What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surgical Scheduler-Neurointerventional Surgery position at University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc?
Under general supervision, schedules all division surgeries and incidental testing. Ensures that all primary care referrals are handled according to practice and payer guidelines. Ensures that referral and pre-authorization activities are undertaken in order to provide maximum patient and provider satisfaction and maximum reimbursement; and other duties as assigned.
Candidate must encompass the following Core Values:
- Patients first, together
- Always do the right thing
- Leave it better than you found it
- Drive at mastery
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- Two years related medical office experience
- Accurate data entry skills
- Current knowledge of payer requirements for referrals and preauthorization.
- Knowledge of IDX or similar computerized billing system
- Knowledge of ICD-9 and CPT coding
- General understanding of back office operations
- Strong customer service skills
- PC proficiency
- Medical terminology preferred
Essential Functions
- Schedules surgical cases daily following specified clinical and time allocation guidelines via automated
scheduling systems through telephone contact with physicians’ offices, fax, website retrieval, or
personally with the physician and/or resident; uses manual systems in the event of automated
system downtime - Interprets clinical requirements to effectively manipulate the schedule continually to achieve
optimum placement of cases, customer satisfaction, and accurate patient charging - Collaborates daily with the appropriate Nursing personnel and respective staff to coordinate surgical
schedule to provide optimum use of the operating rooms and facilities - Proactively communicates with the appropriate staff regarding special requests for personnel,
equipment and facilities; scheduling conflicts arising from resource requests are resolved with
management staff to ensure resource availability and optimum use of the facilities before finalizing
schedules
