Summary:
The Patient Coordinator is responsible for obtaining the initial prescription, initial authorization and scheduling/block booking appointments for patient’s treatment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Welcomes patients and visitors in person and on the telephone, answering inquiries or referring to other staff.
- Obtains initial prescription from referring physician’s office for patient’s treatment, updates patient’s EMR chart with prescription and expiration date.
- Obtains initial authorization from insurance provider for patient’s treatment, updates patient’s EMR chart with authorization form and expiration date.
- Schedules appointments for new and existing patients in the electronic medical records system (EMR), ensures all patient paperwork and insurance information in patient’s chart is up to date, providing new paperwork for completion when needed.
- Coordinate communication with APT staff, referring physicians, and therapists to ensure needs of patients and families are met.
- Assists patients checking in for appointments using the kiosk when necessary.
- Collects co-pays for current visit or balances from prior visits.
- Opens and sorts mail, distributes faxes; delivers outgoing mail to post office at the end of the day if needed.
- Other clerical duties as assigned by management.
