Patient Services Representative Lead Clinic

OU Health
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Full time
18 hours ago
Position Title:
Patient Services Representative Lead Clinic
Department:
SCC Clinic Patient Services
Job Description:
General Description: Coordinates schedules of patients in an outpatient clinic and provides clerical assistance toward the smooth operation of the facility. Directly supervises a group of Patient Services Representatives.
Essential Responsibilities:
Scheduling
  • Schedules patient appointments, either by telephone or in person
  • Provides information about clinic operations
  • Obtains patient demographics on new patients and updates demographics on established patients.
  • Answers telephone calls and distributes to the appropriate people.
  • Prepares and enters healthcare providers’ schedules into the computer.
  • Coordinates schedules as directed to patient requiring multiple services.
Check In/Check Out
  • Greets patients as they come into the clinic for scheduled appointments.
  • Accepts payments and writes receipts.
  • Totals encounter forms and inspects the form for completeness and accuracy.
  • Codes procedures and diagnoses.
  • Ensures the resident and faculty signatures are on the encounter form and chart.
  • Copies insurance cards and distributes to the appropriate people.
  • Prepares encounter forms and billing packets for patients to be seen.
  • May prepare and type daily deposits.
  • Balances and closes cash box daily.
  • Prepares ancillary forms for other services (i.e. x-rays, vascular studies, etc.)
  • Prints and faxes physician schedules to offices.
Filing and Organization
  • Pulls patient charts for appointments or to file lab, x-ray, hospital information or other information into the chart.
  • Copies medical records for patients and other providers or facilities.
  • Files patient charts.
  • Prepares inactive patient charts for storage. Maintains log of charts in storage.
  • Secures charts that have been sent to storage that are needed in the clinic.
  • Replaces torn charts with new covers.
  • Makes up new patient charts and/or packets of information
  • Prepares new patient inserts for charts.
  • Requests medical records from other facilities.
Referrals and Authorizations
  • Talks to patients about financial accounts.
  • Verifies insurance eligibility and primary care physicians for patients.
  • Secures referrals to other providers for HMO patients.
  • Secures referrals from PCPs for HMO patients to be seen in the clinic.
  • Collects and verifies proof of income in order to determine what sliding scale discount is appropriate, if any.
Miscellaneous
  • Dispenses supplies as needed.
  • Notifies appropriate person when supplies are low and need to be reordered.
  • Types notes and letters for physicians as needed.
  • Makes immunization cards as needed.
  • Logs mail receipts according to University policy.
  • Sorts and distributes mail.
All Areas
  • Communicates with patients of all ages in a professional manner at all times.
  • Communicates with co-workers and employees in a manner which promotes a highly “team oriented” approach.
  • Enhances professional growth and development through in-service meetings and education programs.
  • Maintains patient confidentiality.
  • Performs related work as assigned.
Team Leader Back-Up
  • Acts as a backup for other Team Leaders.
  • Checks some work of other Team Leaders to ensure complete accuracy.
  • Helps other Team Leaders diffuse difficult situations.
Personnel Supervision
  • Supervises employees.
  • Checks the work of subordinates to ensure accuracy.
  • Attends interviews and offers opinion of applicants.
  • Trains new hires.
  • Assists in conducting performance appraisals.
  • Approves time off for employees.
Difficult Situations
  • Diffuses all but the most serious of situations.
  • Refers those situations to clinic manager or appropriate personnel and keeps them abreast of all situations.
General Responsibilities:
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
Education: None required.
Experience: 2 or more years of experience in customer service in a clinical environment required. 4 or more years of experience in customer service in a clinical environment preferred.
OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
Licensure/Certifications/Registrations Required: None required.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Customer Service skills
  • Interpersonal skills - able to work effectively with other employees, patients and external parties
  • Proficient with the use of Microsoft Office tools
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