Patient information coordinator vs insurance coordinator

Differences between patient information coordinator and insurance coordinator duties and responsibilities

Patient information coordinator example responsibilities.

• Manage and track various holds on inventory: ship on quarantine; FDA hold; and quality hold.
• Verify patient insurance eligibility, and perform medical coding under ICD-9 and CPT code formats.
• Obtain and update demographic, emergency contact and insurance information, including referrals/authorizations on all patients as needed.
• Schedule radiology procedures using IMAGECAST.
• Enter ICD-9 and CPT-code information for billing purposes.
• Verify medical claims are appropriately code utilizing ICD-9 coding and make corrections, as necessary.
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Insurance coordinator example responsibilities.

• Verify patient dental insurance coverage and limitations with major private and business dental insurance providers as well as Medicaid and Medicare.
• File to record patient demographics in numerous EMR systems and paper charts if applicable.
• Prepare providers and staff for ICD-10 transition.
• Post and reconcile all daily insurance, patient payments and transactions within the EMR system.
• Experience in registration in healthcare, business office and physician billing, with reimbursement and collections.
• Process all Medicare claims, explaining HMO changes to patients in detail and accurately documenting all benefits.
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