Hughston Orthopaedic Clinic - Montgomery, AL
posted 3 days ago
Full-time - Entry Level
Montgomery, AL
Ambulatory Health Care Services
About the position
The position involves assisting providers by greeting, registering, and directing patients. The role encompasses a variety of administrative functions that ensure charges are collected, posted, and charged as necessary. The individual will be responsible for maintaining patient charts, scheduling appointments, and handling financial transactions related to patient care.
Responsibilities
- Greet and register patients
- Schedule return appointments and maintain patient chart
- Collect co-pays and deductibles
- Prepare daily balance sheets
- Review and edit daily bank deposits and deposit report
- Preparation of daily cashiers report
- Post daily charges to patient accounts
- Enter daily charge data and balance daily transactions
- Enter/update patient demographic data
- Distribute work and school excuses to patient as needed
- Track no show appointments
- Schedule initial appointments
- Verify insurance benefits/eligibility and document in the computer system
- Verify/obtain referral numbers or authorizations for upcoming appointments
- Scan scripts and reports to EMR file
- Print off new scripts and providers schedules at the beginning of the day
- Answer telephone
- Send reports to appropriate clinical personnel or office management
- Add notes to appointment to help keep providers informed
Requirements
- Basic computer skills required
- One year experience working in a medical office setting preferred
Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge of AthenaNet
- Medical terminology preferred
