Lower Umpqua Hospital District
Full Time - Work at Location Address
Added on: 03/05/2024
Description
Department: Dunes Family Health Clinic
Location: DFHC
Reedsport, OR 97467
JOB SUMMARY:
The Scheduling Clerk is responsible for receiving/scheduling patients as required; supportive functions to promote smooth functioning of the clinic and patient care. Verify eligibility and benefits with patient’s insurance company. Scheduler will handle financial counseling and requests for deposit or payment prior to and immediately after various services.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
1. Schedules patients for appointments in selected departments.
2. Answers phone efficiently and timely.
3. Promotes positive customer service including calling to remind patients of scheduled appointments.
4. Facilitate daily scheduling for clinical professionals and assist clinicians as needed.
5. Maintain good communication regarding scheduled procedures with clinical professionals.
6. Ability to do data entry and collect and disburse mail on a daily basis.
7. Proficiency in the use of office machines including fax, computer and copy machines
8. Record and track statistical information.
9. Participate in staff meetings
10. Carry out other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Education and License:
High School Diploma is required.
Certifications:
BLS
Experience:
One year experience in hospital or medical office performing eligibility verification, authorization and scheduling, preferred
Additional Qualifications:
1. Able to navigate online websites while processing orders
2. Maintain patient confidentiality
3. Constant attention to detail
4. Computer skills 45 words per minute
5. Remain positive while dealing with complex processes and working with multiple departments
6. Familiar with ICD-10 and CPT coding as well as Medical Necessity verification
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Works indoors in an air-conditioned environment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Frequent use of computer and phone, and other standard office machines. Must be able to stand, sit, stoop, twist, kneel, reach, push, pull using proper body mechanics and move/lift varying amounts of weight to a maximum of 50 lbs.
This is a Full-Time position that is eligible for benefits.
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In the early 1950’s, a non-profit corporation called the Lower Umpqua Association was formed to deal with the need for local medical care in coastal Douglas County.In 1954, a Lower Umpqua Area Hospital District was formed that included the Reedsport, Winchester Bay, Gardiner and Scottsburg areas. Donations from the community and three major lumber companies, as well as tax levies, formed the ... more ancial base with which to start a new hospital. With the help of a Hill-Burton grant, a federal grant to aid in building rural area hospitals, the hospital was built in the early 1960s.The hospital, built in the form of a modified Maltese cross, opened February 3, 1964 with eighteen acute care beds and twenty-two nursing home beds. Equipment to furnish the rooms and various departments was donated by civic and fraternal groups and individuals in the community. Dr. Rickard W. McLean was the first Chief of Staff, and an elected five-member Board of Directors administered the affairs of the hospital under the auspices of the Lower Umpqua Hospital District.The hospital was managed by independent hospital administrators until 1977 when A.E. Brim and Associates, Inc., hospital management consultants, were hired to manage the hospital.