Sr. Clinic Practice Assistant

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Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Inc.

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MGH Voice Disorders Clinic    Join a dynamic medical office team where you'll provide essential administrative support to physicians and patients, including surgical scheduling, billing, and coordinating care services.

This role offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute to patient care while utilizing your skills in Epic, Patient Gateway, and medical office operations.
** Job Summary
** GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
Under general supervision, provides a broad level of administrative support to physicians and patients. Performs a wide range of administrative tasks utilizing well established skills and experience to support a medical office, including surgical scheduling, prior authorizations, medical office coding and billing as well as coordinating patient services such as appointments, testing, and referrals.
PATIENT CARE RESPONSIBILITIES   
· Schedules patient office appointments; coordinating with others as appropriate. Provides information to physician as appropriate.

· Refers patients to appropriate hospital departments for registration, referral and financial services as needed.

· Obtains, provides and maintains medical records in support of patient visits, surgeries, billing and other needs.

· Maintains high level of knowledge and skill in the use of appropriate electronic systems to obtain and provide information. Monitors and uses systems to execute tasks including Epic and Patient Gateway for patient clinical information/messages. May serve as super user for these systems and may train staff on their use.

· Arranges and/or provides information and visit support to patients and their families, such as distributing maps, information regarding procedures and interpreter services.

· Prepares for patient visits by placing appointment and surgery reminder calls, organizing patient files and printing forms and ensuring physician and office is prepared to provide for patient visit or surgery.

· Completes all aspects of patient checks-in in a courteous manner. This includes updating computer systems with correct and complete information, obtaining referral information and payments and preparing billing materials. Coordinates with clinical staff to ensure smooth patient flow.

· Completes procedures to check-out patients as they exit exam rooms, including scheduling appointments and testing
· Provides and coordinates office support to meet physician needs. This includes operating room schedules, maintaining files, dictation support, correspondence with physicians, patients and other offices or agencies     ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES   
· Maintains physician’s office to include calendar management, travel, office reception, mail processing, correspondence and reports and related responsibilities of a secretarial nature.

· Organizes materials and information for processing of invoices and reimbursements, updating and communicating on-call schedules and for use in presentations made at national meetings.

· Arranges for outside visitors, medical students, etc. as requested by physician.

· Cross covers other staff members, e.g. breaks, lunches, vacations, during variations in work flow as needed.

· Participates in periodic staff meetings or other departmental meetings.

· Perform/participate in special projects as may arise from time-to-time.
SURGICAL SCHEDULING   
· Arranges patient surgeries by scheduling pre-surgery…