Overview
Ambulatory Services Representative, Benedict Family Medicine Clinic Jobs in Worcester – Massachusetts – USA at UMass Memorial Health Care
Position: Â Ambulatory Services Representative, Benedict Family Medicine Clinic – 40 hours, Days
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Schedule Details
Monday through Friday
Scheduled Hours
8:30am – 5:00pm
Shift
1 – Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)
Hours
40
This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility duringthe interview process.
Everyone Is a Caregiver
At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.
And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.
$3,000Sign-On Bonus
II. Major
Responsibilities:
Greets visitors and/or patients for scheduled and/or urgent care appointments and procedures.
Confirms and verifies patient demographic and insurance information.
May collect co-payments from patients upon arrival.
Obtains signatures of consent from patient/guardian for treatment authorization and insurance/billing information.
Assess patients’ needs, including but not limited to, financial counseling, interpreter services, social services and refers to appropriate person or area.
Receives and directs phone calls.
Connects the patient’s call to the provider or responds to the patient and takes messages as directed.
Schedules urgent care appointments as needed and directed by clinicians.
Schedules patients for treatment by multiple providers and treatment areas, and arranges a variety of associated tests and procedures according to established guidelines and specific criteria.
Prioritizes appointments in a manner that fosters optimum patient care,efficient utilizationof clinical staff, as well as resources.
Ensures tests and procedural prep information is provided to patients verbally, mail, and/or by the patient portal as necessary.
Collaborates with insurers to obtain patients’ prior-authorizations for procedures and tests as needed.
Follows guidelines established by insurers to ensure that pre-authorization, pre-certification, and clinician referrals for treatment are obtained prior to patient visits.
Complies with referral management regulations.
Verifies eligibility for procedures or tests from various health care institutions.
Follows up to correct discrepancies.
May facilitate patient prescription renewal matters, (via telephone, fax, and email), within scope of authority as directed by clinicians.
Preps the patient’s information for clinicians for scheduled patient visits as needed.
Scrubs Patient Encounter information and submits electronically.
Reviews and audits billing discrepancy reports and researches errors for resolution as directed by office or clinical management.
Maintains accurate and timely records, logs, charges, files, and other related information as required.
Performs a variety of related administrative and clerical duties, such as retrieving files distributing mail and other records, faxing, collating, data entry, and relay…
Title: Ambulatory Services Representative, Benedict Family Medicine Clinic
Company: UMass Memorial Health Care
Location: Worcester – Massachusetts – USA
Category: Healthcare, Administrative/Clerical
