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UCSF

Public health sciences university in San Francisco

Practice Coordinator 3

Full-TimeUpdated
$36.03 - $51.60/hr
Mid
San Francisco, CA, USA
In PersonOnsite coverage across UCSF campuses, including Bayfront, Lakeshore, Mission Bay, and Mount Zion; may work at any UCSF campus as needed and scheduled.
Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryClinical Support & Patient Administration

About the job

Requirements
  • High school graduation or equivalent with four years of related experience, or a college degree and six months of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Successfully pass the fingerprinting protocol and be approved to serve as a cash collector when applicable.
  • Have strong computer skills, including basic keyboarding, and experience with at least two office software programs such as Outlook, Word, or Excel.
  • Demonstrate the ability to navigate multiple patient record systems.
  • Be able to sit at a computer terminal with telephone headphones for extended periods.
  • Analyze situations, prioritize work, develop solutions, and make recommendations.
  • Work with minimal supervision and use good judgment while working independently, sometimes under deadline pressure.
  • Demonstrate customer service and communication/interpersonal skills over the telephone and in person.
  • Have basic math skills and the ability to work with a wide variety of individuals and deal sensitively and effectively with patients.
  • Demonstrate organizational, problem-solving, writing, administrative, and office coordination skills, including composing, editing, and proofreading documents.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of medical practice terminology.
  • Within six months of the start date and after training, complete the applicable proficiency checklist covering referral entry and workqueues; surgery scheduling; workqueues; outside test-result entry and editing; CRM messaging and calls; telephone encounters; patient and staff messaging; MyChart patient advice requests and scheduling; letters; pools; patient lookup; check-in and check-out; comment fields; quick notes; and scanning.
  • Work onsite across UCSF locations as needed and scheduled, including Bayfront, Lakeshore, Mission Bay, and Mount Zion.
Responsibilities
  • Represent the practice administrative team as its public face and support practice operations, customer service recovery, and intervention in collaboration with administrative, clinical, and management teams.
  • Maintain routine clerical operations and communications, including CRM messages, telephone encounters, referrals, APeX in-baskets, scanning, filing, authorizations, and billing.
  • Provide patient-focused customer service and accurate information flow between medical and hospital staff and departments to support outpatient unit efficiency.
  • Review referral workqueues daily, document activities in referral records, and act as the primary contact for referring physicians and new patients.
  • Maintain external referral logs when applicable, create referral records for accurate tracking, assign new patients to providers, and schedule and register new patients by telephone or in person.
  • Complete intake paperwork, follow practice guidelines and timelines, communicate scheduling problems to the supervisor, and collect and verify insurance and referral or authorization information for first appointments.
  • Coordinate pre-appointment tests and appointments; explain first-visit procedures and records needed; prepare and send new patient packets or MyChart communications; and provide directions and practice-specific information.
  • Secure outside medical records, scans, and pathology slides; review completeness; and determine which physician can best evaluate the patient.
  • Prioritize new-patient scheduling based on diagnosis and treatment status; coordinate clinical trials, screening, referrals to other clinical disciplines, and care across departments; and explain care coordination options to patients as appropriate.
  • Coordinate surgeries, pre-surgical tests and anesthesia appointments, hospital admissions, operating-room time, authorizations, equipment, postoperative appointments, and related communications when assigned.
  • Perform cash collection and deposits; explain financial policies; answer account questions or refer patients to appropriate support; obtain and document authorizations; and support accurate billing and revenue-cycle workflows.
  • Use CPT, ICD-9, ICD-10, and HCPC codes to support scheduling and authorization; manage complex authorizations and renewal tracking; interpret insurance benefits; review denial reports; initiate retro-authorizations; and identify and address denial trends.
  • Compile revenue-cycle reports, track charges, payments, and visit volume, create reports in Microsoft Excel, and help improve cash collection and payer-plan capture.
  • Oversee and coach staff on complex authorization requests; address billing complaints; identify complaint patterns; and support staff and providers with coaching and education.
