• Hopd - Hand Surgery - Scheduling Coordinator

    St. Bernard's Medical Center (Jonesboro, AR)


    + JOB REQUIREMENTS

    + Education

    + High school degree or equivalent.

    + Experience

    + The ideal candidate will have strong experience in surgical and clinic scheduling, insurance verification, and prior authorization workflows for a specialty clinic. Prior experience in reviewing clinic charges, in-clinic collection review, and/or deposit collection workflows is strongly preferred. Candidates must demonstrate a high level of accuracy, organization, and professionalism with excellent communication skills and working knowledge of EMR and billing systems. Ability to work independently of others and exercise good judgement.

    + Physical

    + This is a safety sensitive position. Please see the St. Bernards Substance Abuse Policy for further information.

    + Close eye work, vision must be correct to 20/20, hearing of normal soft tone. Frequent sitting, bending, and lifting/carrying up to 50 lbs. Must be able to see with corrective eye wear. Able to use typewriter/computer, printer, copier, fax.

    + JOB SUMMARY

    + Responsible for scheduling patient service appointments, calling patients, verifying insurance coverages and getting pre-authorizations for clinic and hospital procedures. Responsible for registration of patients including patient interviews, typing, verifying insurance, calculates charges, collect payment for services, Billing review and handle routine patient inquiries and problems. To maintain communication between nursing personnel, other departments and outside callers.