Medical Assistant Nephrology

Southeast Kidney Associates is hiring a Medical Assistant! Exciting opportunity to join a growing practice and make a difference in patient care!

Our Medical Assistant encompasses both administrative and clinical aspects of medical assisting. You will assist providers with exams and procedures, and performing diagnostic testing. 

Annual Salary $37,440 - $41,000 (DOE) +  401K, Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life 

Responsibilities include:

• Greets patients and performs Check-in/Check-out procedures in an accurate and timely manner. Collects co-pays and outstanding patient balances, prints orders and educational materials for patients, schedules procedures, obtains insurance card and payment guarantor information, and checks insurance eligibility.
• Answers phone calls,  schedules appointments, and maintains assigned clinical inboxes in athenaClinicals electronic medical record system. Demonstrates phone etiquette in accordance with Panoramic Health standards of behavior.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to effectively determine response priority and level for patient telephone calls and patient portal messages
• Assist physicians as needed
• Collecting specimens and following CLIA regulations
• Assist with facilitating referrals to specialty care, imaging or laboratory studies as ordered by the physician
• Coordinates with others to make sure patient is appropriately set up for any required lab studies or imaging
• Prepares for patient office visits and prepare lab work in patient charts. 
• Exercises sound judgment when dealing with challenging and stressful situations.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required, assigned, or requested.

Qualifications:

• 1 Year of Experience as a Medical Assistant
• Current CPR certification preferred.
• Broad understanding of clinical operations and physician office practice.
• Nephrology medical office or dialysis experience highly preferred.
• Experience with other secure clinical communication and billing applications such as PMD soft.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of HIPAA and other patient privacy laws.
• Ability to perform basic patient data entry into athenaClinicals electronic health record and use Microsoft Office suite.
• Comply with all HIPAA, OSHA, Compliance, and IT standards and policies.