Medical Office Specialist - Positive Health Solutions (PHS)
University of Illinois, Peoria, IL, United States
Medical Office Specialist
The Medical Office Specialist is responsible for providing a broad range of complex clerical activities at Positive Health Solutions. This position is responsible for registering clinic patients, checking in and checking out Bloomington clinic patients, collecting copayments for services, managing provider schedules, coordinating transportation and interpreter support and scheduling patient appointments. This position is also responsible for calculating patient discounted fee schedules in EPIC system and collecting outstanding patient balances or working with the Director to identify potential account write-offs. They work under general supervision.
Duties & Responsibilities
Works independently completing the registration process for new and returning Peoria and Bloomington clinic patients and obtains demographic, income and insurance information to enter into EPIC system.
Prepares patient registration packets and calculates patient discounted fee schedules in EPIC system.
Informs new patients of departmental billing, payment and insurance procedures.
Makes patient appointment reminder calls and calls to reschedule patients who do not attend appointments.
Responds to registration/scheduling questions from patients and their families.
Receives phone calls and retrieves voicemail messages and forwards requests for clinical information to the nursing staff.
Serves as lead clinic subject matter expert for the agency.
Go-to person for any questions regarding patient appointments, clinic operations, and provider schedules.
Manages inventory for clinic including printers, scanners, etc. and insuring they remain in good repair.
Receives, reports, repackages and organizes patient medications that are delivered to PHS clinic.
Assists with updating spread sheet monitoring when medications are picked up by patients.
Coordinates patient transportation and interpreter requests for medical appointments.
Works closely with vendor to ensure these requests are filled and tracks to ensure accurate billing.
Completes patient check out process and enters information into patient's EPIC medical record.
Schedules patients for follow up appointments.
Ensures that providers have closed patient encounter so that patient check-out process can be completed to generate charge for patient visit.
Collects patient co-payments at the time of service.
Closes out credit card system daily and troubleshoots any issues with the credit card machine.
Retrieves medical appointment, reports/information.
Provide Enterprise system and Microsoft Excel to track appointment reschedules, cancellations and no call no shows.
Performs monthly reconciliation of missed provider appointments to determine which patients may need to receive appointment warnings or restriction letters due to non-adherence to HIV treatment plan per Federal grant guidelines.
Helps to insure clinical quality management.
Provide Enterprise with information regarding the distribution to clients of items purchased with Grant Funding.
Functions as EPIC Super User for Front Office applications.
Builds and maintains provider schedule templates in EPIC system and works directly with the provides on any changes to work flow.
Manages clinical work queues in EPIC system, including independently investigating and correcting entry errors, insurance errors and billing errors made by other clinic staff in a timely manner.
Advises supervisor and director for process/procedure changes needed for patient registration procedures.
Responsible for training all new reception employees and backup employees on clinic procedures.
Attends relevant trainings/meetings as needed to maintain current knowledge of best clinic practices and relays this information back to the PHS team.
Takes part in the hiring process for new front desk staff by assisting during the interviews.
Minimum Qualifications
Any one or any combination totaling two (2) years (24 months), from the categories below:
College education with coursework in a medical or para-medical field such as nursing assistant, medical assistant, or medical secretary and/or business fields such as business, finance, computer science, public administration, or social science, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:
30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
Associate's Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18 months)
90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
Work experience comparable to that performed at the Medical Office Associate level or in other positions of comparable responsibility.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of medical terminology.
Knowledge of medical records and operating procedures.
Knowledge of medical laboratory and x-ray, billing, and admissions procedures.
Knowledge of computer system and clinic forms.
Knowledge of automated admissions and/or billing systems.
Skill in maintaining detailed records.
Skill in communicating effectively with patients and families from a wide variety of persons from different economic and cultural backgrounds.
Oral and written communication skills.
Organization skills, including time management and work flow.
Skill in adapting and working under pressure and amid interruptions.
Skill in explaining rules, policies and their interpretations.
Ability to use a medical dictionary.
Data entry ability with great attention to detail.
Ability to supervise, train, lead and direct the work of others.
Ability to add, subtract, work with percentages, and perform cash transactions effectively.
Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with medical staff.
Ability to keep patient data confidential.
Ability to use independent judgment and resolve problems quickly.
Ability to identify work priorities and follow them to complete daily tasks.
Ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with clerical and professional staff.
The Medical Office Specialist is responsible for providing a broad range of complex clerical activities at Positive Health Solutions. This position is responsible for registering clinic patients, checking in and checking out Bloomington clinic patients, collecting copayments for services, managing provider schedules, coordinating transportation and interpreter support and scheduling patient appointments. This position is also responsible for calculating patient discounted fee schedules in EPIC system and collecting outstanding patient balances or working with the Director to identify potential account write-offs. They work under general supervision.
Duties & Responsibilities
Works independently completing the registration process for new and returning Peoria and Bloomington clinic patients and obtains demographic, income and insurance information to enter into EPIC system.
Prepares patient registration packets and calculates patient discounted fee schedules in EPIC system.
Informs new patients of departmental billing, payment and insurance procedures.
Makes patient appointment reminder calls and calls to reschedule patients who do not attend appointments.
Responds to registration/scheduling questions from patients and their families.
Receives phone calls and retrieves voicemail messages and forwards requests for clinical information to the nursing staff.
Serves as lead clinic subject matter expert for the agency.
Go-to person for any questions regarding patient appointments, clinic operations, and provider schedules.
Manages inventory for clinic including printers, scanners, etc. and insuring they remain in good repair.
Receives, reports, repackages and organizes patient medications that are delivered to PHS clinic.
Assists with updating spread sheet monitoring when medications are picked up by patients.
Coordinates patient transportation and interpreter requests for medical appointments.
Works closely with vendor to ensure these requests are filled and tracks to ensure accurate billing.
Completes patient check out process and enters information into patient's EPIC medical record.
Schedules patients for follow up appointments.
Ensures that providers have closed patient encounter so that patient check-out process can be completed to generate charge for patient visit.
Collects patient co-payments at the time of service.
Closes out credit card system daily and troubleshoots any issues with the credit card machine.
Retrieves medical appointment, reports/information.
Provide Enterprise system and Microsoft Excel to track appointment reschedules, cancellations and no call no shows.
Performs monthly reconciliation of missed provider appointments to determine which patients may need to receive appointment warnings or restriction letters due to non-adherence to HIV treatment plan per Federal grant guidelines.
Helps to insure clinical quality management.
Provide Enterprise with information regarding the distribution to clients of items purchased with Grant Funding.
Functions as EPIC Super User for Front Office applications.
Builds and maintains provider schedule templates in EPIC system and works directly with the provides on any changes to work flow.
Manages clinical work queues in EPIC system, including independently investigating and correcting entry errors, insurance errors and billing errors made by other clinic staff in a timely manner.
Advises supervisor and director for process/procedure changes needed for patient registration procedures.
Responsible for training all new reception employees and backup employees on clinic procedures.
Attends relevant trainings/meetings as needed to maintain current knowledge of best clinic practices and relays this information back to the PHS team.
Takes part in the hiring process for new front desk staff by assisting during the interviews.
Minimum Qualifications
Any one or any combination totaling two (2) years (24 months), from the categories below:
College education with coursework in a medical or para-medical field such as nursing assistant, medical assistant, or medical secretary and/or business fields such as business, finance, computer science, public administration, or social science, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:
30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
Associate's Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18 months)
90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
Work experience comparable to that performed at the Medical Office Associate level or in other positions of comparable responsibility.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of medical terminology.
Knowledge of medical records and operating procedures.
Knowledge of medical laboratory and x-ray, billing, and admissions procedures.
Knowledge of computer system and clinic forms.
Knowledge of automated admissions and/or billing systems.
Skill in maintaining detailed records.
Skill in communicating effectively with patients and families from a wide variety of persons from different economic and cultural backgrounds.
Oral and written communication skills.
Organization skills, including time management and work flow.
Skill in adapting and working under pressure and amid interruptions.
Skill in explaining rules, policies and their interpretations.
Ability to use a medical dictionary.
Data entry ability with great attention to detail.
Ability to supervise, train, lead and direct the work of others.
Ability to add, subtract, work with percentages, and perform cash transactions effectively.
Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with medical staff.
Ability to keep patient data confidential.
Ability to use independent judgment and resolve problems quickly.
Ability to identify work priorities and follow them to complete daily tasks.
Ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with clerical and professional staff.