Psychiatric secretary vs referral specialist

Differences between psychiatric secretary and referral specialist duties and responsibilities

Psychiatric secretary example responsibilities.

• Manage financial bookkeeping efficiently for the company using QuickBooks.
• Support multiple physicians in a minimally supervise environment through daily transcription of progress notes, psychiatric evaluations, and discharge summaries.
• Design and delivery of PowerPoint presentations, weekly information packets, and informational resources for distribution to regional managers.
• Complete disability and FMLA paperwork.

Referral specialist example responsibilities.

• Manage assignments of paying medical bills limit in depth that include organizing and researching regulations as pertain to veterans eligibility.
• Interview patients, evaluate eligibility, collect co-pays, deductibles, including, but not limit to insurance verification.
• Input HIPAA information, call physician offices to verify testing, collect copay's and deductibles.
• Arrange for debt repayments or establish repayment schedules and send out insurance claims with the correct ICD-9 and CPT codes.
• Research referrals and either deny or approve based on information obtain and appropriately identify diagnosis (CPT and ICD-9 coding).
• Maintain confidentiality by following all applicable HIPAA regulations.
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