Hospitalist coordinator vs appointment scheduler

Differences between hospitalist coordinator and appointment scheduler duties and responsibilities

Hospitalist coordinator example responsibilities.

• Manage inpatient transfers to rehabilitation and medical facilities, along with preparing and monitoring outpatient billings insurance verification and referrals.
• Benefit tracking includes vacation, sick time and CME reimbursement.
• Maintain Hospitalists schedule to ensure coverage, tracking PTO and CME requests.
• Coordinate, maintain and reconcile monthly tracking reports for billing, payroll and clinical hours.
• Develop follow-up program for high-risk and non-compliant patients.
• Collect verify, prepare, and submits Hospitalists payroll information
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Appointment scheduler example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pre-op responsibilities, and generate all necessary paperwork.
• Utilize the appropriate screening tools to accurately schedule internally refer patients for MRI appointments.
• Obtain and enter complete registration demographic and insurance verification information (primary and secondary) into EMR system.
• Implement a new TCMS and EHR database for the doctor's internal use.
• Organize & archive electronic documents; scan and link charts and documents into the EHR
• Used knowledge of key medical terms to determine patient's symptoms and refer to triage nurse when applicable.
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