Nashoba Valley Medical Center Hiring for Medical Secretary – Day Surgery – Part-time Job at Ayer, MA Full Time

Medical Secretary – Day Surgery, Part-time
If you are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do, our organization may be a good fit for you.
JOB SUMMARY
To function as a member of the administrative team and complete all daily tasks to ensure smooth day to day operations in busy practice.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Use of AthenaCollector for scheduling patient appointments, including patient registration, and practice billing. Verify patient Insurance eligibility and adding insurance
• Patient Scheduling, including canceling and rescheduling appointments, creating multi resource appts, using waitlists, and double booking when applicable
• Patient Check In
• Collecting Patient Copays /Payments
• Patient Check Out
• Using Workflow Dashboard
• Completing Day End Activities
• Answers, triages, and routes telephone calls appropriately; takes messages, follows through with each message, ensuring that the appropriate physician/staff member and received the information. Provides routine information to callers
• Prepares the daily schedules for the office, pulls and prepares the patient charts, ensuring that the proper chart has been selected and the appropriate paperwork has been attached to the chart (i.e., encounter form, etc.)
• Schedules patients’ appointments and appropriate testing for patients as directed. Facilitates admissions to hospital as needed
• Verifies information from patients including demographic and health insurance information
• Prepares documents for billing physician encounters; enters data, ensures that referrals are received, etc.
• Provides administrative support for physician. Prepares correspondence, forms and other documents are requested. Enters information into the computer system. Transcribes dictation of a highly confidential nature
• Organizes and updates patient files, charts, and records
• Responsible for stocking of supplies and assists in ordering supplies
• Performs other duties as requested

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• 1 to 3 years of experience as a Medical Secretary preferred
• Experience with EMR strongly preferred (Athena a plus)
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/LICENSURE/TECHNICAL/OTHER:

• Education from approved medical administrative program or equivalent preferred
• High School Diploma or equivalent required

Job Type: Part-time