Medical Assistant I

Job ID: JP00045242

Anticipated Start Date: 01/20/2025

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

Responsible for assisting clinicians in the examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the physician.

Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Provides front and/or back office support.
• Greets patients in a friendly, service oriented manner in compliance with Carelon Health Care Center (CCC) or Medical Group Practice protocols and workflows.
• Oversees patient check in by ensuring medical records/charts have been pulled, patient data is current, appropriate paperwork is in order, and charts are reviewed/prepared.
• Interviews patient, measures vital signs, and records reason for visit.
• Explains procedures, performs treatments, and administers prescribed medication.
• Oversees patient check out by scheduling follow up appointments, collecting co-payment if applicable, ensuring paperwork is complete.
• Schedules and confirms patient's appointments.
• Reconciles co-payments at the end of each day.

Requirements:

• Requires a H.S. diploma or equivalent; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
• Medical Assistant certification from an accredited school of training required.
• Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) may be required.
• For Carelon Health business unit, satisfactory completion of a Tuberculosis test is a requirement for this position.
• For Simply Health business unit, phlebotomy background strongly preferred.
• Spanish speaking, flexible in traveling to other care centers when needed for coverage.

Job Type: Contract opportunity.

Additional Details:

• This position is a patient/member-facing role.
• Temp work in a care center, assisted living, clinic, member home, or have access to medication.
• 8am-5pm PST Monday-Friday.
• This role will be traveling between both offices below:
• Office Location: 2444 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640.
• Office Location: 10000 Lakewood Blvd. Downey, CA 90240.
• These positions will be covering and supporting APCs, PCP, cardio, Derm and ESRD. The care centers see over 1,500 members a month.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, contractors are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process. Candidates must reside within 50 miles or 1-hour commute each way of a relevant Elevance Health location.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward’s 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

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