Referrals Coordinator - General & Vascular Surgery - Per Diem

Company Description KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care. Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision. We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education. We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website - Benefits - KV Healthcare Job Description The Clinic Referrals Coordinator is responsible for processing referral requests from the providers, including making appointments at the referral sites, obtaining pre-authorizations and obtaining insurance referral approval. The referral coordinator will work together with other departments to assure all the necessary patient information is provided to make the referral process as efficient as possible. Qualifications What is required... At least two years of medical clinic experience Exposure to insurance verification and authorization fundamentals Current computer experience (medium to expert level) in Microsoft products What is preferred... Current experience with clinic-based computer programs such as an Electronic Medical Record Previous experience with medical coding Certified Professional Coder from The American Academy of Professional Coders Certified Medical Administrative Assistant from the National Healthcareer Association Certified Billing and Coding Specialist from the National Healthcareer Association Additional Information Wage: Wage range starts at $20.84/hour and goes up to $31.59/hour. Actual wage will be determined based on previous years' of applicable experience. This position may also be eligible to receive an additional 15% premium in lieu of benefits. FTE: Per Diem Benefits: This position is benefits eligible Union Status: This is a non-union position Compensation: USD 20.84 - USD 31.59 - hourly