Facility: Wellstar Primary Care - Alpharetta (2570 Holcomb)




Job Summary:




Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:



Customer Service:


- a. In Adherence to our AIDET principles, the FOS will greet patients and guests in a warm, friendly manner in person or on the telephone; identifying self and practice.
- b. Answering incoming calls; directing to appropriate personnel, taking messages when appropriate within the EHR, handling non-clinical processes, and scheduling patient appointments as requested.
- c. Communicating quickly and often with patients, if there is a delay or wait for patient care.
- d. Working with both clinical staff and providers in a team approach.
- e. Managing patient call wait times; being alert to queues in the system, responding to voicemails and messages timely, offer options to call patients back, if they are on hold too long Operations/Revenue Cycle:


- a. Registering/scheduling patients for appointments; ensuring patient insurance eligibility through Experion, checking in patients, scanning insurance cards and ID into the EHR, and ensuring completion of all necessary paperwork.
- b. Collecting co-pays and any outstanding balances, adherence to the WMG LD90 cash management policy.
- c. Managing cash allowance; verifying opening balance, ensuring all correct change and collections are made and accounted for, accurately balancing superbills/posting report with bank bag for each daily close.
- d. Checking patients out; collecting any deductibles or self pay account balances, setting up payment arrangements on balances, and/or scheduling next appointment visits
- e. Contacting patients for appointment reminders Administrative:


- Coordinating with the clinic for pharmaceutical representatives, visitors, sample pick-ups, and other clinic requests
- Other duties as assigned by management.



Required Minimum Education:



High school diploma or equivalent. Required



Required Minimum Experience:



1-2 years administrative front office experience in a physician practice or health care setting Preferred and
Previous customer service experience Required