Surgical Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Schedules patients for surgery at designated surgery centers.
• Responsible for obtaining insurance pre-authorizations, surgery consents and providing patient education regarding the surgery.
• Prepares the surgery schedule for the physician and forwards to the designated surgery center.
• What you will do Communicates and documents essential information to physicians and team members.
• Prepares referral follow up letters and dictations for referring physicians for the physicians review and signature.
• Completes all routine duties/tasks in a timely manner.
• Ability to meet scheduled deadlines on assigned projects.
• (Pre-Op Forms, H&P from PCPs) Maintains a safe and clean work area.
• Obtains insurance pre-authorizations for surgical procedures.
• Reviews surgical prices for self-pay patients and for patients having procedures not covered by insurance.
• Serves as a Liaison between patients and financing institutions for self pay patients.
• Prepares charts for surgery to include surgery work up forms and consents prior to surgery date.
• Reviews all patient education after the physician has gone over risks and benefits with the patient.
• Has patient sign all pre-operative consent forms.
• Prepares surgery schedule for designated surgery centers and forwards all H&P Information, Pre-Op orders to the surgery centers.

Requirements

• Education High School Diploma or GED, (Required) Experience 1 year Medical office experience (Required) To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers .

Pay

Newport News, Virginia Hiring Range $18.90 - $24.60/Hourly Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.