Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant)

Full-Time Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant) Metro Infectious Disease Consultants is seeking a full-time Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant) to work at the clinic located in Morton Grove, IL. This Assistant's responsibilities include all duties related to the back-office with occasional front desk duties. Responsibilities assigned to individuals can and will change at any time at the discretion of management or the supervisor. Back Office Responsibilities: Escort patients from reception to exam room, documenting height, weight, blood pressure and temperature as indicated, document patient's chief complaint and notify doctor when patient is ready to be seen Stock exam rooms with supplies each morning, clean rooms between patients Maintain inventory of medical supplies, completing requisitions (order forms) in a timely manner to ensure supplies are not depleted Other tasks as assigned by management Front Office Responsibilities: Filing of all scanned paperwork daily Fax clinic schedules to physicians for next clinic day. Prepare travel chart weekly Open and distribute mail, daily Print schedule for following clinic day. Verify that all progress notes and super-bills are attached Order office supplies Answer telephone calls, including closed offices at different locations Page on consultations to physicians. Page should include consult, hospital, patient name, room number, referring physician, and hospital phone number with appropriate extension Make appointments for new and existing patients according to set guidelines. If patient is new, directions should be given Handle and process billing information daily Handle and process dictation, letters, and physician orders daily Register patients, enter and/or update patient demographics, make copies of vital information Collect co-payments and past due balances from patients at check-in/check-out desk Coordinate and process referral information for managed care patients Process medical records requests Escort patients from reception to exam room, documenting height, weight, blood pressure and temperature as indicated, document patient's chief complaint and notify doctor when patient is ready to be seen Obtain laboratory specimens as requested, completing lab requisitions and preparing samples for pick-up by lab. Document same in Medical Record Ensure superbills are completed at visit end, including, visit code, diagnoses and all labs ordered