Medical Secretary Job at Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley in City of P

Overview

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Base pay range

$18.00/hr - $22.00/hr

Duties And Responsibilities

• Answers patient calls for the physician taking detailed messages
• Sends out new patient packets to patients making their first appointment and reminds them to request their previous medical records
• Schedules and confirms appointments. This includes new consults which consist of entering all patient demographic information prior to the office visit and mailing out a packet of paperwork for the patient to fill out prior to the scheduled visit
• Examines future schedules to ensure adequate availability of routine and urgent visits
• Sends reminder letters to patients for primary care and chronic care needs as well as timely routine checks and preventative care
• Processes outgoing referrals and enters them in Medent log
• Sends clinical and demographic patient data to referral specialist and tracks responses
• Obtains records and ensures referral is received from patient’s PCP for specialty appointments
• Enters all internal and external documents into the EMR system or sends them to medical records to be scanned
• Receives all records from hospitals, urgent visit clinics, rehab facilities and other agencies, sends them to providers to review and notifies them via triage
• Contacts patients for reporting purposes
• Sends educational and self-help information to patients when requested by the provider or the patient
• Sends monthly recalls to patients
• Performs clerical duties such as faxing and mailing scripts, physician’s orders and progress notes
• Assist with any PCMH tasks assigned
• Other duties as assigned

Education And Experience

• Minimum of a High School diploma; Associates Degree preferred
• One to three years of relevant experience and/or training
• Electronic Medical Record experience preferred

Qualifications & Requirements

• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work independently on assigned tasks as well as to accept direction on given assignments
• Able to work collectively with administration and staff
• Able to maintain highest level of confidentiality
• Travel to any of the Premier Medical Group locations may be necessary upon request

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Medical Practices