Medical office secretary vs medical scheduler

Differences between medical office secretary and medical scheduler duties and responsibilities

Medical office secretary example responsibilities.

• Evaluate all EOB's to insure accurate payment is received and when necessary will file appeals to achieve optimal payments.
• Enter new patients confidential information into computer database also discharge patients and enter chart information containing ICD-9 and CPT codes.
• Attend various billing, Medicare, Medicaid and HIPPA workshops to stay abreast of changing policies.
• Greet patients -schedule appointments -Answered telephones and direct calls -obtain demographic and insurance information -collect co-payments -verify insurance coverage
• Obtain patient demographics and record patient information including health history, insurance responsibility forms, and appropriate HIPAA documentation.
• Comply with all HIPAA laws and patient privacy policies.
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Medical scheduler example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pre-op responsibilities, and generate all necessary paperwork.
• Schedule patients for any testing that is necessary including MRI's, EMG's and Doppler's.
• Transcribe physician orders including schedule labs, testing and screening/specimens and occasionally transport patients to various location of the hospital.
• Prepare class for transition techniques to transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10.
• Perform basic medical assistant duties such as triage, vitals, administer IM injections.
• Answer multiple phone lines simultaneously, schedule patient appointments, and interact with physicians and triage patient calls.
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