Office Assistant - Assisted Living (Full Time : Monday - Friday)

Description

Position Summary :

The General Office Assistant is responsible for organizing and maintaining medical records and reviews all charts for completion and accuracy. The assistant obtains signatures from physicians for medical records, files all reports in the appropriate medical records and assist with billing information. In addition, will be responsible for generalized office duties. Maybe the primary individual to answer and direct incoming calls.

Position Responsibilities include :

• Organizes and maintains the open and closed medical records per procedure.
• Monitors medical records for compliance with licensing requirements, reporting problems to the Business Office Manager.
• Assembles charts and inserts in a timely fashion.
• Regularly files all reports for the patient's medical record per established guidelines and time-lines.
• Maintains tracking logs and patient outcomes in an organized and accessible manner.
• Maintains plans of care and supplemental orders from physicians in a timely and complete manner.
• Provides follow up for physician signature per procedure and reports problems in obtaining physician signatures to appropriate nursing supervisor, within given time frames.
• Demonstrates appropriate filing, record keeping and photocopying skills.
• Performs on-call responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

Education :

High School graduate or GED.

Training and Experience :

One (1) year of medical clerical experience preferred. Able to learn to operate a laptop computer to perform clinical documentation and keyboarding or typing skills; previous experience preferred.

Job Knowledge :

Knowledge of filing, record keeping, data entry, various computer programs and photo reproduction equipment.

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