Surgery Patient Referral Coordinator

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Serve as a liaison between insurance and health care providers toensure the timely coordination, and accurate processing, of patient referrals required for medical specialty visits.

• Tracking and documentation of patients referrals to promote team awareness and ensure patient safety.
• Assemble patient demographics, insurance/payer adn healthdata.
• Insurance/payer prior authorization.
• Provide patient and family communication, navigation, and advocacy through the referral process.
• Establish and maintain communication and relationships with identified service providers and community services.
• Update patient records with demographics, insurance and information on specialist consults, hospitalizations, ER visits and community organizations related to thier health.

• Associate degree plus one (1) year of experience directly related to the processing of patient referrals;
• OR High school diploma or GED plus three (3) years of experience working as a Certified Medical Assistant;
• OR High school diploma or GED plus five (5) years of experience directly related to patient registration, patient scheduling,patient billing/collections, the processing of prior authorizations, and/or the processing of patient referrals.

Previous experience in a clinical environment.

Previous experience with EMR systems

Previous experience with insurance companies in a healthcare setting

Bilingual:
English/Spanish

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