Front Desk Specialist

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for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. No job title heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting. Company Summary: includes description of company. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" maybe includes position summary. We'll decide. We have sections: Position Summary (description of role). Could be under "About the role". Also "Company Summary" maybe not needed? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content to those headings. We have: - Company Summary (about company) maybe not needed; but could be part of "About the role"? Probably not. The role description includes Position Summary and responsibilities. We have many responsibilities listed under headings: Patient Scheduling & Coordination, Patient Registration & Intake, Insurance & Financial Responsibilities, Patient Communication, Compliance & Administrative Support, Key Responsibilities (list). We need to consolidate into a Responsibilities section with

• . We have Required and Preferred qualifications. Those could go under Requirements (maybe Required) and Qualifications (Preferred) or Skills. The instruction: Use headings for Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide what goes where. We have "Required" list: High school diploma or equivalent. Strong customer service and communication skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism. "Preferred": One or more years of healthcare, behavioral health, medical office, or customer service experience. Experience with electronic health record (EHR) systems. Experience with scheduling, insurance verification, and patient registration processes. Knowledge of HIPAA and healthcare privacy regulations. We also have "Company Benefits" list: Medical Dental Vision 401k w/ Match Generous PTO, paid parental leave, company holidays. We have no explicit Pay or Schedule info. So we should NOT include Pay or Schedule sections because they are not stated. We have Work Environment and Physical Demands but not needed. Thus sections we can include: - About the role: maybe combine Company Summary and Position Summary? The instruction: "About the role" could be a brief description of the role. We have Position Summary paragraph. We'll put that under About the role. - Responsibilities: all duties bullet list. - Requirements: Required qualifications. - Qualifications: Preferred qualifications (or could be Skills). But we have Skills heading too. Could put Required under Requirements, Preferred under Qualifications, and maybe Skills under Skills (like proficiency with Microsoft Office, communication skills). But we already have those in Required. Might be redundant. Better: Use Requirements for required qualifications, Qualifications for preferred qualifications, Skills for specific skills like Microsoft Office, communication, etc. But we already have those in required. Could split. But we must not create thin sections. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Required and Preferred into Requirements, and put Skills separate? Or combine all into Requirements and Qualifications? Let's think. We have: - About the role: Position Summary paragraph. - Responsibilities: bullet list of duties. - Requirements: Required qualifications (HS diploma, customer service skills, MS Office, confidentiality). - Qualifications: Preferred qualifications (experience, EHR, scheduling, HIPAA). - Skills: maybe not needed separately because covered. - Benefits: bullet list. Thus we will output sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits. We must not include Pay or Schedule. Now we need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit any details. We need to convert paragraphs into

