MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST
Confidential
LAKE CHARLES, LA
Full-time
Administration / Clerical
Posted on February 1, 2019
LOCAL BUSY OB-GYN PRACTICE SEEKING A: FULL TIME EXPERIENCED RECEPTIONIST/MEDICAL ASSISTANT
Qualified candidates must possess high school diploma, excellent communications skills, and previous experience in medical billing.
Responsible for the administrative portion of a healthcare facility or practice. Works with patient records, insurance, and hospital admissions.
Primary responsibilities
- Answer phones and operate a switchboard.
- Route calls to specific people.
- Answer inquiries about company.
- Greet visitors warmly and make sure they are comfortable.
- Call persons waiting for visitor and book them a room to meet in.
- Schedule meetings and conference rooms.
- Make coffee and set out food.
- Ensure reception area is tidy.
- Coordinate mail flow in and out of office.
- Coordinate office activities.
- Handle phone calls from people calling in sick.
- Gather personal and insurance information.
- Hand out employee applications.
- Arrange appointments.
- Cash out people when necessary.
- Validate parking tickets.
- Send email and faxes.
- Collect and distribute parcels and other mail.
- Perform basic bookkeeping, filing, and clerical duties.
- Take and relay messages.
- Update appointment calendars.
- Schedule follow-up appointments
- Update patients' medical records.
- Fill out insurance forms.
- Take payments from patients.
- Schedule appointments.
- Handle correspondence.
- Take medical histories and record vital signs.
- Explain treatment procedures and costs.
- Prepare patients for examinations.
- Phone in prescriptions to pharmacy.
- Purchase supplies and equipment.
- Clean examination rooms.
- Handle bookkeeping and billing.