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Job Description
Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 43-6013.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 35,060.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 16.00
- Currently, there are 556,820 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Medical Secretaries”.
Also Known As…
- Medical Secretaries
- Ward Clerk
- Unit Support Representative
- Unit Secretary
- Physician Office Specialist
- Patient Coordinator
- Medical Secretary
- Medical Office Specialist
- Health Unit Coordinator
- Billing Coordinator
- Admissions Coordinator
- Ward Secretary
- Verification Specialist
- Unit Clerk
- Surgery Scheduler
- Scheduler
- Receptionist
- Psychiatric Secretary
- Patient Account Representative
- Medical Terminologist
- Medical Scheduler
- Medical Reimbursement Specialist
- Medical Records Clerk
- Medical Receptionist
- Medical Office Worker
- Medical Office Secretary
- Medical Office Receptionist
- Medical Office Coordinator
- Medical Office Clerk
- Medical Front Desk Specialist
- Medical Billing Specialist
- Medical Billing Coder
- Medical Biller/Coder
- Medical Biller Coder
- Medical Administrative Specialist
- Medical Administrative Assistant
- Insurance Verifier
- Hospital Unit Clerk
- Hospital Secretary
- Hospital Receptionist
- Hospital Admissions Clerk
- Health Information Coder
- Guest Service Representative
- Front Office Coordinator
- Front Desk Coordinator
- Dental Secretary
- Dental Receptionist
- Data Transcriber
- Client Service Coordinator
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- Certified Medical Administrative Assistant
- Administrative Support Specialist
- Administrative Assistant
Tasks for “Appointment Scheduler”
- Answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate staff.
- Schedule and confirm patient diagnostic appointments, surgeries, or medical consultations.
- Perform various clerical or administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies.
- Interview patients to complete documents, case histories, or forms, such as intake or insurance forms.
- Schedule tests or procedures for patients, such as lab work or x-rays, based on physician orders.
- Maintain medical records, technical library, or correspondence files.
- Compile and record medical charts, reports, or correspondence, using typewriter or personal computer.
- Receive and route messages or documents, such as laboratory results, to appropriate staff.
- Greet visitors, ascertain purpose of visit, and direct them to appropriate staff.
- Complete insurance or other claim forms.
- Arrange hospital admissions for patients.
- Prepare correspondence or assist physicians or medical scientists with preparation of reports, speeches, articles, or conference proceedings.
- Operate office equipment, such as voice mail messaging systems, and use word processing, spreadsheet, or other software applications to prepare reports, invoices, financial statements, letters, case histories, or medical records.
- Transmit correspondence or medical records by mail, e-mail, or fax.
- Transcribe recorded messages or practitioners' diagnoses or recommendations into patients' medical records.
- Perform bookkeeping duties, such as credits or collections, preparing and sending financial statements or bills, and keeping financial records.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Laser printers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Switchboards
- Laser facsimile machines
- Photocopying equipment
- Scanners
- Laptop computers
- Dictaphones
- Credit card processing machines
- Notebook computers
- Desktop computers
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Accounts payable software
- Scheduling software
- Henry Schein Dentrix
- MEDENT
- Microsoft Publisher
- MEDITECH software
- eMDs Medisoft
- Microsoft Word
- HMS
- Word processing software
- Spreadsheet software
- Allscripts Professional PM
- Corel WordPerfect
- PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
- Medical condition coding software
- Patterson Dental Supply Patterson EagleSoft
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Billing software
- MEDITECH Medical and Practice Management MPM Suite
- Microsoft Outlook
- Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance CMS Secure Net Access Portal C-SNAP
- Email software
- dBASE Plus
- Microsoft Office
- Database software
- Accounts receivable software
- Medical procedure coding software
- Intuit QuickBooks Point of Sale
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- NaviMedix NaviNet
- Addressing software
- Data entry software
- CPSI CPSI System
- Desktop publishing software
- Microsoft Access
- Amazing Charts
- IDX Groupcast
- McKesson Lytec
- Allscripts Payerpath
- Microsoft Excel
- Graphics software
- Web browser software
- Electronic health record EHR software
- Epic Systems
- Microsys MicroMD
- Microsoft Internet Explorer