Office Coordinator
Location: Sharon, CT, United States
Salary Range: 20.86 - 38.73
Work Type: Per Diem
Standard Hours: 0
FTE: Non-Exempt
Work Schedule: DAY 8.5
Work Shift: As needed Monday-Thursday, 8.5-hour shifts between the hours of 7am-5pm
Date Posted:
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Nuvance Health extends from New York’s Hudson Valley to western Connecticut. Our team of more than 15,000 caregivers delivers compassionate care through seven community hospitals, primary care and specialty practice locations, outpatient settings, home care services and telehealth visits. With strong hearts and open minds, we’re pushing past boundaries and challenging the expected, all in the name of possibility. As we journey forward, we are guided by our values: personal, imaginative, agile and connected. Our curiosity is opening new pathways and creating new advancements in healthcare for all.
Description
Summary:
To access patients into the hospital system. To establish a satisfactory patient-hospital relationship. To initiate the information flow and records keeping process. To prepare record for electronic billing. To answer phones and schedule patients for appointments
Responsibilities:
1. Answer phones and obtains demographic and financial information.
2. Schedules new and follow up patient appointments in EMR.
3. Register patients in Hospital system and verifies insurance.
4. Verifies coverage and need for Authorization for Procedures - Obtains ABNs as needed.
5. Requests/retrieves medical records on patients and prepares them for provider review prior to patient arrival.
6. Obtains signatures, consents and copy of insurance card from patient/family upon arrival.
7. Maintains schedule in cooperation with nursing staff, conducts patient reminder calls and re-schedules as needed.
8. Works with providers for needed signatures for patient paperwork.
9. Copy, Fax and coordinate needed insurance information and patient supply/care needs.
10. Scan records into EMR and Hospital System to maintain financial records.
12. Reviews EMR documentation and Superbills for completeness.
13. Enters charges into Cerner Batch Tool.
14. Reconciles charges from EMR with charges entered into Cerner.
15. Checks Dx codes in HIM system and monitors Pre and Post Bill Edit queues.
16. Maintain and Model Nuvance Health Foundational Values (Personal, Imaginative, Agile, Connected).
17. Performs other duties as required.
Other Information:
Education: High School Diploma
Experience: Data entry and keyboard/computer skills required. Customer Service Skills required. Health Care Experience preferred.
Medical Terminology and Insurance Authorization experience preferred.
Working Conditions:
Manual: Little or no manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
Occupational: Little or no potential for occupational risk
Physical Effort: Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force
Physical Environment: Generally pleasant working conditions
Company: Sharon Hospital
Org Unit: 1172
Department: Wound Care Ctr
Exempt: No
Salary Range: $20.86 - $38.73 Hourly
We are an equal opportunity employer
Qualified applicants are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other classification protected under applicable Federal, State or Local law.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation or our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to ensure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.
