What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Care Coordinator - Big Bend position at Ascendent Health Partners?
Are you a people person with excellent communication skills and a "patients first" service oriented mentality? We want to get to know you!
Virtue Dental specializes in taking care of the unique people attached to the teeth and we want you to join us in that mission! Our growing team needs a part time or full time Patient Care Coordinator to deliver incredible experiences to our patients as they pursue a healthy smile.
Administrative and customer service experience is a plus. All we require is a positive attitude, the ability to work with a team, and a desire to learn. Does this sound interesting to you?
Must Have:
- 2 years experience in a Dental Office.
- Highschool Diploma
Duties of the Care Coordinator include, but are not limited to the following:
- Review daily schedule and outstanding patient balances needed, prior to daily morning meeting
- Review the need for health and policy document updates. Annual short history updates are required and 5 year full history is required
- Ensuring that 95% of patients within the practice are pre-appointed and patients co-pays are collected or planned for with 98% success
- Communicating with patients via their preferred communication medium
- Manage and communicate stock/supply needs to to the management team for patient reception area, office supply and team common spaces
- Practice opening and closing procedures
- Keeping insurance coverage, patient demographic data, and administrative data up to date.
- Triage emergency patients via their preferred communication method as needed
- Support clinical teams diagnoses and treatment plans wherever possible
- Generate dental insurance claims, reporting information in a timely fashion
- Schedule new patient and recall appointments accurately and efficiently
- Schedule treatment planned appointments accurately and efficiently
- Discussing estimated insurance coverage with patients
- Establish a rapport with all patients and validate treatment recommendations made by the doctor
- Using tablets for consent documents and medical history updates
- Stay up-to-date with inter-office communication and attend all administrative department and staff meetings
- Attending CE/Meetings/Lectures with consultant
- Developing quarterly goals and KPIs with assistance of department lead
- Other duties as assigned by team leader
Benefits:
Full-time
Medical & dental for employee, spouse, and dependents after 90 days
Paid time off & paid holidays after 90 days
Paid time off is accrued based on length of time with company
401k w/ 3% company match after 1 yearandat least 1,000 hours
