HOURS & SHIFT REQUIREMENTS:  Full time.  40 hours weekly, 8-5, Monday – Friday.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Greets, instructs, directs, and schedules patients and visitors.  Serves as a liaison between patient and medical support staff.  Provides staff support to the Physician in operating the practice computer system including the total medical billing functions. Must be aware and follow the rural health care guidelines, policies, and procedure. 

GIBSON AREA HOSPITAL& HEALTH SERVICES MISSION STATEMENT

To provide personalized, professional healthcare services to the residents of the Communities we serve.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1.    Check in patients, verifying demographic info and making necessary changes in   computer. 

2.    Balance the cash and the receipts, with the encounters. Batch the encounters for    data entry.  

3.    Run credit card batch at end of each day.  Check credit card batch compared to   TransFirst report.  Post credit card payments.

4.    Copy medical records as requested by insurance companies, patient transfers   and for legal purposes.  The PCP needs to approve release of records before  they can be mailed form our facility.  Send billing fees for these services  according to our guidelines.  Scan a copy of the request in the patient’s file.  Document the transactions on the PHI Log in NextGen.  

5.    Assist in scheduling follow-up appointments as patient checks-out.

6.    Record drug tests and prepare drug tests for shipment.