Medical Office Assistant

Remote

🚀 Administration

Medical Office Assistants work in the front desk or office area of a healthcare provider to manage communications with patients, insurers and medical staff. Their role is to keep track of patient information and organize office records to ensure that all patients get prompt care and provide the correct payment information for their accounts. Medical Office Assistants interact with patients by helping them fill out intake forms, calling to remind them about appointment times, working out payment schedules and explaining next steps to process a referral or fill a prescription. They file medical paperwork and record interactions related to each file.

What does a Medical Office Assistant do?

A Medical Office Assistant, or Medical Secretary, is responsible for managing the administrative and clerical tasks at a medical clinic or other private healthcare practice. Their duties include responding to messages from patients, scheduling appointments according to staff availability and processing insurance claims.

Responsibilities

A Medical Office Assistant should be able to fulfill various duties and responsibilities. The following are some duties and responsibilities a Medical Office Assistant should be able to execute:

Greeting patients visiting the facility, answering any questions they may have and helping them fill out the required forms
Answering phone calls, creating appointments, directing the calls as required and handling all queries
Informing the Doctor, Nurse or other healthcare facilitators about impending appointments
Maintaining a filing system for all patient documents and reports submitted
Answering emails and other electronic messages as required
Creating invoices and bills, processing insurance forms and managing vendors and contractors

Required Skills

A competitive Medical Office Assistant will have certain skills and qualifications, including: