Front Office I

Job Description

General Summary: The Front Office I provides the first point of contact with patients as they enter the office or via telephone. The Front Office I greets all patients, vendors, or anyone within the office or on the telephone with a warm welcome. The Front Office I is responsible for opening the office and ensuring readiness for patients consistent with Holston Medical Group’s quality practice standards, polices, procedures and customer service expectations. The Front Office I will check in patients, collect payments, check out patients, schedule follow-up appointments and balance all transactions daily. The Front Office I is responsible for providing excellent customer service skills throughout the day.
Opening Responsibilities:
• Open safe, remove and distribute prescription pads, drug cabinet keys and embossers to nurses
• Count money in opening drawer and log amount
• Take the phones off the evening setting and follow-up on any messages left overnight
• Unlock doors for the business day
Check-In Responsibilities
• Greet patients, vendors, or anyone within the office or on the telephone with a warm welcome
• Data entry of patient demographics and insurance information
• Ensure that patient insurance information is up-to-date and accurate/obtain current copy, as needed
• Verify demographic information with patient
• Update all front office forms if out-of-date to include but not limited to history form, demographics, HIPPA, financial policy, no show, communication forms, etc.
• Provide HIPAA information to patient
• Provide history form to patient if out-of-date
• Provide all new patients a new registration packet (history, advance directive, medical record number) and enter in to the EMR (electronic medical record)
• Verify insurance eligibility
• Collect co-pay, generate receipt and post collected