Southern Illinois Healthcare

Patient Scheduler, Full Time

Southern Illinois Healthcare  •  United States (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

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Position Summary

  • Responsible for answering telephone, scheduling tests, pre-certifying and registering patients, coordinating test results, data collection and maintaining data.

Principal Accountabilities

  • Standards of Performance: Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Collaboration, Stewardship, Accountability, Quality

Education

  • High School diploma or equivalent

Licenses and Certification

  • N/A

Experience and Skills

  • Technical Experience: 1 year
  • Technical Experience for Diabetes Department:
  • Basic medical terminology knowledge
  • Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
  • Typing minimum 40 wpm

Physical Activities

  • Intermittent hand manipulation required
  • Intermittent lifting and carrying of 20 pounds

Role Specific Responsibilities

  • Schedules patients for procedures
  • Posts case data and maintains case log
  • Enters patient charges
  • Provides pre-certification and ABN’s as required
  • General clerical duties
  • Lead: Assists with all scheduler roles
  • Lead: Assists dept manager as assigned and covers in their absence
  • Diabetes Department:
  • Accurately transcribes both internal and external referrals into EPIC
  • Reviews provider order for necessary components. Contacts referring provider office for new order if incomplete.
  • Manages work queue for nutrition and diabetes services for multiple locations throughout the system
  • Follows scheduling policy and procedures to accurately identify patient, insurances, referrals, and obtains required signatures where applicable
  • Accurately screens ABNs to determine medical necessity, explains ABN to patient, obtains signatures and reviews document for completeness.
  • Provides basic nutrition and diabetes specific health information
  • Generates reports to identify cancellations/no shows and reviews service history to determine need for rescheduling
  • Facilitates collection of data for CQI & KPI initiatives
  • Obtains appropriate referrals for outpatient follow-up services post-discharge from hospital
  • Connects with patients post-discharge from hospital to complete patient experience survey
  • Communicates with referring providers for any patient not receiving services as prescribed (ie unable to contact, no-show, multiple cancellations, etc)
  • Generates daily reports for inpatient glycemic data
  • Assists with data collection for annual accreditation reporting
  • Schedules conference rooms for group session, staff meetings, trainings, etc
  • Assists with management of staff outlook calendars
  • General clerical duties as assigned

Compensation (Commensurate with experience):

$18.28

To

$27.42

To access our Benefits Guide/Plan Information, please click the link below:

http://www.sih.net/careers/benefits

Southern Illinois Healthcare

About Southern Illinois Healthcare

Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) is a not-for-profit health system serving the southernmost counties of Illinois with four hospitals, a comprehensive cancer center, Level II Trauma Center and more than 30 outpatient and specialty practices. Based in Carbondale, Ill., SIH is the region’s largest private employer with 4,000 employees and the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits.

Recognized for quality outcomes in cardiac, stroke, bariatric and cancer care, SIH holds affiliations with renowned peers such as Prairie Heart Institute, SIU School of Medicine Family Practice Residency Program, Siteman Cancer Network and the BJC Collaborative.

We are dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all of the people in the communities we serve.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Carbondale, IL
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
sih.net
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