Surgical Care Affiliates - Denver, CO
posted 8 days ago
About the position
Today, SCA Health has grown to 11,000 teammates who care for 1 million patients each year and support physician specialists holistically in many aspects of patient care. Together, our teammates create value in specialty care by aligning physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal: delivering on the quadruple aim of high-quality outcomes and a better experience for patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care. As part of Optum, we participate in an integrated care delivery system that enables us to support our partners as they navigate a complex healthcare environment. Only SCA Health has a dynamic group of physician-driven, specialty care businesses that allows us to customize solutions, no matter the need or challenge. We connect patients to physicians in new and differentiated ways as part of Optum and with our new Specialty Management Solutions business. We have pioneered a physician-led, multi-site model of practice solutions that restores physician agency by aligning incentives to support growth and transition to value-based care. We lead the industry in value-based payment solutions through our Global 1 bundled payment convener, that provides easy predictable billing to patients. We help physicians address everything beyond surgical procedures, including anesthesia and ancillary service lines. The new SCA Health represents who we are today and where we are going-and the growing career opportunities for YOU.
Responsibilities
- Provide support to the facility by performing specific or various business office functions as assigned.
- Schedule surgeries in surgery template in the computer, along with pertinent information.
- Handle calls from physician's office regarding scheduling patients at the surgery center.
- Answer phone in a pleasant manner and deal with physician offices and patient's needs expeditiously.
- Take messages and transfer calls to other departments when necessary.
- Perform pre-registration and ensure authorization is obtained from the physician's office prior to surgery scheduled.
- Complete necessary paperwork for registration and use computer system to generate information for surgical/special procedure.
- Maintain log for cancelled appointments.
- Perform various clerical duties such as photocopying forms, reports, patient information, mailing surveys, preparing patient charts, faxing forms and retrieving faxes as needed.
- Maintain clean and orderly surgery scheduling area.
- Verify all scheduled cases as soon as possible.
- Contact patients with financial responsibility immediately and inform them of the center's payment policies and offer payment options if necessary.
- Document all insurance verification and patient calls clearly in the patient's account.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate degree or equivalent preferred.
- Minimum three years of experience in health care.
- Minimum of one-year experience in surgery scheduling procedures preferred.
- Ability to work independently as well as function within a team.
- Basic knowledge of surgery scheduling, receptionist and registration responsibilities.
- Ability to handle stress.
- Flexibility with hours and ability to work whichever shift is to be covered.
Benefits
- USD $16.00/Hr.
- USD $24.48/Hr.
