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