NYU Grossman School of Medicine is one of the nation's top-ranked medical schools. For 175 years, NYU Grossman School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich the lives of countless people. An integral part of NYU Langone Health , the Grossman School of Medicine at its core is committed to improving the human condition through medical education, scientific research, and direct patient care. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. Position Summary: We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Faculty Group Practice Secretary I Intake/Scheduler Temp/Per Diem (Temp Program). In this role, the successful candidate will perform a variety of front end administrative tasks to support practice operations including greeting patients, answering calls, scheduling patient appointments, and other administrative duties as needed. Job Responsibilities: Greets patients professionally both in person and on the phone. Answers patient questions and/or properly refers questions and issues to the appropriate contact. Optimizes provider schedules and patient access by establishing and maintaining efficient scheduling templates. Promotes a positive patient experience throughout all patient interactions in person or by phone or other media. Ensures availability of treatment information by retrieving and updating patient records. Verifies insurance information and obtains information needed to schedule and bill for services. Maintains office inventory and equipment by anticipating supply needs and expediting supply orders. Performs other duties as needed. Administrative Responsibilities: Responsible for greeting patients and performing intake functions including registration forms collection, updating information, and co-payment collection. Monitors Department Appointment Report (DAR) for checkmate “kick outs,” appointment notes, insurance flags, and/or patients who need further assistance. Gathers all patient demographic related data and materials from patients and/or their representatives. Obtains insurance information, ID card, member/group s, etc., verifies insurance eligibility electronically, and collects insurance referral if applicable. Advises and/or collects patient and financial related documents and policies for patient visits including HIPAA, NOPP, MSPQ, ABN, Non Participating, etc., including obtaining signatures where appropriate. Enrolls patients above the age of 5 to Patient Secure by obtaining the palm scan and a photo. Promotes the utilization of Check Mate kiosks. Greets and assists patients in using the checkmate kiosk when needed. Scans all necessary documents into Epic. Follows scanning guidelines and best practices for uploading outside documents, results, records, forms, etc. Ensures scanned documents are scanned to the correct location/order in Epic and with the correct document type to facilitate ease of locating documents. Reports errors or issues arising from checkmate kiosk, patient secure devices, or other equipment to management to facilitate timely resolution. Monitors waiting areas to identify and communicate wait times. Performs check out functions including providing after visit summary information, scheduling follow up visits/procedures and referrals, and collecting any time of service payments as needed. Promotes the use and sign up of MyChart. Answers phone calls and requests in a professional and patient friendly manner. Schedules routine appointments and follow ups for visits. On subsequent visits or calls, asks patients to verify demographic info and makes any necessary edits. Collects and/or asks patients to sign any missing patient related information. Answers patient questions to ensure understanding and patient satisfaction. Refers them when necessary to senior level staff or billing representative. Addresses patients and callers in a pleasant and professional manner while screening and/or handling calls. Takes messages or directs caller to appropriate person or area. Releases medical records in accordance with HIPAA and FGP ROI guidelines. Documents disclosures in EPIC and fulfills requests within a 10-day timeframe. Maintains patient privacy as it relates to HIPAA standards. Minimum Qualifications: To qualify you must have a High School Diploma, excellent organizational, interpersonal, and verbal and written communications skills, and strong customer service orientation required. Basic knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, database, and Internet applications required. Light accurate keyboarding skills required. Ability to complete multiple tasks efficiently and thrive in a teamwork environment which pursues a positive patient care experience. Preferred Qualifications: Intermediate knowledge of computer based scheduling and appointment programs strongly preferred. Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization. NYU Grossman School of Medicine provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents. NYU Grossman School of Medicine is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $24.00 - $24.00 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits. J-18808-Ljbffr