Patient Accounts Specialist-Kingsport Dental Clinic( Kingsport,TN)
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Job Location:
Memphis, TN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Market Range: 06
Hiring Salary: $19.67/Hourly
THIS POSITION IS LOCATED IN KINGSPORT TN
JOB SUMMARY/ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: The Patient Accounts Specialist Kingsport Dental Clinic of the Appalachian Highlands administers the comprehensive patient treatment schedule on a daily basis in the Kingsport Dental Clinic. This position provides coordination of patient scheduling insurance and payor benefits eligibility and pre-authorization checks. This position maintains routine business office functions.
Responsibilities
- Answers multi-line phone systems to render insight to current and prospective patients.
- Manages the patient scheduling system by scheduling rescheduling confirming and canceling patient appointments.
- Works in collaboration with the Veterans Affairs Mountain Home.
- Registers new and existing patients into the clinic database including medical history HIPAA agreement insurance and TennCare benefit and eligibility verification with deductible and co-payments.
- Communicates and triage patient concerns for urgent problem-focused evaluation appointments.
- Prepares and posts daily productivity reconciliation reports for collections for deposit according to guidelines.
- Monitors and manages all front office operations and functions.
- Sends and receives treatment referrals and/or consults and imports information into clinic software.
- Assists in any clinical position due to staff shortage or high-level patient care in areas of sterilization patient processing and student assistance.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION:High School Diploma or GED.(TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)
EXPERIENCE: Two (2) years of experience in a dental office/clinic as a dental assistant front desk or hygienist. Must maintain CPR certification.
LICENSE/CERTIFICATION:A Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) in the State of Tennessee with certification in radiology and nitrous oxide monitoring is preferred.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Knowledge of basic computer data entry office software operations business functions and execution.
- Knowledge of basic dental treatments terminology and delivery of dental care.
- Familiarity with basic dental insurance processes 3rd party payors TennCare and Current Dental Terminology (CDT).
- Strong professional and effective communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively and a desire to be a team member striving to deliver quality dental health care.
- Ability to gather data compile information and statistics to prepare reports for internal and external use.
- Detail-oriented organized with the ability to prioritize work while multi-tasking.
WORK SCHEDULE:This position may occasionally be required to work weekends.
THIS POSITION IS LOCATED IN KINGSPORT TN
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Office Manager Experience
- Accounts Receivable
- Dentrix
- Computer Operation
- ICD-10
- Dental Receptionist
- Chairside Assisting
- Dental Office Experience
- Medical Billing
- Front Desk
- CPT Coding
- Eaglesoft
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