Scheduling Specialist - Comp Breast Care

Join Our Team at Avera Medical Group Comprehensive Breast Care

Be part of a compassionate multidisciplinary team with the goal of moving health forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Performs diverse duties as they relate to the department to include completing prior and pre-authorizations for patients' insurance companies, working appeals for insurance coverage, verifying benefits, making referrals and scheduling pre-operative physical, and reviewing surgery information with patients. Responsible for scheduling, maintaining, and disseminating an accurate surgery schedule, including the acquisition, retention, and organization of documentation, and will provide clerical services for the department as indicated.

What You Will Do

• Obtains information (including physician orders to schedule tests / procedures only) from physician offices for scheduling tests, procedures, and admissions in an accurate, timely, and sequential manner.
• Facilitates in coordinating a plan of care for patients with various departments throughout the hospital and clinics including working with equipment vendors for surgical equipment needs.
• Coordinates care between facilities for utilization of telemedicine to ensure continuity of care if applicable.
• Communicates information to physicians, staff, families, etc., when directed and to do so in an appropriate and professional manner.
• Assists with the collection and maintenance of records as needed by Performance Improvement, Joint Commission accreditation, CARF certification, OSHA guidelines, or as may be required by law.
• Coordinates scheduling of specialized equipment based on procedures.
• Maintains physician calendar, procedure schedule, and all coordinating orders for procedures.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

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Expectations and Standards

Benefits You Need & Then Some

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