Practice Office Assistant - Behavioral Health Edgar Street - Days

Job description

Schedule Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 7:30 PM Full-time 40 hours/week: No weekends/holidays: General Summary: Performs a variety of clerical office duties related to telephone management, receiving patients, insurance/billing, electronic record management, scheduling and administrative support as necessary. Ensures that the patient visit is a well-coordinated and friendly experience. Duties and Responsibilities: Essential Functions: - Answers telephones, routes callers, takes messages and provides routine information to callers. - Greets and registers patients in accordance with established policies and procedures. - Schedules patient appointments within established parameters. - Performs various duties for effective check-in and check-out of patients. - Prepares schedules and encounter forms for daily visits. - Handles walk in patients in the appropriate manner. - Ensures that Race, Ethnicity and Language is documented as appropriate. - Processes patient charge and collects copays and deductibles. - Performs various tasks related to end of day batch control, cash drawer etc. - Enters and/or retrieves data from established computer files. - Schedules appointments for patients with o...