Front Office Specialist - Columbia Medical Center Physicians Office

Wellstar

  • Augusta, Georgia
  • 5 days ago

    Highlights

    This includes greeting customers, registering patients at check-in and check out, answering telephones, scheduling appointments, cash management, and/or administrative functions that support the practice's operations. Registering/scheduling patients for appointments; ensuring patient insurance eligibility through Experion, checking in patients, scanning insurance cards and ID into the EHR, and ensuring completion of all necessary paperwork.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAugusta, Georgia

    Description

    How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

    Work Shift

    Day (United States of America)

    Job Summary:


    The Front Office Specialist (FOS) is responsible for illustrating exceptional customer service and focus to WellStar's patients and customers. This includes greeting customers, registering patients at check-in and check out, answering telephones, scheduling appointments, cash management, and/or administrative functions that support the practice's operations.

    The FOS is an important team member in achieving patient experience, employee engagement, and financial goals. This position is considered a highly functioning position where the team member must be able to multi-task while at the same time communicate with various customers.

    Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:


    Customer Service:
    * a. In Adherence to our AIDET principles, the FOS will greet patients and guests in a warm, friendly manner in person or on the telephone; identifying self and practice.
    * b. Answering incoming calls; directing to appropriate personnel, taking messages when appropriate within the EHR, handling non-clinical processes, and scheduling patient appointments as requested.
    * c. Communicating quickly and often with patients, if there is a delay or wait for patient care.
    * d. Working with both clinical staff and providers in a team approach.
    * e. Managing patient call wait times; being alert to queues in the system, responding to voicemails and messages timely.
    Operations/Revenue Cycle:
    * a. Registering/scheduling patients for appointments; ensuring patient insurance eligibility through Experion, checking in patients, scanning insurance cards and ID into the EHR, and ensuring completion of all necessary paperwork.
    * b. Collecting co-pays and any outstanding balances, adherence to the WMG LD90 cash management policy.
    * c. Managing cash allowance; verifying opening balance, ensuring all correct change and collections are made and accounted for, accurately balancing superbills/posting report with bank bag for each daily close.
    * d. Checking patients out; collecting any deductibles or self pay account balances, setting up payment arrangements on balances, and/or scheduling next appointment visits
    * e. Contacting patients for appointment reminders
    Administrative:
    * Coordinating with the clinic for pharmaceutical representatives, visitors, sample pick-ups, and other clinic requests

     

    Required Minimum Education:

    High School Diploma General or GED General


    Required Minimum Experience:

    1-2 years Administrative front office experience in a physician practice or health care setting

    1 Year Previous customer service experience Required

    Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.

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