Medical Assistant

Responsibilities

• Handle all administrative duties in a timely manner
• Perform routine clinical tasks to support medical staff
• Communicate with insurance companies for proper billing procedures
• Escort patients to exam rooms
• Work from our 2 West Valley offices, based on where your provider is working each week.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in healthcare as a medical assistant preferred, not required!
• Familiarity with medical billing procedures
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to remain calm in high pressure situations
• Positive attitude

More Functions

• Verify patient date of birth
• Keep medications and new diagnosis updated
• Verify pharmacy and PCP, names and phones numbers
• Take vitals
• Update patient information in EMR system
• Prepare injections and consents for injections
• Ask and answer questions to patients
• Aid providers in timely manner
• Make copies or print records for patient
• Keep updated patient medications refills either requested by patient or pharmacy
• Document administered injections by medical assistant and providers in EMR
• Document samples medicines provided to patient
• Keep medication logs and expiration updated
• Teach patient how to administer self-injections medications
• Request laboratory and imaging records
• Keep Record release and HIPPA forms updated
• Make phone calls requested by providers: requesting diagnosis, reason of visit; peer to peer, laboratories, hospitals and clinics
• Send via Fax or EDI prescriptions and fax paper work with the proper PHI
• Make and answer phone calls
• Contact patient with laboratories and imaging results