Description
Certified Medical Assistant at AdventHealth Medical Group West Florida
Location Address: 11103 Trinity Blvd, Trinity, FL 34655
Top Reasons to Work at AdventHealth Medical Group West Florida
- Immediate Health Insurance Coverage
- Sign on Bonus
- Great benefits such as: Educational Reimbursement
- Career growth and advancement potential
Work Hours/Shift:
Full Time 40 hours per week, Days
You Will Be Responsible For:
Individuals must possess these knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and to demonstrate that s/he can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.
- Provides back up to all front office positions; check in, check out, and medical records
- Provides data and assistance to Practice Manager / Office Coordinator as required
- Performs clinical responsibilities as assigned/needed.
- Communicates in a cordial, professional manner with patients via phone and in
- person to meet the patient's needs as soon as possible
- Sets up office for daily operation by turning on computers, ensuring schedules are printed, and retrieving voice mail messages
- Maintains correspondence, including: progress notes and new patient packets
- Updates referring physician database when necessary
- Assesses new patient files waiting to be seen and appropriately handles old patient files
- Assembles/creates charts for new patients, ensuring policy of noting allergy warnings and two methods of identification are followed
- Verifies patient data and insurance to ensure it is updated for accurate billing, inputting updated information into system as required
- Constructs insurance copies for proper insurance verification with new patients as requested
- Assists with correspondence in obtaining medical necessity letters to appropriate insurance company or business entity
Enters charges for daily reconciliation
Maintains updated documentation of identified action work lists needed for daily operations
Assists in pulling scripts, labs, charts for triage. Communicates with practitioners clearly and accurately
Fills patient cancellation slots efficiently in keeping schedules booked for the practitioners
Assists patient via scheduling to obtain appointment as a first-time patient and handles reschedule list when necessary
Handles patient concerns or refers to administration appropriately
Qualifications
What You Will Need:
- Proficient with computer programs with word processing: PowerPoint, Excel, Word
- Demonstrates interpersonal skills by effectively communicating with all levels of management, staff and outside vendors
- Strong emphasis on organizational skills and strong attention to detail and ability to multi task.
- Ability to deal with data that is of a sensitive and confidential nature (HIPAA).
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Displays professional interactions with all levels of internal and external customers.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Competent in basic patient work-up for examination.
- Good medical knowledge to assist doctor during patient exams.
- Ability to keep process and patient flow on time
- Good business office organizational skills.
- Ability to adapt to change
- Previous experience in a medical environment preferred
- High School Graduate or equivalent
- Medical Assistant with one or more years of experience in physician office or clinical setting
- Completion of accredited course in Medical Assisting preferred
- Certification in Medical Assisting preferred
- Some education beyond High School preferred
- Current BLS Certification
Job Summary:
Provides operational office support in delivery of patient care in a physician office environment. Responsible for answering phones, scheduling appointments, processing medical records, scheduling out-patient procedures, check-in and check-out patients, insurance verification and obtaining referrals & authorizations from Primary Care Physician and/or insurance carrier.
This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.
