Medical Support Assistant- White Earth Clinic & Cass Lake IHS

Currently seeking Medical Support Assistant to support the White Earth Health Center in Ogema, MN and Naytawaush, MN. Duties as follows:

• Identify alternate resources available to patients such as Medicare, Medicaid, vocational rehabilitation, V.A., private insurance or other third party coverage;
• Contacts alternate resource agency to verify coverage;
• Interviews in-patients/outpatients to obtain pertinent current patient registration demographic information;
• Enters patient data into the Practice Management and RPMS Patient Registration system.
• Obtains, verifies, and sequences insurance information for billing and maximum reimbursement from all alternate resources;
• Identifies the order of billing/coordination of benefits on reason for visit or clinic type;
• Obtain signatures for Medicare and private insurance patients;
• Identify patients whose health benefits are subject to prior approval to determine the extent of health care for both inpatient and outpatients;


• Initiate all admitting forms to complete the admission with current patient data, including the RPMS patient registration sections utilizing hospital and other local resources.
• Knowledge of proper processing requirements including forms, authorization documents and standard correspondence.
• Knowledge of the various clinical systems, walk-ins and appointments to avoid unnecessary delay or confusion on the part of the patient.
• Knowledge of the patient registration function and requirements for obtaining necessary third party information.
• Knowledge of patient registration and ability to enter and update eligibility, demographic, contact, and insurance information into RPMS accurately.
• Knowledge of Privacy and confidentiality considerations.
• Skills in operating computers, scanner, copier machines and other standard office equipment.
• Shall be able to read, write, and speak English well enough and enunciate with sufficient clarity to effectively communicate with patients and other health care providers.

Employee Health Clearance Required. Please provide the following immunizations:

Current Health Status Report

Immunizations: (Proof of immunization or lab evidence of immunity or disease) • MMR #1 & 2 • Varicella #1 & 2 • Hepatitis B #1, 2, 3 • Tdap (Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis) within the past 10 years • TB skin test (2 total with results) within 12months of onboarding or Quantiferon Gold • Influenza (October 1 – March 31) • COVID vaccinations and 2023 Booster*