SCHEDULING SPECIALIST

Responsibilities

• scheduling patient appointments
• providing pre-registration
• verification of insurance
• obtaining insurance authorizations
• collecting patient payments
• providing estimates
• entering ICD-10 codes
• completing appropriate medical necessity checking

Requirements

• Patient Access or Revenue Cycle Certification - preferred
• Experience in health care scheduling, billing, health insurance verification, ICD-10 coding, medical necessity checking, authorizations, and copay collections
• Experience in customer service or call center - preferred
• Associate Degree in health care billing, accounting, or business and a minimum of 1 year of health care healthcare scheduling and patient registration experience
• High School Diploma/GED and a minimum of 3 years of health related experience in healthcare scheduling, billing, and registration
• Completion of Medical Terminology course - preferred

Qualifications

• Excellent word processing and computer typing skills
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills
• Must pass a medical terminology assessment test with 80% or greater
• Must successfully complete analytical skills assessment test with 65% or greater

Skills

• Understanding modality specific protocols to safely schedule patients

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer

Pay

• N/A

Schedule

• Full-time