Medical Assistant - Digestive Health

Compensation: $30 to $34 per hour

Duties and Responsibilities-

Assists physicians with procedure set-ups, patient procedures and examinations.-

Performs patient care, including vital signs, weights, rooming, assisting with procedures, medication administration (vaccinations) and injections and other necessary tests.-

As required, performs waived testing (urine dipstick, urine pregnancy test, blood glucose testing), perform EKGs, and administers immunizations.

Collects and sends specimens to appropriate labs for testing per protocol.-

Schedules and edits and maintains patient-physician appointments for new and returning patients, using the scheduling system.-

Acts as non-clinical liaison/concierge/navigator for the referred patients in any way the patient needs before, during or after an encounter with a medical facility.-

Informs patient's authorization and collects payment for new and returning patients, using the scheduling system.-

Collects patient demographic and insurance data and enters it into systems as well as assigns medical record numbers-

Assures appropriate verifications and authorizations are complete before the patient sees a provider