduling.
- Triage patients to appropriate provider per office protocol.
- Enter or verify all personal and billing/insurance information when scheduling appointments for New or Established patients.
- Documents all interactions with insurance representatives, patients/customers and interested parties.
- Follows department procedures for initiating required authorizations for services and verifying receipt of authorizations.
- Pre-registers patients per department guidelines. Obtains insurance cards, prescriptions, insurance referrals along with other required registration forms.
- Informs patient of co-payment/payment responsibilities and collects payment.
- Notify appropriate location of cancellations, reschedules, and/or Workers Comp appointments including updating appointment status in EMR.
- Complete cross-training as front desk/receptionist to fill in as needed when gaps in staffing.
- High School degree or equivalent.
- Minimum of 1-year related work experience in a physician practice, hospital setting or directly related customer service setting.
- Good organizational skills: ability to set priorities effectively.
- Knowledge of EPIC/EMR preferred.
- Knowledge of insurance preferred.
- Ability to float to front desk/reception as needed.
- Compensation is based on experience.
Outpatient Scheduler - Morristown, United States - Atlantic Brain and Spine
1 month ago
Description
Atlantic Brain and Spine an affiliate of Atlantic Health System, seeks a Full-time Outpatient Scheduler for its Neurosurgical Outpatient Office in Morristown, NJ. The Outpatient Scheduler is responsible for a number of activities, including but not limited to, initiating patient intakes; scheduling appointments; performing insurance screening and verification processes; patient registration; handling a high volume of customer calls/inquiries; responding to medical records requests and billing inquiries; preparing reports; maintenance of department records.
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