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Amsurg Corp

Admin Assistant

Amsurg Corp, Laurel, Maryland, United States, 20725

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Admin Assistant

Underneath the supervision of the Center Leader or Office Manager, responsible for areas such as insurance verification, scheduling of surgical procedures, billing/coding/accounts receivable, accounts payable records or transcription of operative procedures. Promotes a favorable image of the Center to physicians, patients, insurance companies, and the general public. This is a 3 month Full-time to PRN position. Days and hours of work may vary to meet patient needs. The Center is a well-lit, ventilated and climate-controlled environment. The Center may require decreased lighting to meet patient care needs, such as laser rooms and some OR/Procedure rooms. Staff will work with medical and office equipment, some of which will have moving parts. Noise level is usually quiet to moderate. Staff may have exposure to blood and other potentially infectious body fluids and materials or toxic chemicals and cleaning solutions. The Center procedure rooms are often small, and due to equipment may have little room to work around and may necessitate reaching, pulling, pushing. Staff will work in close proximity to patients and co-workers. Surgical, or N95 masks are not required, but recommended. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Serves as telephone and front desk operator for center; routes incoming calls properly and takes accurate messages when unable to connect caller to requested party Receives and distributes all mail and special deliveries Greets patients and provides necessary paperwork for completion Notifies appropriate nursing staff that patient is present after patient has completed paperwork Ensures that visiting vendors/agency guest/representatives have appropriate badges and do not interfere with patient care or confidentiality Ensures all guests sign Visitor Log Prints out all labels, forms, etc., for patient charts and assembles charts before appointment date Scans in all patient records/documents within 24-business hours Ensures all patient records has signatures from appropriate clinical providers Makes copies of all checks with EOBs, credit card slips, and cash received from patients and places in patient chart Separates EOBs from checks and attaches original EOB to copy Issues appropriate receipts, and documentation, when receiving payments by cash or check directly from patients Verifies credit cards if used and issues appropriate duplicate receipts Upload all checks, credit card slips, and cash received to payments-received log, and computer documentation, showing type of payment separately by end of day If there are separate billing accounts (i.e., center, anesthesia, physicians), sorts and posts each to separate payments-received log, if required Balances log to cash/checks/credit card payments, if required Completes deposit log for patient and insurance payments Completes separate deposit log for other types of payments, if required (e.g., refund of overpayment from accounts payable, etc.) Gives balanced payments-received log, deposit log, and originals and copies of all cash, credit card slips, and checks received to Business Office Manager, if required Demonstrates courtesy and helpfulness toward patients and their families Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences Maintains membership in relevant professional organizations, if required Seeks new learning experiences by accepting challenging opportunities and responsibilities Initiates and welcomes suggestions and recommendations Regular and predictable attendance Performs other duties as assigned