Medical Assistant 24-00628 - Alura Workforce Solutions

Title

Care Associate

Position Type: Onsite
Schedule: M-F, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Pay: $22.00- $24.50

DESCRIPTION

The Care Associate is responsible a broad range of support services to ensure efficient patient operations including assisting professional staff in direct patient care, admitting, registering, scheduling patient visits, obtaining authorizations, triaging prioritizing patient and family inquiries, prepare billing data, maintaining patient information, preparing required reports and provide other support as requested.

• Assists professional staff in direct patient care.
• Maintains efficient patient traffic flow.
• Provides clerical support services including triaging prioritizing telephone calls, mailing and faxing correspondences and printing reports.
• Records patient information related to admission, registration, scheduling, authorization and billing.
• Prepares billing forms, assembles required documents, and maintains payment data.
• Utilizes appropriate patient information systems to maintain necessary data and produce reports as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bilingual, highly preferred.
• 2+ years of nursing support experience in a hospital and/or medical environment.
• Minimum typing and keyboarding skills of 40 WPM.

• Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support certification (BCLS), required
• California Certified Medical Assistant preferred.

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