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WellMed at Tyrone Gardens, part of Optum, has an immediate opening for a friendly, patient focused and detailed oriented Associate Patient Care Coordinator--to join our team.
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The Associate Patient Care Coordinator is responsible for the completion of set processes and protocols. Works cooperatively with all members of the care team to support the vision and mission of the organization, deliver excellent customer service and adhere to Lean processes. Supports the teams in meeting financial, clinical and service goals.
Location: 960 58th Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33710
Hours: Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm EST
Primary Responsibilities:
- Greets patients as they arrive and manages wait time
- Complete check-in and check-out tasks to include insurance verification, complete pre-authorizations and/or precertification of procedures, and copy required documents
- Collects co-payments, co-insurance, and deductibles and issues receipts
- Processes walk-in patients and visitors
- Answers phones and schedules appointments
- Answer telephone calls, re-direct calls as appropriate, assist callers with questions or concerns, and take messages as needed
- Manages medical records (maintains, files/scans, prepares for schedule)
- Ask patients for and/or assist patients with completing required paperwork (e.g., health history, insurance documentation, etc.)
- Connect patients with outside resources (e.g., community resources, social services) to promote self-care
- Ensures all correspondence is scanned and/or filed, processes requests for medical records release and maintains appropriate logs, etc
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, employees, and the public
- Performs all other related duties as assigned
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