Patient Access Coordinator

Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Retina Consultants of Texas (RCTX) is seeking a Patient Access Coordinator to join our innovative team with the mission of Fighting Blindness For The World To See. This position will be responsible for providng excellent customer service in a fast-paced clinic environment at our Bryan-College Station Clinic. /span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;"Candidates/spanspan style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;" must be able to travel to various clinics to meet the needs of the patients and providers, and support the Clinic hours of Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:30am-6:30pm. Schedules are provided weekly and are based on the provider's clinic, patient and surgery schedules. Clinic staff are provided with the opportunity for weekend hours if available./span/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Retina Consultants of Texas is the largest and most respected retina-only ophthalmology practice in the United States. Our group consists of 26 world renowned physicians leading the world in retinal care. While serving two major metropolitan markets (and their extensions) our combined culture allows us to best serve our patients, referral sources and our own team of physicians. RCTX also invests heavily in diagnostic equipment, providing state-of-the-art retina imaging, laser and diagnostic capabilities to each patient. This, combined with the clinical expertise of our physicians, an outstanding and devoted staff, and 25 convenient locations to serve our patients./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"We worked hard to create our culture as Retina Warriors. We strongly emphasize our core values of Hard Work, Authentic Care and Innovation in everything we do. It is our belief that by investing in our people, our people will be empowered of their own accord to provide the highest quality patient experience./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"In addition to being highly challenged professionally, in joining our practice, the following competitive benefits for full-time eligible employees after a 60-day introductory period: /span/pullispan style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Employee Paid Benefits such as Medical, Dental, and Vision, short-term disability, voluntary life insurance, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, pet insurance, HSA pre-taxed contributions, 401 (k) retirement savings contributions both Roth and Traditional options from starting date of hire./span/lilispan style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Employer Paid Benefits such as long-term disability, $25,000 basic life insurance policy, 3% 401(k) safe harbor contribution, HSA employer contributions, annual performance merit increases, certification opportunities, rewards recognition platform, WellHub Starter Plan Gym Membership, paid time off and (8) paid holidays + (1) floating holiday annually.  /span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Pay Rate is $18.00+ per hour and eligible for overtime./span/pp style="margin-left: .5in;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"emspan style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;"RCTX is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, military service, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class under applicable law./span/em/span/p Responsibilities: ullispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Greet and sets the tone for a great visit by professionally and compassionately attending to the patients as they arrive for their appointments. /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Facilitate internal communications on multiple platforms to ensure an efficient appointment flow. /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Maintaining and updating current information into multiple databases; following appointment procedures set by management./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Identifies all patient’s responsibilities based on insurance benefit, calculates estimates, collects liabilities and post payment transactions and performs daily reconciliation. /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Confirm authorization or referrals for drug approvals/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Identifies self-pay and complex liability calculations. /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Provide requested and/or required information to patients, physicians and staff, in a professional and timely manner; relay all pertinent information to appropriate staff members/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Provide all appropriate information to patients in preparation for appointment: patient intake forms, financial obligations and ensure referrals and authorizations are intact. /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Maintain tidiness of the lobby and all public spaces in the front/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Follow proper opening and closing procedures, including cash handling when receiving patient payments protocol and all policies set by management. /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Promote effective working relations to facilitate the department’s ability to meet its goals and objectives. /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Perform all duties within HIPAA regulations; maintain confidentiality of all doctor, staff, and patient information./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Keeps inventory of clerical supplies and re-orders as necessary./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Reports safety concerns promptly to appropriate leader./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Other job related duties as assigned or requested. /span/li/ul Qualifications: p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"strongQualifications: /strong/span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"strongEducation Requirements/strong/span/pullispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"High school diploma/span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"strongExperience Requirements:/strong/span/pullispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Medical office experience preferred /span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"strongspan style="color: black;"Physical Abilities: /span/strong/span/pulli style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;"Sedentary position with occasional movement throughout the clinic/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"strongSkills/Competencies: /strong/span/pullispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Knowledge of basic medical terminology and how to read EOBs. /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Basic typing skills required/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Basic Mathematical skills to include adding and subtracting /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Computer experience: working in multiply systems, Microsoft Outlook and Teams /span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Have working knowledge of insurance terminology preferred/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Bilingual preferred/span/li/ul