Medical Assistant

Job Details:

Job Location:

MKC
- Katy Main
- Katy, TX 77493. Position Type:
Full Time. Education Level: High School Diploma/GED. Travel Percentage:
Up to 50%. Job Shift: Day. Job Category:
Other Positions. US Heart and Vascular is in need of a Medical Assistant to join our team at Memorial Katy Cardiology in Katy, TX.

• Review charts and the daily schedule the day before; populate health/surgical history, etc.
• Verify and input patient medications into EMR; make 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 (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.
• Perform 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; receive and return portal messages in the EMR.
• Room patients in a timely manner.
• Perform EKG, rhythm strip, and signal average EKG hook-ups and printouts (proficiency required); add EKG order with diagnosis code to progress note.
• Take vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, weight, etc.).
• Clean rooms and restock at the end of the day.
• Monitor pharmacy samples and remove expired ones from stock.
• 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.
• Perform additional duties as assigned based on practice needs.

• 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.
• Experience in administration of EKGs.
• Cardiology practice experience preferred but not required.
• Fluently speaks, reads, and writes English.
• Ability to move locations as needed.