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UPMC Cole Memorial Medical Group is currently hiring a per-diem Office Assistant I to join our Coudersport Outpatient team. This is a busy medical group with a great providers and awesome staff! This is a dayshift position with 8-hour shifts scheduled as needed between 7:00am & 7:00pm, Monday through Friday! WE provide a generous reimbursement for mileage between offices. Apply today and join our team providing Life Changing Medicine to local communities throughout the region!Purpose:Responsible for making and scheduling patient appointments in an efficient and timely manner. Assists customers in person and on the phone, providing information, and communicating with various departments. Obtains and enters complete demographic and insurance information.Responsibilities:
Verify necessary information and records in the medical record and computerized scheduling system.
Schedule, coordinate, and reschedule patient's appointments. Relay necessary messages to staff and providers.
Greet and register patients in a polite, prompt, helpful manner. Provide any necessary instructions/directions. Inform appropriate department/person of person's arrival performing appropriate check-in and check-out functions.
Maintain clean, orderly waiting area including beverage area and reading materials.
Prepare patient charts for upcoming appointments.
Answer telephone, screen calls, takes messages, and provides information.
Maintain and update current information on physician's schedules ensuring that patients are scheduled properly, and appointments are confirmed.
Complete necessary paperwork such as encounter forms and referrals. Use computer system to generate information necessary for billing.
Answer questions regarding patient appointments and testing.
Complies with all UPMC Health System policies and procedures. Maintain strict confidentiality related to medical records and other data.
Utilize appropriate modules of the automated financial management system for scheduling, information verification, entering charges, co-payment collection/reconciliation and other tasks.
· High school diploma or GED is required.· 1 year work experience, preferably in a medical office setting.· Knowledge of medical terminology preferred.· Word processing and computer experience preferred.Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:· Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal· Act 33 with renewal· Act 34 with renewal· Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewalUPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
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