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