Per Diem Medical Office Associate - Edison, NJ

*Mon-Fri 7:45am-8pm, Sat-Sun 7:45am-4pm. Must be provide 4 shift dates/month work a minimum of 2 shifts per month*

Position: Medical Office Associate

Reports to: Practice Operations Manager

Summary: The Medical Office Associate greets patients, updates insurance information in the system, verifies and analyzes health insurance benefits, explains payment policies, answers phones, and other administrative tasks.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Greet, register, instruct, and provide general assistance to patients.

• Obtain demographic and financial information and enter into computer system.

• Verify insurance eligibility and relay relevant information on payment policies and billing/collection processes.

• Determine and collect co-pays, co-insurance, deductibles, past due balances and other patient financial responsibility and maintain and balance cash drawer.

• Communicate with primary care providers and insurance carriers per patient request.

• Answer telephone, take messages and return voicemails

• Must be willing to travel to other sites

• All other duties as assigned by Practice Operations Manager or Practice Administrator

• Must be available nights and weekends

Experience:

• High school diploma

• Medical billing/medical receptionist experience preferred.

• Medical Assistant certificate preferred.

• Basic computer skills

• Detailed oriented

• Exceptional customer service and phone etiquette

Certifications:

• BLS through the American Heart Association upon first 90 days of employment required