Medical Front Desk

Company: Hanger, Inc.
Location: West Yarmouth
Posted on: November 18, 2022

Job Description:

Why Us?

With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service. Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market. With 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.

Could This Be For You?

In this role, you will have the opportunity to provide administrative support to patients, fellow employees and referral sources through the coordination and administration of the front office activities. The ideal candidate will have a background in an administrative role with strong with strong computer proficiency, and customer service.

Your Impact

• Responsible for all aspects of patient appointment scheduling (including ensuring proper coverage of patient appointments and out-of-office calls), telephone management, complete and accurate patient registration, pre-appointment insurance verification, creation of new patient charts and maintenance of patient records in accordance to Hanger compliance policies, scanning and filing patient documents, ensuring complete and accurate information for clean claims and managing incoming phone calls.
• Review clinician documentation to ensure that patient charts are complete.
• Provides administrative support for all aspects of closing a patient visit including obtaining insurance authorization, providing financial counseling for patients, posting over the counter (OTC) payments, timely completion of all assigned tasks, mail forwarding tasks and daily document research on an electronic health/medical record system, coordinating with clinical staff in managing in progress services, scheduling return appointments, reviewing and managing incoming documents and tasking to appropriate parties to outstanding requests for information.
  Minimum Qualifications
  
  
  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • Requires less than 1 year of customer service, administration or related experience.
  • A valid driver's license and driving record within the standards outlined within Hanger's Motor Vehicle Safety Policy and Procedures.
    Additional Success Factors
    
    Knowledge and Skill:
    
    
    • Strong interpersonal, oral (including telephone) and written communication skills, including the ability to follow written and verbal directions. While performing this client facing position, working with a diverse population in multicultural settings, there will large amounts of communication (oral and written) including but not limited to clinicians, patients, physicians, physician's office representatives, other staff members (field associates, managers, directors) and/or business representatives.
    • Ability to work with physically challenged individuals.
    • Resourceful and flexible team player who excels at building trusting relationships with patients, referral sources and colleagues.
    • Proficient computer skills including Windows based office technologies (ex. Word, Excel, PowerPoint), e-mail and automated billing systems.
    • Ability to use all necessary office equipment, facsimile machines, calculator, postage machine, copiers, etc.
    • Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks (ex. multitasking) with a high degree of detail orientation while working in a fast paced environment.
    • Proficiency with basic math and accounting skills.
    • Ability to key 40 words per minute with accuracy preferred.
      Our Investment in You
      
      Employees working at least 20 hours per week are eligible for the following benefits:
      
      
      • Competitive Pay
      • Health Insurance
      • Dental Insurance
      • Vision Insurance
      • 8 Paid Holidays per Year
      • Paid Vacation Time Off
      • Paid Sick Time Off
      • 8 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community
      • Floating Holiday
      • Life Insurance
      • Medical Flex Spend Account
      • Dependent Care Flex Spend Account
      • Free employee assistance program
      • 401(k)
      • Full-time employees are also eligible for short-term and long-term disability insurance
        

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