Associate Patient Care Coordinator

Primary Responsibilities

• Greet patients and visitors in a prompt, courteous and helpful manner
• Obtain accurate and updated patient information, such as name, address, insurance information
• Perform insurance verification on the date of service
• Obtain patient signatures for required documents
• Filer and maintain medical records
• Confirm and schedule appointments
• Follow the Payment Security policy and procedures according to Optum Medical guidelines
• Ability to maintain a work queue list – complete any pending actions i.e. referrals, scheduling appointments
• Check In and Check Out patients
• Perform referral documentation promptly
• Performs certain follow-up services for patients in a prompt and courteous manner, such as scheduling specialist appointments, scheduling follow-up appointments
• Adhere to the standards identified via Sparq regarding Optum Employee Policies
• Work cohesively with fellow employees to achieve specific team goals
• Comfortable working in high pace environment
• Assure the continuity of care through scheduling and tracking systems
• Provide effective communication to patient / family team members and other health care professionals as evidenced by documentation, case conferences, communication notes, and evaluations
• Comply with administrative policies to ensure quality of care
• Demonstrate precision and efficiency in scanning documents and monitoring the fax server, retrieving and / or scanning documents and assigning to the appropriate electronic chart

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
• 1+ years of computer proficiency experience (multi-tasking through multiple applications including Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word)
• 1+ years of customer service or healthcare related experience
• Ability to travel 10 % to cover other offices as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience working in medical front office/Urgent Care position performing duties such as scheduling appointments, checking patients in/out, insurance verification, collecting co-pays, and maintaining medical records
• Experience working with an electronic health record (EPIC)
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Knowledge of insurance carriers and managed care plans

Soft Skills

• Ability to work independently and maintain good judgment and accountability
• Demonstrated ability to work well with health care providers
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks to meet all deadlines
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to speak clearly and concisely, conveying information in a manner that others can understand, as well as ability to understand and interpret information from others

Benefits

• Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays
• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account
• Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Education Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.)