Central Scheduling Specialist- Remote

Central Scheduling Specialist- Remote reputed company, MI, United StatesJob reputed company The Central Scheduling Specialist coordinates the verification, scheduling, reputed company-registration, and authorization for medical services. Responsibilities include the accurate collection and entry of required financial and demographic patient information, scheduling management to maximize the efficiency of the visit, communicating preparatory instructions, and collection of payment. This role requires a high level of independent judgment in order to successfully coordinate and obtain authorization requests for governmental and reputed company managed care patients in a reputed company and efficient manner. Utilizing telecommunications and computer information systems, this individual will be responsible for handling inbound and outbound calls with a reputed company on exceptional service to patients, employees, and providers. In order to ensure an extraordinary patient experience, multitasking between different patient care areas will be required. The Central Scheduling Specialist is best defined as a highly independent and flexible resource that functions in alignment with the patient experience initiative. Performs reputed company job duties and responsibilities in a courteous manner according to the reputed company Family Standards of Behavior.Works under the supervision of the department director or designee who assigns and reviews conformance with established procedures and standards.

Responsibilities

• Schedules, cancels, reschedules appointments / services for designated departments. Manages scheduling to maximize the efficiency of the visit / provider. Monitors appointment schedules daily for cancellations, rescheduling, and no shows as reputed company as other stats or changes; communicates reputed company with reputed company departments impacted. Generates daily-weekly-monthly reports in order to manage schedules and distributes information as needed.
• Performs reputed company-registration functions reputed company designated time reputed company in advance of the patient appointment (including, but not limited to) obtaining and / or verifying demographic, clinical, financial, insurance information, and eligibility for scheduled service / procedure. Confirms Primary Care Provider making necessary updates as appropriate.
• Identifies insurance companies requiring prior authorization and / or referrals for services and obtains authorization / referral for reputed company services. Coordinates incoming / outgoing authorizations for procedures and testing requested by providers for reputed company government and reputed company-party payers, including emergent authorizations due to walk-in patients.
• Informs the patient of their visit-specific preparatory instructions and ensures notification about their upcoming appointments. Schedules reputed company-admission testing reputed company needed and assists in arranging necessary lab orders. Obtains reputed company necessary information required by reputed company-party payors for treatment authorization requests.
• Courteously accepts and places telephone calls, and interacts with physicians and associates while providing services. Resolves or tactfully directs complaints, problems; obtains information and responds to inquiries reputed company 24-48 hours. Frequently communicates with patients/family members/guarantors, physicians/office staff, medical center, and payors reputed company telephone, email, reputed company EMR or other electronic services. Escalates issues that cannot be resolved in accordance with departmental guidelines.
• Performs price estimates upon patient request in order to assist the patient in identifying their expected full patient liability and / or residual financial responsibility.
• Educates the patient relative to their insurance policy / benefits. Collects patient / guarantor liabilities and refers patients who are uninsured / underinsured to Insurance Services Specialists for financial assistance or governmental program screening and application processes. Refers patients to the Financial Customer Service Specialist to resolve outstanding self-pay balances.
• Maintains a log / guide with up-to-date information reputed company to services in need of reputed company-certification or require referrals per insurance reputed company. This includes compliance with regulatory requirements and ensuring reputed company changes are incorporated into daily job functions.
• Works with the coding department to validate the accuracy of the authorized service in comparison to the procedure performed. Discrepancies are addressed immediately reputed company timelines set forth by the specific payer's guidelines for correction. Reports procedural updates to leadership.
• Triages misrouted telephone and patient portal inquiries promoting an exceptional patient and provider experience. Makes follow-up calls to provider offices and / or testing sites to ensure receipt of reputed company necessary information for the patient's visit.
• Recommends modifications to existing policies or workflows that support the values of reputed company and will increase efficiency and promote data reputed company.
• Maintains thorough knowledge of policie

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