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Coordinator-Customer Service II

Baptist Memorial Health Care · Columbus, MS · 1 mo ago
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We need to output HTML fragment with sections: Overview? Actually we need headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use

for each heading. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes Overview/Job Summary (which is about the role). It includes Minimum Requirements (requirements). It includes many responsibilities. It does not mention Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should include sections: About the role (maybe from Overview), Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe Minimum Requirements). Possibly Qualifications? The Minimum Requirements could be considered Requirements. There's no separate Qualifications. Skills could be derived but not explicit separate list; but we could include Skills if there is content: "Excellent customer relations skills", "Basic knowledge of Windows applications", "Good public relation and communication skills". However the instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could combine Skills into Responsibilities or Requirements. But we need to follow headings list; we can include only those with real content. Let's see content: Overview/Job Summary: describes role, first point of contact, administrative tasks, coordinates office activities, financial counseling, appointments, pre-certifications, professional relationship with insurance, good public relation and communication skills. Responsibilities: many bullet-like sentences: verifying insurance, collecting co-pays, making appointments, reminder calls, handling pre-certifications, maintaining relationship with insurance companies, performing daily/monthly close out, maintaining knowledge of co-pays/deductibles/workman's comp, promoting customer satisfaction, answering phones, taking messages, performing charge entry, complying with policies, calling patients for payment, scheduling appointments, gathering demographic/insurance info, maintaining organized work environment, coordinating resources to input data, collect fees, assist with financial counseling, completing assigned goals. Minimum Requirements: one year experience in physician practice/clinic, current knowledge of medical terminology, knowledge in insurance verification and charge entry, excellent customer relations skills, basic knowledge of Windows applications, current knowledge of medical terminology (duplicate), verifies insurance, communicates with carriers, performs daily/monthly close out, maintains working knowledge of insurance co-pays/deductible and workman's comp protocols, promotes customer satisfaction, possesses comprehensive knowledge of corporate policies, answers telephones, takes/directs messages, performs accurate charge entry, complies with policies, calls patients for payment, schedules appointments, gathers demographic/insurance info, maintains organized work environment, coordinates resources, completes assigned goals. Many duplicates. We need to preserve all substantive information but not repeat duplicated lines. We should deduplicate. We need to output HTML with sections: About the role (maybe from Overview), Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe Minimum Requirements). Could also include Skills if we want but we can embed within Responsibilities/Requirements. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must not include boilerplate. Thus produce something like:

About the role

The Coordinator-Customer Service serves as the first point of contact for patients and visitors, handling administrative and customer service tasks to ensure a smooth clinic experience. The role coordinates office activities for the physician practice, may involve financial counseling (insurance verification, co‑pay collection, past‑due balances), schedules appointments and reminder calls, handles pre‑certifications, and maintains professional relationships with insurance companies while displaying good public‑relation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Verify insurance coverage and communicate regularly with carriers and regulatory agencies for reimbursement.
  • Collect appropriate co‑pays, co‑insurances and past‑due balances.
  • Make appointments and place appointment‑reminder phone calls.
  • Handle pre‑certifications and maintain working relationships with insurance companies.
  • Perform daily and monthly close‑out procedures for internal controls and cash balancing.
  • Maintain knowledge of insurance co‑pays, deductibles and workman’s‑compensation protocols to ensure accurate billing.
  • Promote customer satisfaction through positive, professional verbal and non‑verbal communication.
  • Answer telephones, take and direct messages promptly to maintain workflow.
  • Perform accurate charge entry.
  • Comply with organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
  • As needed, call patients to obtain payment due or make financial arrangements for scheduled exams.
  • Schedule appointments, gather demographic and insurance information, and enter data into the practice management system.
  • Maintain an organized and efficient work environment by keeping files and records neat, orderly and confidential.
  • Coordinate resources to input accurate demographic and medical data, collect fees at time of service, and assist patients with financial counseling when appropriate.
  • Complete assigned goals.

