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This is a full time, benefited position with varied shifts, Monday-Friday, located at the Anderson Medical Pavilion in La Jolla.

Join the Scripps Health team and work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-centered healthcare. Receive endless appreciation while you build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations nationwide.

Why join Scripps Health?

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• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.

Join a winning team supporting Scripps Anderson Medical Pavilion as a Scheduling Specialist supporting Interventional Cardiology. Primary duties include ancillary scheduling and complex scheduling as well as providing administrative support. This position involves heavy phone usage.

Routine Scheduling Specialist responsibilities may include:

• Interacting with patients, payers and providers to gather information necessary for accurate registration including assigning of appropriate Medical Record Number, scheduling, referral/authorization, point of service payment collection, document collection and arrival/check-in functions.
• Responding to customer billing and payment inquires as needed.
• Mentoring and training staff on departmental procedures.
• Accurately scheduling and re-scheduling complex patient procedures and appointments. Successful scheduling includes, but is not limited to, exhibiting proficiency in the scheduling procedures, scheduling and confirming appointments according to practice guidelines, entering appropriate insurance, initiating authorizations and referrals, performing Key User duties with minimal errors.
• Accurately documenting patient to provider communication, assessing urgency and escalating as appropriate.
• May manage the patient check-in and check-out process from start to finish, which includes identification verification; updating or confirming demographic and insurance information on every patient; ensuring appropriate forms are provided, signed and witnessed at the time of the patient visit; verifying coverage including benefits, authorization, pre-determination, payer specific policy exclusions or limitations to coverage, collecting any patient responsibility and accurately preparing end of day reporting or payment reconciliation as needed.
• Regularly displaying a proactive approach to customer service by listening to the patient, taking ownership of solutions and being able to accurately identify the need to involve leadership in order to resolve concerns.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be able to demonstrate proficiency of Microsoft computer applications with a minimum score of 80%.
• Must possess excellent mathematical skills and ability to handle monies.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills; innovative with ability to identify and solve problems. Able to adapt, prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, commercial and government health insurance and billing guidelines, ACA requirements, understanding of DRG's, Medical ICD9/ICD10 codes and CPT/HCPC Codes and Modifiers are required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 or more years of experience in a customer service or healthcare/medical office environment.
• Previous scheduling experience.
• Experience with Epic.

Job: *Business Office

Organization: *Scripps Clinic

Title: Scheduling Specialist - Interventional Cardiology - Anderson Medical Pavilion

Location: Central San Diego County-LA JOLLA-SCF-ANDERSON MEDICAL PAVILION

Requisition ID: 242003027