Clerical Specialist II

Provide administrative support to ambulatory patient care functions. Builds and maintains provider schedules and templates using computerized scheduling program. Ensures all provider schedule changes are communicated throughout the department as necessary, and cancels and reschedules patient appoinments. Obtains insurance authorizations for patient referrals incoming and outgoing from the department. Participates in hospital charge entry functions. Provides backup to department secretary for provider template maintenance and scheduling, and administative support for hospital based programs (ie. Mindful Eating Program). Also supports front office operations, registration, discharge, processing new patient referrals and multi-line phones as necessary. Assists in department procurement and inventory coordination. Assists in the preparation of monthly reports of patient visit activity for department.    Minimum Qualifications  Associates degree and two (2) years relevant patient financial/insurance services experience in a healthcare related setting, working knowledge of medical terminology, familiarity with medical coding, and excellent written/oral communication skills required. Equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered. Prior working experience with ambulatory patient care administrative functions, collecting and analyzing data, organizing appropriate record keeping systems, and outside agencies such as insurance carriers, CMS, billing companies and or other support agencies preferred.

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Category:	Office Employment
	> Clerical
Location:	Syracuse, NY
County:	Onondaga County
ZIP Code:	13201
Pay Rate:	Open
Job Terms:	full time
Company:	SUNY Upstate Medical University
Phone:	email only please
Fax:	email only please