Coordinator Surgical/Financial Services | Urology | Day Shift | PRN at UF Health

Gainesville, Florida, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

21 Apr, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Patient scheduling, Insurance verification, Prior authorization, Financial counseling, Payment collection, CPT coding, ICD-10 coding, Epic system, Communication, Organization, Problem solving, Multitasking, Team collaboration, Data management, Surgical scheduling

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

Overview The job of the Coordinator Surgical/ Financial Services is to deliver excellent patient-centered care by ensuring the scheduling, posting, pre-operative labs, medical work up, financial, and communication process is complete for patients having major and minor operative procedures. Incumbent will ensure that team members are verifying insurance coverage and benefits, obtaining prior authorizations, preparing pre-payment estimates and collection of these payments, in depth financial counseling and establishment of payment plans, obtaining sponsorship for uninsured, and updating demographic and financial data for UFHP and UF Health System. The incumbent will screen the clinic and OR schedules working closely with the financial counselors to ensure all patient accounts are screened, block time is full and unused block returned to the OR for use. Will work to establish internal process that improve our POS collections related to clinic visits and pre payments for elective surgery. Oversee processes pre-payment estimates and collections and set goals with team. Along with providing financial counseling and establishment of payment plans, will also work to obtain sponsorship for uninsured, and updating demographic and financial data for UFHP and UF Health System. Independently monitors all departmental surgical calendars, effectively working with providers for full utilization and optimization of scheduled urology block time by filling any open time. Participates as a key team member in the planning, scheduling, communication and educating process between the physician, surgery scheduler, medical director, the patient, and the payer to produce a flawless process. Required to float to cover clerical staff at check-in, check-out and Fin Counselor. Oversee the ordering of clerical supplies. Responsible for oversight for the clerical in basket messages. Will assist ACU manager with the monitoring of the missing charge report and clerical workques. Participates as the key communicator in the planning, scheduling, communication and educating process between the physician, the patient, and the payer to produce a flawless process. May be required to float to other practices or flex time, as needed, for staffing. Qualifications Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: High school graduate or equivalent. Three years of business/financial/physician practice experience required. Working knowledge of CPT and ICD'9/10 diagnosis coding required. Four-year degree may substitute for two years of financial/physician office experience. Associates degree or equivalent course work may substitute for one year experience. EPIC system knowledge preferred. Excellent communication, organization, and problem solving skills required. Incumbent must be comfortable collecting payments and counseling patients regarding financial matters in a professional manner. The ability to multitask, prioritize responsibilities, and function in a team environment are necessary attributes of the successful incumbent. Motor Vehicle Operator Designation: Employees in this position: Will not operate vehicles for an assigned business purpose NOTE: A frequent driver is defined as one who uses his/her personal or Shands automobile a) at least once daily, b) at least five individual trips per week or c) drives, on average, over 150 miles per week in the performance of his/her job. Licensure/Certification/Registration: N/A

Responsibilities

The coordinator manages the end-to-end surgical and financial process for urology patients, including scheduling, insurance verification, and payment collection. They also monitor departmental calendars to ensure full utilization of surgical block time and provide financial counseling to patients.