Radiology Scheduling Specialist GA

Office hours 830am-5pm Monday-Friday

• →Accurate utilization of computerized central scheduling system to provide customers with timely, courteous, and proficient scheduling. Appropriately uses tools and resources to prevent scheduling conflicts and ensures proper test sequencing when multiple testing is ordered.
• →Accurately enters all required patient Registration data (i.e. demographic, insurance, contacts). Ensures patients are registered within time frame set by policies.
• →Completes the Medicare Questionnaire for all Medicare patients. Maintains knowledge of and reference materials for Medicare, Medicaid and third-party payer requirements, guidelines and policies, insurance plans requiring pre-authorization/referral and a list of current accepted insurance plans.
• →Provides patients/customers with accurate preparation and arrival instructions prior to exam.
• →Accurately obtains and transcribes orders for scheduled outpatient exams.
• →Participates in department staff meetings and keeps abreast of continuing education to ensure effective communication and to maintain skill competency.
• →Attends all mandatory in-services 100% and completes all mandatory safety in-services and skill competencies as required.
• →Seeks education opportunities to increase knowledge in department procedures as it relates specifically to scheduling needs for that area.
• →Participates in department staff meetings and keeps abreast of continuing education to ensure effective communication and to maintain skill competency. Attends all mandatory in-services 100% and completes all mandatory safety in-services and skill competencies as required. Seeks education opportunities to increase knowledge in department procedures as it relates specifically to scheduling needs for that area. Actively participates in group projects to problem solve department issues.
• →Knowledgeable concerning the operations of the various Advocate Aurora Health departments so that patient, visitor, and fellow employee questions are answered or referred in an appropriate manner.
• →Maintains confidentiality of patient records by following HIPAA and all compliance policies and guidelines.
• →Informs customers of insurance requirements, pre-payment financial obligations and handles financial transactions.

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

• Education Required: High School Graduate.
• Experience Required: Typically requires 1 year of experience in health care, insurance industry, call center or customer service setting.

• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: Ability to problem solve in a high profile and high stress area, working independently to set and meet deadlines and prioritize work.
• Ability to identify and understand issues and problems.
• Examines data and draws logical conclusions based on information available.
• General computer knowledge.
• Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required: None Required.

• Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Must be able to comply with remote work standards.
• Must be able to sit the majority of the workday.
• May include intermittent light travel.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.