Front Office Specialist T2L
Wellstar Health Systems

Job Info

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Facility: Wellstar Family Medicine - Alpharetta (4895 Windward)
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 Other

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

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