Physician Support Specialist

University Of Rochester Job Posting

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Job Location: 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14642

Opening: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Department: 500157 SMH Neurology Pediatrics

Work Shift: UR - Day (United States of America)

Range: UR URC 205 H

Compensation Range: $19.62 - $26.49

The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Responsibilities

With minimal direction and latitude for independent judgment, schedules complex patient appointments for pediatric neurological (epilepsy) patients. Has frequent contacts with all divisional providers and administrative staff. Has frequent contact with insurance providers. Has daily, constant contact with patients and pharmacy via telephone. Performs secretarial duties, assists with mail, faxing, and copying. Required to anticipate needs, problem solve, and independently prioritize. Acts as a resource to clinical staff that provide care to patients. Monitors and ensures that all functions are completed in an accurate, efficient, and customer friendly manner.

Essential Functions

• Schedules complex patient appointments for up to 17 pediatric neurology subspecialties.
• Coordinates appointments with procedures simultaneously, working collaboratively with other disciplines. Procures requisitions form outside physicians' offices, and coordinates patient information for two locations. Monitors and tracks providers' availability. Resolves patient needs independently. Schedules interpreters and transportation and assists with hotel accommodations when needed.
• Maintains and updates cancellation/wait lists to effectively manage utilization. Answers phones, triages calls and route messages. Fields patient inquiries and concerns. Resolves patient needs independently.
• Maintains and updates cancellation/wait lists to effectively manage utilization. Ensuring clinics are appropriately full and operating efficiently. Work with a team of up to 31 providers to maintain template changes and clinic cancellations. Works with other disciplines as needed, to coordinate and schedule EEGs, infusions and MRIs. Manages electronic documentation management program.
• Ensures providers have completed and signed documentation. Appropriately routes documentation to source needed, within Epic, and amongst providers. Acts as a resource to ERR Call Center staff as needed on a daily basis. Field questions, provides instruction, and resolves scheduling issues they encounter. Ensures complete, accurate, and timely information requests are completed and secures necessary information from providers/patients prior to appointments.
• Processes insurance referral requests and appeals, obtains prior authorizations for coverage of services, and coordinates with physicians. Relays information and exercises discretion and confidentiality to assist patients.
• Manages incoming and outgoing patient referrals. Consults with APPs as needed and documents referrals appropriately. Manages Order Queues to ensure orders are processed in a timely fashion. Maintains communication with referring offices.
• Maintains patient files with appropriate contact documentation. Responsible for the security of confidential patient information and files, which includes, but is not limited to, materials that require scanning, faxes received regarding patient information, and completing requests received for patient records. Processes daily mail. Maintains files and office supplies. Sorts mail, files, photocopies, faxes, and processes mail. Scans records into patient files, and maintains patient files with appropriate contact documentation. Ensures appointment information is consistent in eRecord.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Education & Experience

• High school diploma required
• Associates degree in Medical, Secretarial, billing or related field preferred
• or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2 years of relevant experience required
• 1 year of leadership experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Medical Terminology, experiences with appointment scheduling software (such as eRecord), and electronic medical records preferred
• Demonstrated customer relations skills required.

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