Requirements

  • Minimum of one (1) year of experience in a physician practice or clinic setting.
  • Current knowledge of medical terminology.
  • Knowledge of insurance verification and charge entry as gained through physician‑practice experience.
  • Excellent customer‑relations skills.
  • Basic knowledge of Windows applications.
  • Ability to verify insurance, communicate with carriers and regulatory agencies for reimbursement.
  • Ability to perform daily and monthly close‑out procedures and maintain cash balancing.
  • Working knowledge of insurance co‑pays, deductibles and workman’s‑compensation protocols.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of corporate policies and procedures relating to clinic operations.
  • Skill in answering telephones, taking and directing messages appropriately.
  • Ability to perform accurate charge entry.
  • Willingness to call patients for payment due or to make financial arrangements.
  • Capability to schedule appointments, gather demographic and insurance information, and enter data into the practice management system.
  • Ability to maintain an organized, confidential work environment.
  • Ability to coordinate resources for accurate data entry, fee collection and patient financial counseling.
  • Commitment to completing assigned goals.
We should not include Benefits, Pay, Schedule sections because not present. Make sure no duplicate lines. We have some overlapping content between Responsibilities and Requirements; but it's okay as they are distinct sections. However we might want to avoid repeating same bullet in both sections. But the instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all info. If some info appears in both sections originally, we can keep it in both? Might be considered duplication but it's from original. However we could deduplicate across sections? The instruction says "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." It says duplicated lines (presumably within the posting). So we should remove duplicated lines across the posting. So we need to deduplicate identical sentences that appear multiple times. Many lines appear in both Overview and Responsibilities and Minimum Requirements. We need to keep each unique piece of info only once. Thus we need to produce a set of unique bullet points covering all responsibilities and requirements without duplication. Let's extract unique responsibilities: - Serve as first point of contact for patients and visitors. - Handle administrative and customer service tasks to ensure smooth clinic experience. - Coordinate and direct office activities of the physician practice. - May be responsible for financial counseling: verify insurance, collect appropriate co‑pays, co‑insurances and past‑due balances. - Make appointments and appointment reminder phone calls. - May handle pre‑certifications. - Maintain a professional working relationship with insurance companies. - Display good public relation and communication skills. - Verify insurance, communicate regularly with carriers and other regulatory agencies for reimbursement purposes. - Perform daily and monthly close out procedures for internal controls and cash balancing. - Maintain working knowledge of insurance co‑pays and deductible, and workman's compensation protocols to ensure accurate and compliant billing information. - Promote customer satisfaction while maintaining a positive, professional manner in both verbal and nonverbal communication. - Answer telephones, take, and direct messages on a timely basis according to direction and location appropriate to maintain continuous workflow. - Perform accurate charge entry. - Comply with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices. - As necessary, call patients to obtain payment due or make financial arrangements for scheduled exams. - Schedule appointments, gather demographic and insurance information and enter into the practice management system. - Maintain an organized and efficient work environment by keeping files and records neat and orderly to promote a smooth work‑flow and to ensure confidentiality. - Coordinate resources necessary to input accurate data, both demographic and medical, collect appropriate fees at time of service and assist patient with financial counseling when appropriate. - Complete assigned goals. Now requirements (minimum requirements) unique items not already covered: - One (1) year of experience in a physician practice or clinic. - Current knowledge of medical terminology (mentioned already in responsibilities? Not exactly; we have "display good public relation and communication skills" but not medical terminology. So need to include.) - Knowledge in insurance verification and charge entry as provided through experience in a physician practice (some overlap with responsibilities but we have "Verify insurance, communicate regularly with carriers..." and "Perform accurate charge entry". The requirement about knowledge in insurance verification and charge entry is similar but we can keep as requirement.) - Excellent customer relations skills (already covered in responsibilities: promote customer satisfaction etc. Might be duplicate but we can keep if not exactly same. However "excellent customer relations skills" is a skill; we could include under Skills section. But we can keep as requirement if not duplicated exactly.) - Basic knowledge of Windows applications (not in responsibilities; we have no mention of Windows. So include.) - Possesses comprehensive knowledge of corporate policies and procedures as they relate to clinic operations (not in responsibilities exactly; we have "Comply with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices" but not corporate policies. So include.) - (Duplicate of current knowledge of medical terminology appears twice; we keep once.) - (Duplicate of verifying insurance etc already in responsibilities.) - (Duplicate of performing daily/monthly close out etc already in responsibilities.) - (Duplicate of maintaining working knowledge of insurance co-pays/deductible/workman's comp already in responsibilities.) - (Duplicate of promoting customer satisfaction already in responsibilities.) - (Duplicate of answering telephones etc already in responsibilities.) - (Duplicate of performing accurate charge entry already in responsibilities.) - (Duplicate of calling patients for payment already in responsibilities.) - (Duplicate of scheduling appointments etc already in responsibilities.) - (Duplicate of maintaining organized work environment already in responsibilities.) - (Duplicate of coordinating resources etc already in responsibilities.) - (Duplicate of completing assigned goals already in responsibilities.) Thus unique requirements: 1 year experience, current knowledge of medical terminology, knowledge in insurance verification and charge entry (maybe we can keep as requirement), basic knowledge of Windows applications, comprehensive knowledge of corporate policies and procedures. We could also include "Excellent customer relations skills" as a skill but we can put under Skills section if we want. But we already have responsibilities covering customer satisfaction; but "excellent customer relations skills" is a skill. We could create a Skills section: Excellent customer relations skills, Basic knowledge of Windows applications, Good public relation and communication skills (already in responsibilities). However we already have basic Windows in requirements; we could move to Skills. Given instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Skills into Responsibilities or Requirements. But we have many responsibilities already; adding a Skills section may be thin. Better to embed skills within Responsibilities or Requirements. Thus final sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements. We need to ensure no duplicated lines within each section. Let's craft About the role paragraph summarizing overview without repeating bullet points. About the role: The Coordinator-Customer Service serves as the first point of contact for patients and visitors, handling administrative and customer service tasks to ensure a smooth clinic experience. The role coordinates office activities for the physician practice, may provide financial counseling (insurance verification, co‑pay collection, past‑due balances), schedules appointments and reminder calls, handles pre‑certifications, maintains professional relationships with insurance companies, and displays good public‑relation and communication skills. Now Responsibilities: list unique bullet points as above. Now Requirements: list unique bullet points: 1 year experience, current knowledge of medical

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