Rehab office coordinator vs referral specialist

Differences between rehab office coordinator and referral specialist duties and responsibilities

Rehab office coordinator example responsibilities.

• Schedule staff, manage PPS and HMO, and attend multidisciplinary meetings.
• Provide meeting and committee support - creating and managing PowerPoint presentations and using technical skills to facilitate participation and discussion.
• Assure all employees submit payroll information on a weekly basis and submit all expense reports.
• Prepare reports regarding rehabilitation services such as utilization, performance improvement, productivity, and budget.
• Demonstrate fitness-level appropriate exercises, coordinate, and monitor patients progress through the challenges of cardiac rehabilitation.
• Provide MDS information as requested by facility.
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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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