Practice Manager

Community Care Physicians•Albany, NY

9d•$85,000 - $100,000

About The Position

Albany Family Medicine is hiring a full-time Practice Manager to join their team! This is a 40 hour work week. Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm The ideal candidate will have prior experience working in healthcare with strong customer service skills and a keen business sense.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in health or business administration preferred.
Five years of medical office experience including three years in a supervisor/management capacity, in the healthcare industry preferred.
Clinical management experience as an RN or LPN is strongly preferred.
Effective communication skills in answering patient inquiries, whether by telephone or in person; while maintaining high standards for patient service.
Maintain a high level of confidentiality, discretion, professionalism and work well independently.
Solid interpersonal skills to establish/maintain cooperative and productive relationships while providing quality service.
Strong knowledge of medical billing and computer systems and applications.
Ability to work cohesively and inter-departmentally building positive working relationships.

Responsibilities

Oversee all aspects of day-to-day office operations including the coordination of all office tasks and duties, patient registration, telephone reception and triage, appointments, referrals, ordering of supplies, review of purchase orders and invoices, review of packing slips and forwarding of packing slips to purchasing clerk, reviewing all invoices and forwarding to accounting department for payment, and maintenance and ordering of all equipment, furnishings and instruments.
Manage primary care practice initiatives such as PCMH, EPC, CPCI, and NCQA to facilitate practice transformation.
Coordinate, schedule, implement and make recommendations regarding training and staff development.
Organize, improve and provide reports on the productivity of the administrative staff and providers.
Compile and analyze data on patient outcomes, QA, goal achievement, work studies and performance issues.
Prepare payroll accurately and in a timely fashion, in accordance with established Community Care procedures.
Prepare software templates and assist with creating schedules for all providers in EMR.
Create and ensure a working environment that protects patient confidentiality and the privacy of medical information.
Work with Site Medical Manager and Human Resources regarding employee relation issues, recruitment, benefits, corrective action and terminations, according to established Community Care procedures.
Work closely with administration staff by providing information necessary for credentialing all practitioners at the Site.
Work closely with administration and laboratory staff to help resolve demographic and/or billing errors.
Work with practitioners and administration staff to ensure accurate, compliant coding and charge entry.