Practice Office Associate

Job Responsibility:

• Promptly and professionally answers telephone calls, and if appropriate routes them appropriately.
• Organizes messages and delivers them promptly to the necessary individual.
• Greet patients and guests in a courteous and professional manner.
• Verify insurance coverage and demographic information.
• Obtain insurance referrals and authorizations.
• Direct patients to appropriate waiting or clinical areas.
• Explain financial obligation to patients or responsible parties and collect. copayments/co-insurance/deductibles as required.
• Facilitate or create appointments for follow-up care, diagnostics procedures, physical therapy, or pain management.
• Other duties as assigned by a manager or supervisor.

Job Qualification:

• High school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED).
• Minimum one year of relevant experience working in a medical facility or related field.
• Minimum one year experience in customer service or reception, preferably in a health care environment.

Additional Details:

• Ability to work within the operating hours: Monday - Friday (6:30am - 9pm), rotating Saturdays (8am-1pm)
• Ability to travel to other Western Nassau locations: Lynbrook

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).