ABLE Associates
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Medical Secretary
East Greenwich, RI 02818 US
2023-04-11
2023-06-29
Employment Type:
Contract To Perm
Industry: Healthcare
Job Number: PR495037411
Pay Rate: $18-20 / hour
Job Description
Summary of Duties:
This position is primarily responsible for scheduling new patient and follow-up appointments, booking procedures (on demand and recalls), confirming upcoming appointments, answering and responding to all patient telephone calls as well as answering patient questions about procedures and procedure preparation. The Medical Secretary obtains prior authorizations for procedures and performs other various office duties as needed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Maintains provider schedule. Schedule patient appointments, procedures and confirm appointments.
• Answer and triage Provider’s telephone calls, retrieves and returns phone messages promptly, arranges appropriate follow up where needed.
• Ensures proper insurance referrals are in place as well as referring provider documentation and necessary patient records are received for visit.
• Performs end of visit check out, orders laboratory and/or radiology testing, and any follow-up care.
• Provide patients with necessary instructions to prepare for procedures.
• Coordinates with hospitals or other endoscopy centers for procedure scheduling as needed.
• Reviews and routes incoming correspondence, referrals, prescription authorizations and other electronic tasks. Responds, or accurately tasks to provider or administration.
• Maintains and completes open orders.
• Generates and types routine letters and correspondence in EHR and ensures proper signatures and approvals, when necessary.
• In coordination with Medical Assistant, maintains GI provider’s “recall” system, including mailing letters and follow up phone calls to remind patients of their GI procedures due (minimum two months ahead) as required.
• Helps patients with concerns and complaints, and escalates requests to Site or Practice Manager, as appropriate.
• Organizes provider’s calendar, and schedules other appointments as requested.
• Travels to satellite office as required.
• Maintains clean and orderly work area.
This position is primarily responsible for scheduling new patient and follow-up appointments, booking procedures (on demand and recalls), confirming upcoming appointments, answering and responding to all patient telephone calls as well as answering patient questions about procedures and procedure preparation. The Medical Secretary obtains prior authorizations for procedures and performs other various office duties as needed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Maintains provider schedule. Schedule patient appointments, procedures and confirm appointments.
• Answer and triage Provider’s telephone calls, retrieves and returns phone messages promptly, arranges appropriate follow up where needed.
• Ensures proper insurance referrals are in place as well as referring provider documentation and necessary patient records are received for visit.
• Performs end of visit check out, orders laboratory and/or radiology testing, and any follow-up care.
• Provide patients with necessary instructions to prepare for procedures.
• Coordinates with hospitals or other endoscopy centers for procedure scheduling as needed.
• Reviews and routes incoming correspondence, referrals, prescription authorizations and other electronic tasks. Responds, or accurately tasks to provider or administration.
• Maintains and completes open orders.
• Generates and types routine letters and correspondence in EHR and ensures proper signatures and approvals, when necessary.
• In coordination with Medical Assistant, maintains GI provider’s “recall” system, including mailing letters and follow up phone calls to remind patients of their GI procedures due (minimum two months ahead) as required.
• Helps patients with concerns and complaints, and escalates requests to Site or Practice Manager, as appropriate.
• Organizes provider’s calendar, and schedules other appointments as requested.
• Travels to satellite office as required.
• Maintains clean and orderly work area.