Scheduler-Cardiac Care

LifePoint Health - - Responsibilities: Schedules patient testing/procedures/admissions; obtains pre-cert/authorization numbers and enters in the scheduling or registration system; Obtains and enters accurate insurance information; answers incoming phone calls; Schedules all patients for ancillary, surgical, and medical testing/procedures/admissions, ensuring that patients are not scheduled when personnel are unavailable; Maintains knowledge of the scheduling reports for the next day to ensure patient registration staff are aware of patients presenting for services; appropriate testing is performed; time is available; appropriate staff are available for testing or procedures to be performed; Ensures consistency between scheduling module and admissions module, for patients being admitted for services