Team Coordinator- Dental

Coos County Family Health Services•Colebrook, NH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for greeting patients; screening and directing telephone calls, inquiries, and enrolling patients for services; updating patient demographics, insurance information, consent for services, personal contacts, HIPAA information, etc; posting payments, co-pays and other related tasks as assigned; and working with clinical teams to address patient services and satisfaction.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalent.
Must be organized and efficient, with solid typing skills.
Must demonstrate ability to work well with the public and to operate general office machines, including computers, copiers and fax machines.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

Greets and assists patients in completing necessary forms
Helps maintain patient flow
Assists team with patient services: schedules appointments, arranges for patient call backs, transfers calls to triage as appropriate, prioritizes patient requests, maintains communication with teams, attends huddles, and assists with a variety of tasks
Relays accurate information to team coordinators: patient name, date of birth, phone number and reason for call
Prints clinical summary for patient at end of each office visit
Enrolls patients and assigns primary care provider if patient does not have specific request for a provider
Re-schedules patients when necessary.
Ensures demographic information is correct for all patients at each encounter.
Processes co-pays, payments and other related tasks
Updates and verifies insurance information, demographics, consent for services and disclosures, personal contacts (for emergencies), and other regulatory requires such as HIPAA.
Offers information about sliding fee
Ensures paperwork for release/request of information, legal documents, DCYF, workers compensation and other required paperwork is delivered to the appropriate medical records department or provider
Assists Communication Coordinator to answer calls as needed
Monitors flags and email for updates and responds as needed
Works as a team player
Follows agency’s policies, procedures and guidelines
Performs other job-related tasks as assigned