Dental Business Associate - Lafayette, United States - Riggs Community Health

Description

Do you strive to make positive change in people's lives? We live our mission providing affordable health, dental, and behavioral health care to our community

Fluent in English to Spanish translation preferred, but not required $1/hour additional earnings if bilingual.

$17/hour, growth potential, genuinely welcoming and friendly culture, robust training program, 3 weeks paid time-off accruing from 1st day + 8 paid Holidays. You'll love this job, but don't take our word for it - ask our team


Riggs Community Health Center is currently seeking a Business Associate to provide general administrative support in our dental practice. Our team of established health and dental care professionals are continually providing a growing variety of services to the community within our state of the art clinic. Riggs Community Health Center conducts integrated care incorporating medical, dental, and behavioral health services into a comprehensive care plan model to meet all of the patient's needs As a Riggs Community Health Center provider, you will collaborate with other highly skilled medical professionals in a variety of concentrations to provide top quality care options to an under-served population.

Riggs team members enjoy predictable 40 hour work weeks with no nights or overtime. Riggs focuses on balance with a schedule you can plan your family life around. All full-time employees have access to affordable Medical, Dental, Vision, up to $500 HSA Employer Contributions, Short & Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401(k), 8 Paid Holidays, 3 Weeks PTO, Education Reimbursements, and more

Improving Health. Improving Lives.


Essential Duties:

• Receives, screens and routes calls to appropriate destination.
• Greets public, staff, and others in a professional and courteous manner.
• Makes patient appointments following provider scheduling guidelines.
• Register new patients in accordance with policies and procedures. Assists patients with filling out information forms.
• Verifies and updates registration and payer information at every patient visit.
• Performs financial intakes on all patients and calculates percent of poverty/eligibility for sliding scale fee.
• Verify insurance, Medicaid and Medicare eligibility.
• Accepts payments, issues receipts, and reconciles cash drawers daily.
• Prepares patient charts and daily schedules for the dental staff.
• Updates patient records and documenting recent treatments and procedures.
• Manage and organize specialist referrals.
• Provides support to all dental clinics in the Riggs network.

Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm (No Weekends or Overtime)