The Receptionist serves as the liaison between the physician and patient. The incumbent is responsible for answering the telephone, determining the nature of patient calls and incoming calls, scheduling appointments, routing calls, taking appropriate messages, pulling charts for messages, greeting patients and family members, obtaining registration and insurance data and updating information in the billing system, and facilitating patient flow into the practice. Employee may also be responsible for charge entry, referrals and pre-certifications, as well as scheduling of specialist appointments and diagnostic tests. The incumbent attends to patients utilizing the age appropriate principles of growth and development for patients of all ages according to the practice specialty.