Job Description
Job Summary
The main focus of this position is to deliver exceptional patient-centered customer service and provide team support to IBJI staff and partners relative to administrative services.
The primary objective of this position is:
- To meet and exceed customer service expectations while executing front desk functions.
- Communicate in a transparent and professional manner
- Contribute positively to the work environment
- Foster relationships
- Represent IBJI core values
The secondary objective of this position is:
- To execute established best practices relative to front office tasks
- Understand current policies and procedures and relative timelines
- Proficient with compliance regulations
- Apply effective and efficient strategies to task completion
- Adopt a team oriented approach
Responsibilities
- Greet patients upon entry with a smile, pleasant welcome and establish eye contact
- Answer phones with the established ‘phone greeting’ script
- Follow established patient appointment scheduling guidelines and strategies, document canceled and no-show appointments, and review appointment wait list to support visit capacity requirements
- Collect over the counter balances at the time of service
- Provide new patients with insurance benefit and therapy cost explanation
- Assist in patient account issue resolution
- Responsible for daily duties which include but are not limited to: new patient preparation, intake procedures, new referral follow up, account balance review, pre-certification and authorization account management, reconciliation of payments, and voicemail retrieval
- Scanning, faxing, and other clerical duties
- Provide daily support to the Patient Services Manager, Facility Manager and Rehab staff upon request
- Assist in maintaining a clean and safe work environment
- All other duties as assigned
Required Education and Experience
- Associates Degree or higher (Healthcare concentration preferred) or the equivalent of 2 years of customer service experience (Healthcare background preferred)
- Displays professional and effective writing and verbal communication skills
- Versed in technical skills such as EMR software; Windows; MS Office; Email access; internet
- Typing speed minimum 40 words per minute
Physical Requirements
- Ability to lift a maximum of 20 pounds to waist height
- Ability to be standing and sitting on a frequent basis during the day
- Ability to work on a computer on a frequent basis during the day
Work Environment
- Fast paced professional office setting
- Routine use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, scanners, and fax machines
- Varied work hours to include opening and closing shifts