Referral specialist vs scheduling specialist

Differences between referral specialist and scheduling specialist duties and responsibilities

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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Scheduling specialist example responsibilities.

• Manage clinic visit schedules, rehabilitation conferences, medical exams, trial appearances, depositions, etc.
• Treat all patients with compassion and dignity no matter what their socioeconomic status is.
• Job entail becoming familiar with medical insurance carriers, which include Medicaid and Medicare programs.
• Schedule patients for radiology procedures, including complicate scheduling for multiple exams in one patient visit.
• Register patients into EMR system, ensuring accuracy when updating patient information, demographics and insurance.
• Schedule outpatient appointment for radiology patients, verify insurance, obtain authorization from insurance companies for special procedures.
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