Medical Receptionist

We are in search of a motivated and highly competent Medical Receptionist for a busy and growing orthopedic pediatric surgery practice in Ridgewood, NJ. Job duties include:

Position Summary

Responsibilities include all aspects of the clinical administrative operations from scheduling appointments, validating insurance and payment authorization, inputting claims, and responding to telephone inquiries. Responsible for all aspects of patient appointment scheduling, insurance verification, creation of new patient charts and maintenance of patient records, scanning and filing patient documents, ensuring complete and accurate information, timely completion of all assigned tasks. Demonstrates knowledge of medical billing terminology and healthcare billing regulations. Ensure billing for all services provided is accurate, timely and fully documented. Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations and established Company policies and compliance programs.

Essential Responsibilities :

• Validating patient insurance and payment authorization
• Scheduling patient appointments
• Accurate and timely inputting of claims
• Managing individual’s work in process
• Responding to telephone inquiries
• Creation of new patient charts and maintenance of patient records
• Managing incoming phone calls
• Provide a high level of customer service to patients, fellow employees and referral sources.