  • Review patient eligibility, coordinate transitions to new primary care practices when needed, provide insurance updates to staff, and produce reports on cash-collection barriers as a practice SuperUser.
  • Greet and register patients, determine and collect copays, support timely registration and clinic flow, maintain the reception area, respond to delays or service issues, and assist patients with check-in kiosks.
  • Create and maintain provider Cadence schedule templates, generate rescheduling reports, and coordinate timely rescheduling.
  • Schedule established-patient appointments and coordinate appointments among providers; explain practice policies; respond to schedule questions; use APeX and legacy systems to retrieve patient data; and follow up on missed appointments.
  • Screen calls for emergencies, route messages and requests to the appropriate team, cover in-baskets and phone messages, support providers with patient-care communications, and coordinate tests and procedures.
  • Collaborate with clinical staff on patient needs, urgent requests, and care coordination; resolve patient complaints with practice leadership; maintain filing and scanning; and escalate clinical concerns when appropriate.
  • Coordinate complex patient-care activities, referrals, radiology appointments, durable medical equipment, disability and workers' compensation paperwork, and care across parallel treatment pathways.
  • Identify referral problems, report them with proposed solutions, develop and review referral-management reports, and maintain open-access schedules in support of Patient-Centered Medical Home standards.
  • Complete applicable APeX patient-care coordinator functions, including referral entry, CRM and telephone encounter workflows, workqueues, MyChart communications, SmartPhrase templates, patient letters, outside test results, kiosk troubleshooting, lab order-class updates, complex appointment scheduling, and access coordination across sites or urgent care.
  • Respond to patient calls and online appointment requests using EPIC Cadence and CRM; document calls and involve clinicians for urgent or emergent symptoms according to phone-bank protocols.
  • Prepare charts, file and track patient materials, scan and import records into APeX, maintain confidentiality and HIPAA requirements, participate in team meetings and performance-improvement initiatives, attend relevant training, and comply with safety, infection-control, Joint Commission, and Title 22 requirements.
  • Maintain provider calendars, support continuity of care in primary care settings, provide one-to-one and team training for new hires and initiatives, facilitate float coverage, and contribute to Patient-Centered Medical Home workgroups.
  • Report equipment malfunctions, follow ergonomic and infection-control recommendations, serve as a practice deputy for life-safety activities, and help lead drills.
  • Respond to patient inquiries and complaints, support performance-improvement initiatives, notify providers and teams of delays, advocate for patient needs, offer operational improvement suggestions, and support patient convenience and service recovery.
  • Address escalated day-to-day operational issues, liaise with management on process-improvement initiatives, serve as a resource for designated functions such as APeX SuperUser, provide staff performance feedback, and support staff orientation, training, and oversight.
  • Follow UCSF service and communication standards; protect patient information; comply with safety and infection-control policies; and contribute to quality metrics and organizational targets.
  • Maintain neat and safe work areas, report unsafe conditions or damaged equipment, dispose of litter appropriately, and protect facility equipment and property.
  • Adapt to changes in assigned tasks or workflows and perform other assigned duties.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in healthcare, including medical, dental, or veterinary settings, in patient scheduling, insurance verification, medical-record data abstraction, or patient financial services.
  • Prior experience with appointment, ancillary-service, or surgical scheduling, or a combination of these.
  • Spanish, Cantonese, or Russian language capability; bilingual or multilingual ability is strongly preferred.
  • Prior experience with EPIC.

About the company

UC San Francisco is a public research university in San Francisco focused solely on health sciences, combining professional education with biomedical research and patient care. Its schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy train clinicians and scientists, while teams investigate cancer, immunology, genomics and neuroscience. UCSF Medical Center and Benioff Children's Hospitals connect clinical care with faculty research and training, and university clinics serve patients across Northern California. Founded in 1864, UCSF is the University of California campus dedicated to graduate and professional education and biomedical research, based in San Francisco.

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