Medical Services Coordinator

Job Summary

The Medical Services Coordinator serves as a point of contact to coordinate medical care, providing support to patients and psychiatric clinicians, ensuring quality customer service to in-person and remote patients and clinicians.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Create a positive work environment; be a culture carrier and support in-office clinician and staff engagement activities to promote LFST culture, engagement, and connection.
• Provide strong customer service, responding quickly and appropriately to patient needs, and being prepared to manage potentially difficult or emotional situations.
• Communicate with peers, clinicians, and patients in ways that support patient care and clinician satisfaction.
• Operational Excellence: Assist psychiatric clinicians with necessary aspects of patient care including prior authorizations, lab orders, letters for patients, records requests, coordination of needed patient forms/paperwork (i.e. FLMA).
• Facilitate communication as needed between the patient, medical staff and the patient’s pharmacy.
• Manage phone systems: Answer incoming calls to medical services line and provide patient support with medication related questions, refill requests, release requests, appointment reschedules, miscellaneous inquires, etc.
• Ensure accuracy of patient pharmacy information in the medical record.
• Scan all hard copy correspondence into patient’s EHR record.
• Assist patients with telehealth access, Patient Portal issues, and other troubleshooting as needed.
• Immediately handle any urgent requests; triage patient issues and resolution, i.e., direct to correct departments or escalate for assistance.
• Aid psychiatric clinicians in termination process for patients as needed (i.e. termination letter, external referral, AMD status, etc.).

Required Skills/Abilities

• Ability to multitask and prioritize duties to support delivery of high-quality patient experience.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficient in using Computer Software Applications (Microsoft Office & EMRs).
• Comfortable handling sensitive and confidential Information (HIPAA).

Education And Experience

• High School or equivalent required, associates/bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 1+ years of experience in healthcare operations, customer service, or similar role or setting preferred.

Professionalism And Decision-making Responsibilities

• Behave Ethically: Understand ethical behavior and business practices and ensure own behavior and the behavior of others are consistent with these standards and align with the values of the company.
• Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others internally and externally to achieve the organization's goals.
• Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Growth Mindset: Actively look for ways to improve processes/performance. Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate workable solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.
• Flexibility and Adaptability: Willingness to be flexible in responsibilities and easily adapt to the company's needs.
• Organization & Attention to Detail: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, and monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information.
• Understand the need for accurate information in data entry and communication with patients/clients and staff.
• Conflict Resolution: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to resolve problems and express disagreements in a way that does not attack/disparage others or impact patient care.

Physical Requirements

• Sit, stand, bend, talk and hear.
• Frequently walk.
• Occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Additional benefits include a 401k retirement savings with employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, holiday pay and an Employee Assistance Program.