Medical Assistant (3075

Position: Medical Assistant (3075)
# Medical Assistant (3075)
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- Sealy, TX 77474## Overview Position Type Full Time Job Shift Day Education  Level High School Diploma/GEDTravel Percentage Up to 50%
Category Other Positions## Description US Heart and Vascular is in need of a Medical Assistant to join our team at Memorial Katy Cardiology in Houston, TX.
** Responsibilities:
*** Review charts and the daily schedule the day before.
· Populate health/surgical history, etc.
* Verifies and inputs patient medications into EMR. Making changes and additions as needed to the medication list.
* Check if EKGs are needed
* Schedule testing appointments and explain the scheduled testing to the patient
· Scan and fax necessary documents
* Check voicemail (individual assigned each day) and call patients back within 48 hours
* Check eScribe box daily and refill prescriptions (MA assigned to a provider)
* Use Telephone Encounters on eClinical Works.
* Holter monitor hook-ups and removals, event recorders and Loop recorders. (Proficiency Required)
* Perform stress tests as needed and assist in test interpretation. Assist physicians with patient exams as needed.
* Receive and return phone calls from patients and other external sources. Receives and returns portal messages in the EMR.
* Room patients in a timely manner
* Responsible for performing EKG, rhythm strip, and signal average EKG hook-ups and printouts (proficiency required).
* Add EKG order with diagnosis code to progress note.
* Takes vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, weight, etc.)
* Clean rooms and restock at the end of the day
* Monitor pharmacy samples, removing them from stock as expired.
* Handle pharmacy calls and enter diagnosis codes
* Access Cover My Meds
* May also be responsible for insurance precertification, prior authorization, procedure/surgery scheduling and coordinating transfers and admissions.
* Additional duties as assigned based on practice needs
** Requirements:
*** High school diploma or Texas accredited GED
* 1 year of Medical Assistant experience, or recent graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant training program with completion of program externship.
* Current CPR and Medical Assistant certification or obtain within 90 days of hire date.
* Current BCLS certification.
* Must have experience in administration of EKGs.
* Cardiology practice experience preferred but not required.
* Fluently speaks, reads, and writes English.
* Move locations as needed
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