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Practice Assistant/Front Office Full Time
Summary
Title:Practice Assistant/Front Office Full Time
ID:1730
Department:Front Office
Job Locations:Lebanon, TN
Description
The Hughston Clinic, The Hughston Foundation, The Hughston Surgical Center, Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics, and Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital participate in E-Verify. This company is an equal opportunity employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status. This company is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
 
Position Goal: Assist physicians through greeting, registering and directing patients.  Perform a variety of administrative functions that ensure charges are collected, posted and charged as necessary.

Position Responsibilities:
  • Greet and register patients
  • Schedule return appointments and maintain patient chart
  • Collect co-pays and deductibles
  • Prepare daily balance sheets
  • Review and edit daily bank deposits and deposit report
  • Preparation of daily cashier’s report
  • Post daily charges to patient accounts
  • Enter daily charge data and balance daily transactions
  • Enter/update patient demographic data
  • Distribute work and school excuses to patient as needed
  • Track “no show” appointments
  • Schedule initial appointments
  • Verify insurance benefits/eligibility and document in the computer system
  • Verify/obtain referral numbers or authorizations for upcoming appointments
  • Scan scripts and reports into R-file
  • Print off new scripts and physician schedules at the beginning of the day
  • Answer telephone
  • Send reports to physician secretaries and or medical assistants
  • Add notes to appointment to help keep providers informed
  • Other duties as assigned
***Some Travel May Be Required***

Experience: Medical Billing/Coding certification or six (6) months experience working in a medical office setting required. Knowledge of AthenaNet and medical terminology preferred.
Education: High School Diploma or equivalent
Special Qualifications: Must be able to work independently.

 
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