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