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Chesterfield Imaging
Medical Office Specialist
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What they do
A Registrar or Patient Service Representative provides direct assistance to patients at a health care or long term care facility. Answers questions and helps resolve complaints; provides liaison with health care providers; may assist with coordinating appointments or addressing billing or insurance issues.
$45,125 / year median in Virginia
+12% projected growth
Job Description
The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Medical Office Specialist? At Chesterfield Imaging, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years. Job Summary and Qualifications Answers all incoming phone calls (customer and/or informational) promptly and courteously, respond to all voice mail messages and redirect all incoming phone calls to the appropriate person (if applicable). Navigates payer systems and websites to determine coverage and patient financial responsibility Verify insurance and determine patient financial responsibility Collects Co-pays appropriately Updates patient demographics (i.e. patient address, phone numbers) Obtains and/or insures Pre-Authorization/Medical Necessity for procedures Run State license check and OIG sanctions check on undefined providers, relay documentation Using Center's various IT systems, schedules, re-schedules and registers patients for procedures Appropriately manage release of information to providers and patients, Run day-end reports from Meditech for unresolved items Access patient records and provides for HIPAA compliant release of PHI Scan, file and manage paper documentation Fax or phone results as indicated Provide appropriate patient preparation material and instructions and log dispensing Sort incoming mail. Processes various correspondence including credit card payments and sets up payment plans. Problem-solves to provide best patient experience even in the presence of barriers, Complete outbound calls such as appointment reminders, missed appointment recovery calls and schedule patient accordingly Coordinates and/or participates in the orientation and training of new staff under the guidance of the Center Director KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and