Patient Care Associate
CurrentAnswer telephones promptly and courteously.Creates appropriate Medical Records for patient visits.Files forms and correspondence in patient’s charts.Verifies insurance information (Medicaid/Medicare or other insurance information), ensures encounter form is printed upon registration. Screens for necessary financial information to allow for billing, process billing denials and ensures co-payments to cashier’s office daily. Ensure correct billing codes are input for patient visit. Maintains records in proper order, retrieves and files medical records, files laboratory, diagnostic test results and correspondence in the patient’s medical records’ in a timely fashion, archives and or shred medical records as needed.Adheres to all Department of Psychiatry policies and procedures as well as hospital wide safety, infection control and disaster preparedness procedures. Adheres to HIPPAA Privacy requirements.Orders and distributes supplies as requested and all other tasks as needed and per departmental needs
