Allergy Administrative Assistant - Parsippany
ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP New York & New Jersey's premier ENT and Allergy medical practice, is seeking a self-motivated, people-friendly full time Allergy Administrative Assistant/Authorization Specialist.This position is remote with potential to be hybrid in the future. Candidates must be able to commute to our Parssippany office.Allergy Administrative Assistant role, provides administrative support to other medical personnel. Administrative Assistant support day-to-day operations by performing administrative tasks and ensuring high quality customer service for our patients.Requirements:
- Obtain, review and input insurance authorization and referrals prior to patient services
- Monitor and track patient authorizations
- Inform offices of status of authorizations including expired dates
- Work with patients to educate them on their benefits information
- Explain to patients why some services are covered and some are not
- Help patients understand deductibles, co-insurance and copays
- Accept, handle, and process incoming patient telephone inquiries using appropriate customer service skills, clarify and validate patient inquiries, questions or complaints
- Enter data in the Electronic Health Records
- Act as a liaison between the patients, physicians, insurance companies & specialty pharmacies
- Assist office with tasks and patient calls
- Other duties as assigned
- Experience working with insurance companies
- Knowledge of different types of coverage and policies
- Strong computer, data entry skills
- Empathy and compassion to give support to patients
- Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Customer service skills and telephone etiquette
- High school diploma or GED
- Professional demeanor and appearance