Back Office Assistant - Surgery Scheduler

Description

Back Office Assistant - Surgery Scheduler 

Internal Posting: Surgery Scheduler 

Location: Henderson 

Position Type: Full Time

Experience: 2 years’ experience

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Full time surgery scheduler. 

· Management of insurance authorizations & appeals

· Anticipates the needs of the clinic

· Ability to communicate well with patients, peers, surgeons, and surgical partners 

· Candidate must have ability to manage a changing schedule and work with those involved

· Contact insurance companies for authorization for surgery 

· Schedule surgeries and send appropriate paperwork to the patient

· Update patient demographics to include verification of insurance

· Direct patients to labs and obtain medical clearance

· Answer patient related questions

· Coordinate emergency surgical situations

· Scan all patient related documents after charges are completed

Qualifications/Experience:

· Strong experience with surgical procedures and pre-authorizing procedures

· 2+ years of experience as a surgical scheduler

· Experience with EMR is required. 

· Microsoft Office experience

· Exceptionally organized, great communication skills and strong attention to detail 

· Clinical Orthopedic and/or Surgery experience is required

· Strong Coding knowledge

· High school diploma or equivalent required

· Minimum two years' experience in a surgeon’s office