Medical Receptionist

Job description

Description AWHS Medical Receptionist Job Description: Job Summary: The Medical Office Receptionist will greet patients, activate patient files, and move patients through a pre-determined schedule of appointments at a physician's office. Other administrative duties may include completing letters, referrals, scheduling patient appointments, answering the telephone, taking payments, checking insurance eligibility and assisting in the office as needed. Reports to: - Front Office Team Lead and Practice Administrator. Essential Duties/Responsibilities: - Welcomes patients and visitors to the medical office by greeting patients and visitors in person and on the telephone and answering inquiries or referring questions to other staff members. - Provides information about establishment, such as location of departments or offices, employees within the organization, or services provided. - Checks patients in and gathers ID cards, insurance cards, and patient demographics when needed. - Prepares a daily schedule of examinations for each provider. - Uses Phreesia to ensure patients are properly checked-in. - Retrieves patient files, checks for correct sequence of papers, inserts and scans new p...