ASRIIReferralScheduler

**POSITION SUMMARY:** The incumbent is responsible for coordinating all the functions and activities related to patient access including, but not limited to: front end customer service, patient registration, insurance/coverage verification, appointment scheduling, charge entry, billing and managed care, and a variety of administrative duties in support of department (such as coordination of physician credentialing, handling phones & mail, filling out forms, filing, photocopying, faxing, preparing letters, reports, etc.). **Position: ASR II Referral Scheduler** **Department: BU Neurology** **Schedule: Full Time** **ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:** Focuses on one or more of the following areas, and provides support as needed to optimize daily flow: * Charge entry * Batch controls * Billing (TES) edits * Hold bill edits * Charge reconciliations Billing and managed care functions (including responding to billing inquires, corresponding with insurance carriers, and investigating discrepancies, etc.). Provides general administrative support to include, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software to create and edit department documents and/or presentations. Provides physician and departmental support such as managing physician & manager calendars, scheduling physician & managers’ administrative appointments, answering departmental calls, credentialing documents, etc. In addition, performs a wide variety of administrative duties to ensure proper functioning of assigned department including, but not limited to: * Reception & customer service * creating or verifying Master Patient Index (MPI) * registration demographics * visit management * appointment scheduling (including consults, tests, in-office procedures, follow-up visits and cross-booking interpreters, social services, radiology, etc.) * insurance/coverage verification * co-payment collection * front-end review and correcting registration & insurance edits * pre-authorization, referral coordination and