Scheduler

CASS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER • Harrisonville, MO

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Primary Purpose: To facilitate patient care by obtaining appropriate data to accurately schedule the patient for various ancillary services and specialty clinics and to ensure eligibility and prior authorizations are correctly obtained for such services.

Requirements

• Medical terminology
• Health insurance knowledge
• Familiarity with medical coding or willingness and ability to learn
• Excellent communication skill
• Problem solving
• Organizational skills
• Proficiency in keyboarding/computer use, multitasking, critical thinking skills, ability to work 6-8 hours on the computer, and typing and talking on the phone at the same time.
• Deal effectively with emotionally charged situations.
• High school education.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in hospital setting scheduling, pre authorizations, and eligibility.
• Preferred experience specialty to surgery.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with hospital staff, outreach staff, PCP offices, insurance companies, patients and all other clients to provide patient scheduling.
• Verifies eligibility, benefits and authorizations, referrals for all ancillary scheduled procedures and Pain Clinic appointments.
• Performs medical necessity checks on scheduled ancillary procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED