Medical Assistant / Clinical Practice Assistant

BILH Team Opportunity

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives. Provides patient services including greeting, check-in, scheduling and medical assisting while delivering excellent service and contributing to the smooth flow of practice operations. Reports to the manager with input from assigned physicians, nurses or other health care providers. Every third weekend availability is required.

Essential Responsibilities :

• Communicates with and assists patients, other employees and the general public in a courteous, helpful manner by phone and in person. Provides accurate information, directions and / or guidance and follows up promptly to ensure that needs have been met.
• Takes complete and accurate information from patients / callers, prioritizes information and facilitates communication of information to providers.
• Prepares schedules, patient charts and other documents as needed in accordance with quality standards. Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Performs check-in, registration, and verification of demographic and fiscal information utilizing a computer system.
• Enters data from visit tickets and ensures that information is complete, accurate and timely to facilitate the billing process.
• Collects copayments following standards for managing copayment processes. Directs patients at time of check in.
• Schedules related diagnostic and lab tests making every reasonable effort to accommodate patient and provider needs. Inputs patient insurance and managed care plans.
• Verifies patient schedule to assure patient was seen and enters billing tickets into system.

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Pay Range : $21.00 - $28.26

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled