Description
Summary:
This role involves comprehensive front office administration, including patient welcome, scheduling, registration, and support, maintaining a professional and organized environment.
Highlights:
1. Welcome patients and visitors in a friendly, professional, and courteous manner.
2. Optimize patient satisfaction through effective appointment scheduling.
3. Ensure patient rights and confidentiality by adhering to HIPAA guidelines.
APLA Health provides quality healthcare, life-saving services, camaraderie, compassion, and comfort to all who come through our doors. Our dedicated team of healthcare professionals is committed to providing personalized and compassionate free and low-cost medical services, tailored specifically to meet the unique needs of each individual we serve. APLA Health serves as a medical home providing an array of integrated healthcare services through 71,000+ billable patient visits and nearly 10,000 enabling services visits each year. Services provided include: medical, dental, behavioral health and HIV care; pharmacy; PrEP counseling and management; health education and HIV prevention; and STD screening and treatment. For people living with HIV, APLA Health offers housing support; benefits counseling; home healthcare; and the Vance North Necessities of Life Program food pantries; among several other critical support services.
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We offer great benefits, competitive pay, and great working environment!
We offer:
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance (no cost for employee)
• Vision Insurance (no cost for employee)
• Long Term Disability
• Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 4 Personal Days
• 10 Vacation Days
• 12 Sick Days
• Metro reimbursement or free parking
• Employer Matched (6%) 403b Retirement Plan
This is a great opportunity to make a difference!
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Front Office Administrator
Requisition #: 51312
Status: Full-time, Non-Exempt
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8AM – 5PM
Onsite or Hybrid: Onsite
Bilingual (English/Spanish): Yes: Spanish Assessment required prior to offer.
This position will pay $25.00 - $27.29 hourly. Salary is commensurate with experience.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Responsible for all onsite aspects of front office administration at assigned APLA Health Clinic location.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Welcome patients and visitors in a friendly, professional and courteous manner both in person and on the telephone.
• Schedules appointments for all providers to optimize patient satisfaction, provider time, and exam room availability.
• Utilize a variety of electronic systems to ensure patients are registered and all necessary demographic and/or financial information is entered into the patient record.
• Assist patients with checking in and registration in new online system answering questions as needed.
• Update patients' financial information, recording and collecting patient charges, providing patients with transaction receipts.
• Checks/verifies patient’s insurance eligibility/sliding fee status prior to and at each visit.
• Communicates appointment changes to patients and staff.
• Comfort patients by anticipating patients’ anxieties; answering patients’ questions and/or referring them to the appropriate clinical staff.
• Respond to patient inquiries promptly, and follow-up on patient issues and resolutions to ensure quality customer service.
• Assist patients with patient portal – showing them how to sign up, send messages, have telehealth visits, etc.
• Ensure that the waiting area is maintained neat and well organized.
• Learn and promote APLA Health’s services, facilities, and programs and be able to direct patients/guests accordingly.
• Participate in special projects to promote a wider range of APLA Health clinical and non-clinical services thereby contributing to efforts to meet contract goals and reach quality markers.
• Protect patients' rights by maintaining strictest confidentiality of personal and financial information; adhering to all HIPAA guidelines/regulations.
• Understand and comply with OSHA and other regulatory requirements.
• Assist in orientation of new personnel as directed.
• Work as a contributing team member and act in a professional and respectful manner at all times.
• Comply with all standard operating policies and protocols of APLA Health & Wellness.
• Effectively communicate with clients/patients in English and Spanish as required per aforementioned job duties
OTHER SPECIFIC DUTIES/TASKS MAY BE ASSIGNED TO MEET BUSINESS NEEDS.
REQUIREMENTS:
Training and Experience:
High school diploma or GED required; AA degree preferred. Experience working in a medical office preferred; or two (2) years of other customer service experience. Bilingual English/Spanish required. Knowledgeable about insurance plans as well as Medi-Cal/Medicare.
Knowledge of:
Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office programs. Knowledge of electronic health records preferred.
Ability to:
• Must be extremely organized and detailed oriented
• Must have excellent communications and written skills
• Strong telephone etiquette
• Must have a courteous, professional nature and customer service oriented
• Must maintain a strict discipline in time management with a focus on quality
• Knowledgeable about insurance plans, Medi-Cal / Medicare
• Good computer and typing skills.
• Bilingual required – English/Spanish
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
This is primarily an office position that requires only occasional bending, reaching, stooping, lifting and moving of office materials weighing 25 pounds or less. The position requires daily use of a personal computer and requires entering, viewing, and revising text and graphics on the computer terminal and on paper.
COVID vaccination required or medical/religious exemption.
An Equal Opportunity Employer.
Visit our website at www.aplahealth.org to apply or click the link below: https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/portal/A5559163F67395E0A2585D2135F98806/jobs/406535