About the Role
Schedules appointments, tests or procedures, responds to patient calls, provides instruction/support to staff for communicating with patients and may act as liaison between providers & specialists outside of D-H.
Responsibilities
- Responds to patient calls providing general information and education.
- Greets patients arriving for appointments, provides appropriate questionnaire(s), answer questions and assists patients with completion of forms and use of technology, acknowledges any delays and keeps patient updated.
- Assesses needs of patients without appointments and processes requests for prescriptions, forms, appointments or need to speak directly to clinical support.
- Reviews schedules daily for accuracy in scheduling, needed ancillaries and incoming records and makes adjustments as needed.
- Reviews wait list, manages multiple e-DH worklists and reschedules patients to assure schedules are fully booked and patients’ needs are met.
- Completes any follow up needs for patients as directed by the After Visit Summary.
- Receives incoming phone calls from providers, other staff or external provider offices and patients.
- Appropriately assesses the needs of the caller and processes requests, takes messages, schedules appointments or transfers the call.
- Monitors and completes system messages in a timely manner to meet patients’ needs.
- Monitors incoming faxes regularly and reviews each to determine the proper course of action in a timely manner.
- Reviews all provider schedules at the end of day to identify and contact those patients who require follow up and processes letters to no shows in accordance with current policy.
- Supports providers and staff in addressing patient questions/concerns.
- Provides instruction/support to providers and staff on communicating with patients regarding these questions or concerns.
- Monitors the waiting room for patients in distress and seeks assistance when needed.
- Responds to minor patient concerns and complaints using service recovery tactics.
- Reports all concerns and complaints to supervisor/manager.
- Manages multiple in-baskets by monitoring, prioritizing and properly routing the messages.
- Completes tasks as assigned by providers or clinical staff.
- Acts as liaison between primary care providers & specialists outside DH.
- Participates in initiatives to improve department workflows and policies and procedures.
- Delivers mail to mail room and picks up mail to be distributed within department on a daily basis.
- Completes monthly tracers and weekly BCA (Business Continuity Application) system checks.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned.
- Able to be a team player and collaborate with others throughout the system.
Requirements
- Ability to effectively interact with providers, staff, patients and insurance plan representatives a must
- Able to prioritize multiple tasks
- Must have prior computer experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Attention to detail
Skills
- Knowledge of insurance benefit programs
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Experience Level
- 1 year experience in provider office preferred
Education Level
- High school graduate or equivalent
