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Christiana Care Health System

Office Assistant I, Center for Medical Genomics

Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware, United States, 19711

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ChristianaCare is hiring a

Medical Office Assistant

for the Center for Medical Genomics at the Helen F. Graham Center in Newark, DE.

As an office assistant, you are the first touch point of contact when the patient arrives for their appointment. The ideal candidate will have prior medical office experience, and excellent customer service skills.

Work Schedule

Monday-Thursday, 8:00am- 4:30pm

Fridays, 7:30am - 4:00pm

Job duties & responsibilities

Schedules appointments with awareness of insurance, provider, and practice location

Greets and interacts with patients in a professional manner to collect required demographic and financial information. Processes/verifies referral information and eligibility for insurance reimbursement as needed.

Maintains confidentiality of workplace & patient information

Collects payments according to insurance requirements

Verify insurance coverage & coordinates referrals

Performs day-end reconciliation of appointments & payments received

Answers all phone calls in a professional manner and relays accurate messages

Puts messages into provider(s) and respond to messages from provider(s)

Communicate with provider and staff through EMR

Communicate with internal and external departments

Keeps patients up to date on issues until resolution can be accomplished

Facilitates testing, labs, appointments, etc for patients

Prepares medical records to include scanning and indexing tests, reports, etc into patient charts as needed

Responsible for researching issues and responding to the patient in a timely and professional manner

Assists with copying, faxing, and general administrative support

Performs assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental safety rules and practices; reports to supervisor, in a timely manner, any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients and visitors.

Performs other related duties as required.

Education Requirements

High School Graduate or Equivalent

Experience in a medical office setting preferred.

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

When we lead with love, excellence is inevitable.

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Hourly Pay Range: $17.32 - $25.12. This pay rate/range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements.

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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