Steward Medical Group
Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States
Medical Assistant / Secretary
Job Description
Job Summary:
The position is a member of the health care team who functions in a dual role, providing administrative as well as clinical support to ensure quality care to patients and the smooth day-to-day operation of the physician practice. Duties will include, but are not limited to, medical assistant duties, answering telephones, making appointments, verifying patient demographic and health insurance information, coordinating billing and referral processes, assembling patient charts, scheduling, data entry and filing.
Responsibilities:
Medical Assistant Functions:
Takes vital signs
Prepares the patient, equipment and instruments
Chaperones female patients as needed
Reports significant observations and patient problems to appropriate caregivers
Cleans instruments and equipment, as needed
Provides and maintains supplies, equipment and linen for clinical areas
Medical Secretary Functions:
Answers, triages, and routes telephone calls appropriately; takes messages, follows through with each message, ensuring that the appropriate physician/staff member and received the information. Provides routine information to callers
Prepares the daily schedules for the office, pulls and prepares the patient charts, ensuring that the proper chart has been selected and the appropriate paperwork has been attached to the chart (i.e., encounter form, etc.)
Schedules patients' appointments and appropriate testing for patients as directed. Facilitates admissions to hospital
Verifies information from patients including demographic and health insurance information
Prepares documents for billing physician encounters; processes referrals as necessary for the practice
Organizes and updates files, charts, and records
Checking in patients, collecting copays & preparing batch daily
Responsible for stocking of supplies and assists in ordering supplies
Works on Quality initiatives as needed per Practice Manager
Handles Patient Reminder calls as indicated by Practice Manager
Possibility of covering in another practice
Performs other duties as requested
Qualifications:
Education from approved medical assistant program or equivalent
High School Diploma or equivalent
1 to 2 years of experience as a Medical Assistant preferred
The ability to perform medical secretary duties
Experience with electronic medical record strongly preferred (Athena a plus)
Experience with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and Outlook
Some travel required within the market
Steward Health Care is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer, Steward Health Care does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic
Additional Information
Steward Medical Group is taking additional necessary preparations to ensure patients can receive compassionate care in safe, carefully managed environment with confidence and without fear.
Our Safe and Ready program consists of a rigorous [three-point] standard ensuring patient safety, confidence and convenience.
- Any COVID-19 related care takes place in designated areas away from other patients and their families.
- A stringent cleaning policy has been implemented throughout our facilities.
- A strictly controlled visitor and mask policy is required for patient and colleague safety.
About Steward Health Care System:
Steward Health Cares physician-led model was created to provide patients access to the highest-quality care at a sustainable cost, providing personalized, and coordinated ongoing medical services that positively impact patients physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
Founded in 2010, Steward Health Care is the nations largest accountable care organization (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.3 million patients a year through its network of hospitals, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, and behavioral health services. Steward received a perfect 100% quality rating by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) in 2020.
Based in Dallas, Steward is the largest private, physician-led health care network and currently operates 39 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah. For more information, visit www.steward.org.