1 Patient Accounts Specialist-General Dentistry (KINGSPORT, TN) Job in Memphis, TN
University of Tennessee, Knoxville is Hiring a Patient Accounts Specialist-General Dentistry (KINGSPORT, TN) Near Memphis, TN
Patient Accounts Specialist-General Dentistry (KINGSPORT, TN)
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Market Range: 06
Hiring Salary $19.67/Hourly
THIS IS A GRANT-FUNDED POSITION LOCATED IN KINGSPORT, TN
JOB SUMMARY/ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: The Patient Accounts Specialist administers the comprehensive patient treatment schedule daily at the Kingsport Dental Clinic of the Appalachian Highlands. This position provides coordination of patient scheduling, insurance and payor benefits, eligibility, and pre-authorization checks. This position maintains routine business office functions.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Answers multi-line phone systems to render insight to current and prospective patients.
- Manages the patient scheduling system for dental clinic including students, residents, and faculty.
- Registers new and existing patients into the clinic database including medical history, HIPAA agreement, insurance, and TennCare benefit and eligibility verification with deductible and co-payments.
- Communicates and triage patient concerns for urgent problem-focused evaluation appointments.
- Prepares 3rd party payor claims on daily basis while posting payments to patient accounts.
- Prepares and posts daily productivity reconciliation reports for collections for deposit according to guidelines.
- Monitors and manages all front office operations and functions.
- Sends and receives treatment referrals and/or consults and imports information into clinic software.
- Assists in any clinical position due to staff shortage or high-level patient care in areas of sterilization, patient processing, and student assistance.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION: High School Diploma orGED. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)
EXPERIENCE: Four (4) years of experience in a dental office/clinic as a dental assistant, front desk, or hygienist.Must maintain registration as a licensed dental assistant in the State of Tennessee. Nitrous Oxide Monitoring and Radiology Certification are required. Must maintain CPR certification. (PROOF OF LICENSURE IS REQUIRED)
LICENSE/CERTIFICATION: A Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) in the State of Tennessee, with certification in radiology and nitrous oxide monitoring, is required. (PROOF OF LICENSURE IS REQUIRED)
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- Knowledge of basic computer data entry, office software, operations, business functions and execution.
- Knowledge of basic dental treatments, terminology, and delivery of dental care.
- Familiarity with basic dental insurance processes, 3rd party payors, TennCare and Current Dental Terminology (CDT).
- Strong, professional, and effective communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with a diverse population and community of patients and a desire to be a team member striving to deliver quality dental health care.
- Ability to gather data, compile information, and statistics to prepare reports for internal and external use.
- Detail-oriented, organized with the ability to prioritize work while multi-tasking.
WORK SCHEDULE: This position may occasionally be required to work weekends.
Job Summary
Full Time
$36k-45k (estimate)
04/23/2024
06/22/2024
utk.edu
FARRAGUT, TN
7,500 - 15,000
1794
SHERRY BARR
$1B - $3B
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About University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville. Founded in 1794, it is the flagship institution of the statewide University of Tennessee system with nine undergraduate departments and eleven graduate departments and hosts more than 26,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. In its 2009 ranking of universities, U.S. News & World Report ranked UT 118th among national universities and 52nd among public institutions of higher learning. Its ties to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, established under UT President Andrew Holt and con...tinued under the UT-Battelle partnership, have positioned the University as co-manager and allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students enjoyed by few other institutions of comparable standing. Also affiliated with the University are the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy, the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, and the University of Tennessee Arboretum, which occupies 250 acres of nearby Oak Ridge, Tennessee and features hundreds of species of plants indigenous to the region. The University is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, the only Level I trauma center in the East Tennessee region and a self-proclaimed 'teaching hospital' due to its aggressive medical research programs and position as the primary career destination for most medical school graduates of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis.
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