Patient Access Scheduler - Flex - Outpatient Clinical Nutrition

• Schedules patient appointments system wide for providers including specialty and ancillary services.
• Schedules and provides proper prep instructions for ancillary and diagnostic procedures and tests using physician-specific and department guidelines.
• Coordinates and completes accurate basic registration, demographic and insurance information to ensure timely and accurate payment for services while scheduling appointments.
• Completes all appointment scheduling, cancellation and confirmation requests by matching patient preferences with documented, physician-specific scheduling guidelines to provide the first available appointment in conjunction with patient preferences for time, date and location of each appointment.
• Processes requests for referrals and obtains the referrals for physician offices as require.
• Answers patient and referring physician questions pertaining to appointment status.
• Coordinates the hold and release of template slots for requests to occur within weeks.
• Facilitates and assures physician to physician or department contact.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

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