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Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Medical Receptionist in Westwood, NJ.
Fulfilling your purpose begins here:
People First, Always. Here's how we take care of our people:
Your team is bigger than your department:
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Job Requirements
Preferred Job Requirements
Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Medical Receptionist in Westwood, NJ.
Fulfilling your purpose begins here:
People First, Always. Here's how we take care of our people:
- Medical, vision, dental health insurance, health savings account / flexible spending, competitive pay, paid time off, 401k retirement plan with company match, employee assistance program and more.
Your team is bigger than your department:
- Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center is a 128-bed, full-service, acute-care community hospital with a new emergency department, a state-of-the-art maternity center, a women's imaging center, and an ICU.
- We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect.
Responsibilities
- Enter, maintain, and reports all medical history, medical coding, and filing claims using Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.
- Promptly investigate all outpatient denials pertaining to diagnosis and procedure coding.
- Updates all patient files and make sure documents are accurate, confidential, and compliant.
- Greets, check in and checkout patients, and advises other medical staff of arrival of patient's.
- In coordination with the MRS, assist in maintaining inventory of necessary supplies and assists with maintaining inventory on all instruments.
- Address and request referrals and other insurance authorizations. As well as, passing along patient information for prescription, x-ray or lab requisitions to necessary parties. This includes, calling pharmacies, hospitals, and labs.
- Schedule appointments, reschedule, follow up with no calls, no shows, the discharge of patients, and follow up appointments.
- Answer inbound calls to the practice, as well as, greet vendors and set vendor appointments. Will convey messages in writing, electronically, and verbally.
- Will maintain Physicians calendars, prepares doctors notes, return to work, school, or leave notices and all other correspondence as directed.
- Scanning, filing, and faxing documents, as well as, prepare and sort mail.
- Ensure the waiting and reception areas are kept orderly and clean, and will report on any damages of furniture, supplies, or equipment.
- Act as a liaison with patients, referrals, general practitioners, health care professionals, and patient's family member in a compassionate and kind manner.
- Other office responsibilities, assigned by supervisor or Physician, as deemed necessary.
Qualifications
Job Requirements
- 1 - 3 years experience in a hospital or physician practice setting
- Basic to intermediate EMR knowledge
- Basic to intermediate Microsoft Office knowledge
Preferred Job Requirements
- Associates, High School Diploma, or GED equivalent; higher education may be substituted for experience
