Support Specialist- Primary Care

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Serve as the first point of contact for clients, caregivers, family, and partners presenting to LCHC via phone or in person.
This position provides crucial patient care services that support the financial health of LCHC by ensuring patient appointments are scheduled and completed appropriately, verifying insurance, entering demographic data, and reviewing schedules for optimal provider utilization.
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High quality customer service for internal and external interactions and communications.
Preparing, retrieving and distributing clinic information to staff, clients and the public.
Essential Functions/Major Responsibilities JOB FUNCTIONS CUSTOMER SERVICE: Serve as receptionist and front office support.
Schedule appointments and maintains schedules.
Answer the phone, transfers calls, and manages multi-line telephone system.
Act as first point of contact for all clients, caregivers, and family.
Receive and relays messages to appropriate staff.
Assess and responds of emergency and non-emergency nature.
Show tact and diplomacy in challenging or confrontational situations .
ADMINISTRATIVE: Perform data entry in Electronic Health Record and other web-based patient portals.
Prepare letters, reports, and correspondence.
Perform basic office administrative tasks to support the department.
Daily mail pick-up, drop-off, and distribution.
Order and distributes office supplies.
Monitor and utilize reports to ensure appropriate patient follow up.
FINANCIAL: Provide information to patients, providers, and family about the financial resources and programs available.
Collect and processes payments.
Support staff, providers, and clients with account and billing questions.
Perform insurance eligibility queries through the EHR, other health coverage portals and/or by phone.
Manage cash drawer bags and prepares deposits.
RECORDS: Contact agencies for records.
Processes records requests.
Performs scanning to place documents into the EHR in compliance with policy and procedure.
Uses electronic system to enter, edit, and retrieve client information.
Typical Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Minimum Education Level High School Diploma / GED Specifics: Supplemented by courses in typing, computer data entry, computer software programs.
Minimum Experience Level Two- Three years Specifics: Customer Service background and progressively responsible clerical experience.
Substitution Note: Any satisfactory combination of education, experience and training that clearly demonstrates the ability to perform the work as determined by the Health and Human Services Director.
Desirable Qualifications: Bilingual and/or bicultural competencies for the Latinx population.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND/OR ABILITIES To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The required knowledge, skills and/or abilities are listed below: Knowledge of: Healthcare office practices and procedures.
Record keeping and reporting.
Basic knowledge of billing and payment principles.
Basic knowledge of commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid insurance eligibility.
Skill or ability to: Provide high quality customer service that is respectful and promotes trust with all interactions.
Convey information, ideas, and facts both orally and in writing to supervisors, colleagues, and individuals, inside and outside the county, using language and a format the audience will best understand.
Utilize computers and other technology to communicate in written and verbal forms (e.
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Effectively relate well with others, including supervisors, colleagues, and individuals inside and outside the county.
Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with others and working to maintain constructive working relationships.
Take personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work.
Show up to work on time, and follows instructions, policies, and procedures.
Meet productivity standards, deadlines, and work schedules.
Job Conditions and Physical Demands WORKING CONDITIONS Job Conditions: Normal working conditions, but must handle frequent interruptions, multiple telephone calls and counter work, and frequent data input.
Work Location: Lincoln County Travel: None PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands are typical of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical capability to handle high mobility demands and complex personal interactions.
Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).
Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination.
Some tasks require oral communications ability.
Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds.
Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, and violence.
Tasks are sometimes performed with exposure to disease or pathogenic substances.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS Lincoln County is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
This job description indicates, in general, the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities, and essential functions expected of the position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Lincoln County offers a comprehensive benefit package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision which is paid at 90% by the County and 10% by the employee.
Other fully paid benefits include life, AD&D, long-term disability insurance.
Other optional insurances are available.
A 401K retirement plan is also provided.
The County's current contribution rate is 11%.
Regular and Trial Service employees working between 20 - 39 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for pro-rated employee benefits.