Patient Care Coordinator WellMed South Medical Corpus Christi TX

The Patient Services Representatives is responsible for greeting patients and collecting, recording and balancing payments.

Essential Job Functions:

• Greets patients as they arrive and manages 20 minute wait time


• Assists patient with intake processes including copying required documents


• Collects co-payments, co-insurance and deductibles and issues receipts


• Manages cashier box and daily deposits according to company policies


• Processes walk-in patients and visitors


• Answers phones and schedules appointments


• Manages medical records (maintains, files/scans, prepares for schedule)


• Performs all other related duties as assigned

WellMed is now part of the OptumHealth division under the greater UnitedHealth Group umbrella.

WellMed is a healthcare delivery system serving more than 90,000 patients, primarily Medicare eligible seniors, in Texas and Florida through primary care clinics, multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services.  Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, WellMed is an industry leader in medical risk management, highly effective disease management and chronic care programs, healthcare delivery services and more.

Our focus and mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness.  We are innovators in preventative healthcare, striving to change the face of healthcare delivery for seniors.  Our providers and support staff are selected for their dedication to the senior population and focus on preventative, proactive patient care.

Required Qualifications:

• High school graduate or GED


• One to two years of related work experience including data entry


• Working knowledge of medical office procedures and medical terminology


• Ability to accurately sort and file materials by alphabetic or numeric systems


• Effective communication and customer service skills


• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds


• Ability to push or pull heavy objects using up to 100 pounds of force


• Ability to stand for extended periods of time


• Ability to use fine motor skills to operate equipment and/or machinery


• Ability to receive and comprehend instructions verbally and/or in writing


• Ability to use logical reasoning for simple and complex problem solving

Preferred Qualifications:

• ICD 9 and CPT coding experience


• Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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