Medical Assistant

Responsibilities:

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  Clinical: Assists the RN or LVN by collecting, recording, and reporting age specific data that includes: TPRs, BPs and blood sugar readings. Assists with wound photography and measurements. Reports observed responses to treatment. Assures data is complete, accurate and comprehensive. Promptly reports unusual observations or changes in patient condition/behavior. Competently completes all aspects of patient care including age-appropriate techniques for ADL’s, mobility, transfers, positioning, hygiene, toileting, and correct application of orthosis/prosthesis, and use of adaptive devices. Records care given as well as observed responses to treatment, including patient’s participation in wound care/hyperbaric plan. Data is complete, accurate and comprehensive. Completes unit tasks such as cleaning exam areas, cleaning hyperbaric gurneys and chambers, sterile instrument processing, transporting patients, and running errands.
  
  Pre-certification: Receiving referral on new patients. Verifying patient coverage. Communicating with primary care physician and/or insurance company as needed to obtain authorization for initial visit. Documenting information in logbook. Copying documentation to hospital billing department and attending wound healing center physician/s. Placing visit tally card on chart front to track visits. Recertification/extension: Identifying the need for additional visits before the current time or number of visits expires. Sending clinical information and photographs (as needed) to appropriate insurance company with request for an extension of visit numbers or time. On receipt of extension, documenting authorization information on log. Copying the update to patient finance and attending wound center MD.
  
  Clerical: Answering phone, greeting customers, route calls to appropriate staff, schedule patient appointments. Obtaining insurance information from customers, obtaining insurance verification for services. Coordinating Patient Ancillary Testing with other hospital departments. Entering patient charges and verifying charges, reconciling charges as directed. Assembling new patient charts, maintaining and filing existing patient charts, “spot checking” charts for data completeness and signatures. Data entry into proprietary database and data entry into hospital data systems (patient registration) as directed. Auditing data entry and generate reports as directed. Maintaining office equipment and maintaining office supplies, (ordering as appropriate)
  
  Clerical: Answering phone, greeting customers, route calls to appropriate staff, schedule patient appointments. Obtaining insurance information from customers, obtaining insurance verification for services. Coordinating Patient Ancillary Testing with other hospital departments. Entering patient charges and verifying charges, reconciling charges as directed. Assembling new patient charts, maintaining and filing existing patient charts, “spot checking” charts for data completeness and signatures. Data entry into proprietary database and data entry into hospital data systems (patient registration) as directed. Auditing data entry and generate reports as directed. Maintaining office equipment and maintaining office supplies, (ordering as appropriate)
  

Credentials:

• CMA or RMA (Required)

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)
• Education Specialization: Equivalent Experience: •2+ years Experience in an acute hospital, rehabilitation hospital, or skilled nursing unit