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  • . We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present. We need to include company summary? The instruction says use heading About the role for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). The company summary is not about the role but about company. Could we include it under About the role? Might be okay but risk of adding irrelevant content. However we must preserve ALL substantive information. If we omit company summary, we lose info. So we need to include it somewhere. Perhaps we can include it under About the role as a brief intro about the company and role. The heading "About the role" could encompass both role and company context. That seems acceptable. Thus About the role section will contain company summary paragraph plus position summary paragraph. We need to ensure we don't omit any details from company summary: "Ascend Medical, founded in 2021, has a mission to elevate body, mind and soul. Our advanced primary care clinically integrates behavioral, metabolic and lifestyle aspects of health to keep you well physically, mentally and emotionally. Ascend started as a convenient, hybrid delivery model spanning digital and at home modalities, meeting patients where they are: at home, at work or anywhere else. We have since evolved and now partner with traditional primary care providers to augment their offering, allowing patients to experience Ascend through brick-and-mortar, digital and at-home channels. Our Values Unlike your typical healthcare system, Ascend is designed to innovate. Innovation starts with a culture that is excited to reimagine healthcare and is not afraid to disrupt. We try to avoid any micro-management of employees but rather embrace a core set of values that empower our team-members to make smart decisions: Patients before Profits Empathy before Expedience Progress before Stagnation Team before Individual Safety before Everything At Ascend Medical, you’ll be part of a team of caring and innovative professionals who are forging a new path in healthcare – one that is patient-centered, affordable, and highly convenient. Ascend boasts the highest patient satisfaction scores in the industry (net promoter score consistently above 95) and we excel in delighting patients." We need to preserve that exactly (maybe as a paragraph). Then position summary paragraph: "The Front Desk Specialist serves as the first point of contact for patients and visitors and is responsible for creating a welcoming, professional, and efficient patient experience. This position manages patient scheduling, registration, insurance verification, intake documentation, provider calendar management, and daily front office operations. The Front Desk Specialist works closely with patients, providers, billing, and administrative teams to ensure seamless clinic operations while maintaining the highest standards of customer service, confidentiality, and regulatory compliance." We'll combine them maybe as two paragraphs. Now Responsibilities: need to list all duties from the various subheadings. Let's extract bullet points: From Patient Scheduling & Coordination: - Schedule intake assessments, psychiatric evaluations, therapy appointments, and follow-up visits. - Match patients with the appropriate provider based on clinical and scheduling needs. - Manage appointment cancellations, rescheduling requests, and waitlists. - Utilize reporting tools to maximize appointment utilization and reduce scheduling gaps. - Send appointment reminders via phone, text, email, and patient portal communications. - Maintain provider calendars and monitor scheduling availability. Patient Registration & Intake: - Collect demographic, insurance, and contact information from patients. - Enter and update patient information within the electronic health record (EHR). - Distribute and collect intake paperwork, consent forms, insurance cards, and payment information. - Ensure all required documentation is completed before appointments. - Review and update patient records for accuracy and completeness. Insurance & Financial Responsibilities: - Verify insurance eligibility, benefits, and referral requirements. - Manage Tricare referral verification when applicable. - Document insurance verification findings within patient records. - Confirm copays and communicate patient financial responsibility. - Coordinate with the billing department to resolve insurance and account questions. Patient Communication: - Answer incoming calls from patients, family members, providers, and referral sources. - Respond promptly to voicemails, emails, and patient portal messages. - Provide information regarding services, appointment availability, and office policies. - Route communications appropriately to providers and internal departments. Compliance & Administrative Support: - Maintain HIPAA compliance and safeguard protected health information. - Follow established documentation standards and organizational policies. - Assist with audits, reporting activities, and quality assurance initiatives. - Coordinate monthly pharmaceutical representative lunches and provider support activities. - Maintain accurate records and support clinic administrative operations. Key Responsibilities (additional): - Book telehealth appointments, triage patients virtually, and records patient interview, history & chief complaint utilizing Ascend’s EMR. - Facilitate telehealth consultations by pre-visit chart review or planning, ensuring all equipment is operable prior to appointment, orienting patients to the technology, facilitates communication between provider and patient as needed, and participating in assessments by utilizing technology and other equipment for the purposes of the telehealth encounter. - Prepare patients for examinations and performs/sets up referrals for routine screening tests; assists physician with exams; explain treatment procedures and physicians' instructions to patient. - Work directly with the Care Coordinator to ensure all patients have care plans and follow up appointments lined out by the provider. - Organize and manage inbound and/or outbound communications – calls, chats, and emails as assigned. - Offer advice and guidance to new and existing members, educating new members on the benefits of Ascend Medical and clearly guide members on how to utilize the company’s services, and assist patients to understand and navigate their health insurance so they maximize available benefits. - Processes patient phone messages, online messages, follow up calls, and routing them to other team members as appropriate; call/secure messaging with patients to obtain and relay pertinent information for the physician. - Conduct business in a service-oriented manner that is attentive, cooperative, sensitive, respectful, and kind with dealing with patients, visitors, the public and all colleagues. We need to ensure we keep all details, no omission. Now Requirements (Required): - High school diploma or equivalent. - Strong customer service and communication skills. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. - Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism. Qualifications (Preferred): - One or more years of healthcare, behavioral health, medical office, or customer service experience. - Experience with electronic health record (EHR) systems. - Experience with scheduling, insurance verification, and patient registration processes. - Knowledge of HIPAA and healthcare privacy regulations. Benefits: - Medical - Dental - Vision - 401k w/ Match - Generous PTO, paid parental leave, company holidays Note: The benefits line "Generous PTO, paid parental leave, company holidays" is a single item but we can keep as one
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      About the role

      Ascend Medical, founded in 2021, has a mission to elevate body, mind and soul. Our advanced primary care clinically integrates behavioral, metabolic and lifestyle aspects of health to keep you well physically, mentally and emotionally. Ascend started as a convenient, hybrid delivery model spanning digital and at home modalities, meeting patients where they are: at home, at work or anywhere else. We have since evolved and now partner with traditional primary care providers to augment their offering, allowing patients to experience Ascend through brick-and-mortar, digital and at-home channels. Our Values Unlike your typical healthcare system, Ascend is designed to innovate. Innovation starts with a culture that is excited to reimagine healthcare and is not afraid to disrupt. We try to avoid any micro-management of employees but rather embrace a core set of values that empower our team-members to make smart decisions: Patients before Profits Empathy before Expedience Progress before Stagnation Team before Individual Safety before Everything At Ascend Medical, you’ll be part of a team of caring and innovative professionals who are forging a new path in healthcare – one that is patient-centered, affordable, and highly convenient. Ascend boasts the highest patient satisfaction scores in the industry (net promoter score consistently above 95) and we excel in delighting patients.

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