Medical Administrative Assistant - ISM, Surgery

Mount Sinai Health Systems•New York, NY

11d•$26 - $33

About The Position

Provides secretarial and clinical support to physicians and surgeons and performs administrative duties necessary to deliver quality patient care. The role may include appointment and surgery scheduling, clinical phone-message handling, insurance authorization, EMR order entry and prescription refill preparation for physician review, test-result tracking, and maintaining medical charts and records. It may also involve Medical Assistant duties when qualified, medical scribe responsibilities, patient-flow support, surgical billing package preparation, and revenue cycle processes.

Requirements

Associate degree, or high school diploma/GED plus two years of related experience.
Three years of related experience.
Graduate of a Medical Assistant Program if performing clinical duties.
Certified Medical Assistant certification required if performing Medical Assistant duties.

Responsibilities

May schedule patient appointments.
Take detailed clinical phone messages for a physician or advanced allied healthcare provider.
Acquire insurance authorizations for procedures and tests ordered by the attending physician.
May enter orders into the EMR or prepare prescription refill requests for review and approval by the ordering physician.
Maintain required logs for tracking test results.
Assist with maintaining medical charts and/or electronic medical records, including filing operative reports, test results, and home care forms.
May schedule surgeries or procedures, or coordinate with the Surgical Coordinator to verify times with patients and prepare charts, pre-admissions, and consent forms as necessary.
May perform Medical Assistant duties if qualified, including venipuncture and/or EKGs, checking schedules, organizing patient flow, accompanying patients to exam or procedure rooms, assisting with walking, transferring, and dressing, collecting and processing specimens, point-of-care testing, and exam preparation.
May assist physicians with procedures, take vital signs, relay instructions to patients and/or families, answer calls, and provide pertinent information.
Retrieve physician correspondence from dictation services and edit where necessary.
Prepare physicians' mail correspondence.
Compile documents for surgical billing packages.
May maintain, adjust, and confirm patient office schedules.
Help direct patient flow during practice hours.
Participate in revenue cycle processes.
May perform medical scribe responsibilities.
Perform other duties as assigned.