Medical Secretary

Company: Steward Health Care
Location: Hermitage
Posted on: May 14, 2022

Job Description:

Summary:Steward Health Care System is comprised of 10 hospitals and more than 20 outpatient facilities all committed to compassion, accountability, respect and excellence. Headquartered in Boston, MA, Steward Health Care System is a community-based accountable care organization and community hospital network with more than 15,000 employees serving more than one million patients annually in 85 communities. Description:To function as a member of the administrative team and complete all daily tasks to ensure smooth day to day operations in busy practice..ResponsibilitiesUse of athenaCollector for scheduling patient appointments, including patient registration, and practice billing. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:Verify patient Insurance eligibility and adding insurancePatient Scheduling, including cancelling and rescheduling appointments, creating multi resource appts, using waitlists, and double booking when applicablePatient Check InCollecting Patient Copays /PaymentsPatient Check OutUsing Workflow DashboardCompleting Day End ActivitiesAnswers, triages, and routes telephone calls appropriately; takes messages, follows through with each message, ensuring that the appropriate physician/staff member and received the information. Provides routine information to callers Prepares the daily schedules for the office, pulls and prepares the patient charts, ensuring that the proper chart has been selected and the appropriate paperwork has been attached to the chart (i.e., encounter form, etc.) Schedules patients' appointments and appropriate testing for patients as directed. Facilitates admissions to hospital as neededVerifies information from patients including demographic and health insurance information Prepares documents for billing physician encounters; enters data, ensures that referrals are received, etc. Provides administrative support for physician. Prepares correspondence, forms and other documents are requested. Enters information into the computer system. Transcribes dictation of a highly confidential nature Organizes and updates patient files, charts, and records Responsible for stocking of supplies and assists in ordering suppliesPerforms other duties as requestedSkills and Qualifications:Education from approved medical administrative program or equivalent preferredHigh School Diploma or equivalent required1 to 3 years of experience as a Medical Secretary preferredExperience with EMR strongly preferred (Athena or eCW a plus) Experience with Microsoft Office suite

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