Patient Care Coordinator

Description

Patient Care Coordinators are responsible for providing exceptional service by welcoming our patients and ensuring all check-in and checkout processes are completed.

• Acknowledge and greets patients, customer, and vendors as they walk into the practice, in a friendly and welcoming manner
• Answers and responds to telephone inquiries in a professional and timely manner
• Schedules appointments
• Gathers patients and insurance information
• Verifies and enters patient demographics into EMR ensuring all fields are complete
• Verifies vision and medical insurance information and enters EMR
• Maintains a clear understanding of insurance plans and is able to communicate insurance information to the patients
• Pulls schedules to ensure insurance eligibility prior to patient appointment and ensures files are complete
• Prepare insurance claims and run reports to ensure all charges are billed and filed
• Print and prepare forms for patients visit
• Collects and documents all charges, co-pays, and payments into EMR
• Allocates balances to insurance as needed
• Always maintains a clean workspace
• Practices economy in the use of _me, equipment, and supplies
• Performs other duties as needed and as assigned by manager

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Basic computer literacy
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• Must be able to maintain patient and practice confidentiality

Physical Demands

• This position requires the ability to communicate and exchange information, utilize equipment necessary to perform the job, and move about the office.