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Description:
Job ID: 6026612308
Status: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Shift: Day Job
Facility: UPMC Altoona Reg Health Srvcs
Department: MMA Cresson Office
Location: 792 Gallitzin Road, Cresson, PA
Union Position: No
Salary Range: $ 16.84-25.72 USD
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Graduate of an accredited Medical Secretarial School preferred.
- Minimum of six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred
- Basic Computer Knowledge and experience; Medical Terminology; Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; Must have the ability to effectively communicate information to patients and physicians in one-on-one situations.LICENSURE, CERTIFICATIONS, AND CLEARANCES:
- Act 34
Responsibilities:
PURPOSE:
Greets and registers incoming patients, checks patients out, and schedules future appointments to ensure efficient patient flow by performing the following duties.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Verifies patient appointment time, physician they are scheduled to see and insurance to be billed; updates patient appointment status.
- Work on Wait/Rescheduling lists for providers and resources and schedule patients accordingly.
- Carries out alternative workflows during system(s) downtime.
- Follow all workflows related to your department.
- Work Charge work queues. Collect copays. Enter all payments into UPAY and print receipts for all monies collected. Balance the following policy at the end of each day.
- Check for any special type appointment and obtain any eligibility requirements needed.
- Registers incoming new/established patients by verifying or entering current demographic/insurance information into the computer system. Obtain the required signatures on the paperwork.
- Communicate effectively with the patient to understand their AVS.
- Answers telephones, directs and handles calls as needed.
- Work with patients on utilization of Welcome Kiosks.
- Work Encounters without Charges report.
- Assists patients with questions about insurance and UPMC/BMA policies.
- Maintains & troubleshoots problems that arise with computers, printers, scanners, label printers, and Welcome Kiosks. Reports malfunctioning equipment by ticket submission.
- Schedules future appointments for BMA Providers or Resources via telephone and/or in person from AVS, pools, or staff messages.