Patient Coordinator I - Orthopedics
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Description The Department of Orthopedics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai provides exceptional patient care powered by breakthrough science, interdisciplinary collaboration, and our deep commitment to train the next generation in the latest orthopedic technology and techniques. As part of the larger Mount Sinai Health System, we partner with specialists in geriatrics, neurology, oncology, pathology, and rehabilitation medicine to provide highly personalized care for every patient. Through our Orthopedic Research Laboratories, we also ensure that our research promotes strong ties between investigative efforts and clinical care, which translates into greater patient opportunities. The Patient Coordinator I greets and establishes first contact with patients, or performs in a call center capacity. Confirms and updates patient demographics and verifies insurance as necessary to ensure that patients have appropriate insurance for physician they are seeing. Responsibilities Greet patients either in person or via telephone, and update their insurance/demographics in the practice management system. Assure that physician accepts insurance that patients present with. If not already done prior to visit, verify insurance prior to patients arrival or at minimum at time of arrival before visit. Communicate with appropriate staff regarding patients arrival, and ensure that patients medical record is available for physician. Process/update HIPAA-related paperwork and other institutional forms as necessary. Collect or retrieve referrals or insurance authorizations as required. Review status of waiting room on a routine basis and ensure that patients are kept advised of wait times. Ensures that patient has paid co-pay or collects co-pay under direction of billing staff, providing patient with receipt following established cash-control processes. May schedule patient for follow-up appointment as needed. Provide patient with guidelines for requesting medical records, if necessary. May perform simple charge entry tasks or enter payments collected from patients and prepare Cashiers deposit. Note: duties are mutually exclusive and may not be performed by the same employee. Performs in a call center capacity (Faculty Practice Associates) Answer phones for practice and schedule appointments Follow all HIPAA and any other governmental or state agency requirements regarding the appropriate handling of PHI documents. May initiate reminder phones calls for next day appointments. Performs other related duties Qualifications High School graduate/GED. 1 year physician practice experience Must have a minimum of one week training on-site which will be provided by practice. Prefer experience in a medical office setting, utilizing a computer system for physician scheduling. IDX or other practice management system experience preferred Non-Bargaining Unit, 845 - Orthopaedics - ISM, Icahn School of Medicine Employer Description Strength Through Diversity The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by: Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential. Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination. Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers. At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history! About the Mount Sinai Health System: Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high Honor Roll status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's The World's Best Smart Hospitals ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally. The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism. EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans Compensation The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $16 - $33.5863 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.High School graduate/GED. 1 year physician practice experience Must have a minimum of one week training on-site which will be provided by practice. Prefer experience in a medical office setting, utilizing a computer system for physician scheduling. IDX or other practice management system experience preferred Non-Bargaining Unit, 845 - Orthopaedics - ISM, Icahn School of MedicineGreet patients either in person or via telephone, and update their insurance/demographics in the practice management system. Assure that physician accepts insurance that patients present with. If not already done prior to visit, verify insurance prior to patients arrival or at minimum at time of arrival before visit. Communicate with appropriate staff regarding patients arrival, and ensure that patients medical record is available for physician. Process/update HIPAA-related paperwork and other institutional forms as necessary. Collect or retrieve referrals or insurance authorizations as required. Review status of waiting room on a routine basis and ensure that patients are kept advised of wait times. Ensures that patient has paid co-pay or collects co-pay under direction of billing staff, providing patient with receipt following established cash-control processes. May schedule patient for follow-up appointment as needed. Provide patient with guidelines for requesting medical records, if necessary. May perform simple charge entry tasks or enter payments collected from patients and prepare Cashiers deposit. Note: duties are mutually exclusive and may not be performed by the same employee. Performs in a call center capacity (Faculty Practice Associates) Answer phones for practice and schedule appointments Follow all HIPAA and any other governmental or state agency requirements regarding the appropriate handling of PHI documents. May initiate reminder phones calls for next day appointments. Performs other related duties