Administrative Assistant III- General Surgery; Santa Monica

Overview

As an Administrative Assistant III, you will be responsible for patients scheduling, surgery scheduling, encounters, and therapeutic and ancillary testing and procedures: obtaining insurance authorizations, answering, screening and responding to incoming calls, preparing all documentation, charts, encounters, and other information needed for physician clinics, scheduling patient-needed appointments, x-rays, surgery, and tests. Prepare all necessary documents and forward to appropriate departments including insurance authorizations, charge documents and reconciliations, and disability and workers’ compensation forms.

Explain charges to patients and assist patients with billing questions, communicating directly with department billing and Physician Support Services. Serve as a liaison between patients, physicians, nursing units and other UCLA departments. Prepare daily, weekly and monthly reports, as needed. Responsibilities also include providing support in appointment scheduling, pre-registration, patient reception, cash collection and other related duties. Other duties/tasks, as assigned.

• Schedule patients, including surgery scheduling, encounters, and therapeutic and ancillary testing and procedures; obtain insurance authorizations; answer, screen and respond to incoming calls; prepare all documentation, charts, encounters, and other information needed for physician clinics.
• Schedule patient appointments, x‑rays, surgery, and tests; prepare all necessary documents and forward to appropriate departments (including insurance authorizations, charge documents and reconciliations, and disability and workers’ compensation forms).
• Explain charges to patients and assist with billing questions; communicate directly with department billing and Physician Support Services.
• Serve as a liaison between patients, physicians, nursing units, and other UCLA departments.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports as needed.
• Provide support in appointment scheduling, pre-registration, patient reception, cash collection, and other related duties.
• Perform other duties/tasks as assigned.

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