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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 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
- Appointment Scheduler
- Administrative Support Specialist
- Administrative Assistant
Tasks for “Medical Office Worker”
- Compile and record medical charts, reports, or correspondence, using typewriter or personal computer.
- Schedule tests or procedures for patients, such as lab work or x-rays, based on physician orders.
- Perform bookkeeping duties, such as credits or collections, preparing and sending financial statements or bills, and keeping financial records.
- Prepare correspondence or assist physicians or medical scientists with preparation of reports, speeches, articles, or conference proceedings.
- Receive and route messages or documents, such as laboratory results, to appropriate staff.
- Transmit correspondence or medical records by mail, e-mail, or fax.
- Complete insurance or other claim forms.
- Answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate staff.
- 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.
- Arrange hospital admissions for patients.
- Perform various clerical or administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies.
- Greet visitors, ascertain purpose of visit, and direct them to appropriate staff.
- Maintain medical records, technical library, or correspondence files.
- Interview patients to complete documents, case histories, or forms, such as intake or insurance forms.
- Transcribe recorded messages or practitioners' diagnoses or recommendations into patients' medical records.
- Schedule and confirm patient diagnostic appointments, surgeries, or medical consultations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Photocopying equipment
- Notebook computers
- Dictaphones
- Scanners
- Desktop computers
- Laser printers
- Switchboards
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Laser facsimile machines
- Credit card processing machines
- Laptop computers
- Personal computers
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Email software
- Electronic health record EHR software
- CPSI CPSI System
- Word processing software
- Accounts payable software
- Scheduling software
- Microsoft Access
- Addressing software
- HMS
- IDX Groupcast
- Microsoft Outlook
- Spreadsheet software
- Amazing Charts
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Word
- Accounts receivable software
- NaviMedix NaviNet
- MEDITECH software
- MEDENT
- PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
- Medical condition coding software
- MEDITECH Medical and Practice Management MPM Suite
- Allscripts Payerpath
- Microsoft Publisher
- Patterson Dental Supply Patterson EagleSoft
- Microsys MicroMD
- Microsoft Excel
- Database software
- Allscripts Professional PM
- Data entry software
- Billing software
- dBASE Plus
- Epic Systems
- Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance CMS Secure Net Access Portal C-SNAP
- McKesson Lytec
- Henry Schein Dentrix
- Medical procedure coding software
- eMDs Medisoft
- Intuit QuickBooks Point of Sale
- Web browser software
- Desktop publishing software
- Microsoft Office
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Graphics software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Corel WordPerfect