complex matters as appropriate, and determines appropriate responses to inquiries from patients, families, leadership, insurance providers, and community partners. The position also supports patient intake processes, including medical billing information, insurance verification, and financial coordination. Operating with minimal supervision, this role requires initiative, problem-solving, and the consistent discretion and independent judgment on clinic related matters. May require travel between UD Health clinic locations based on business needs.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Independently determine and modify intake and scheduling
frameworks to ensure equitable access, operational efficiency and
regulatory alignment.
- Review, process, and verify financial and non-financial patient
documentation, including processing co-pays, daily billing,
reviewing patient accounts, identifying delinquent accounts, and
collecting due amounts.
- Communicate department practices and procedures to patients and
families with clarity and empathy, using active listening and
supportive communication techniques.
- Administer and coordinate appointment scheduling utilizing EMR
systems and workflows, ensuring appropriate prioritization,
compliance, and efficient utilization of resources.
- Communicate with staff and follow special instructions related
to patient appointments.
- Input patient documentation and add correspondence into the
electronic medical record.
- Analyze waitlist data, access trends, and scheduling
bottlenecks; generate regular reports; and recommend operational
adjustments.
- Handle highly sensitive and confidential information. Follow
HIPAA privacy rights, where applicable.
- Evaluate non-routine or complex service access issues and
determine appropriate administrative escalation or resolution
pathways.
- Optimize clinical workflow by managing provider schedules,
analyze impact of scheduling trends on clinic productivity,
implementing solutions to improve patient throughput.
- Assess operational gaps related to front-of-office coverage and
service access and recommend adjustments to administrative
workflows or coverage models as needed.
- Resolve administrative and service-access issues, determine
appropriate responses, and independently implement solutions;
escalating only issues involving policy deviation or significant
institutional risk.
- Coordinate administrative components of projects and
initiatives, including scheduling, sequencing, and resource
alignment, with discretion to determine appropriate administrative
approaches.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High school diploma or GED and four years of administrative,
healthcare support, patient services, customer service, or related
experience, or an equivalent combination of education and
experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office (Access,
Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook) and Google Drive apps, e.g.,
docs, sheets, slides and forms.
- Experience with electronic medical records and scheduling.
- Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication
skills.
- Effective organizational skills, attention to detail; ability
to manage high-volume workflows.
- Ability to collaborate and work successfully in a team
environment.
- Ability to ensure compliance with established policies,
procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Knowledge of federally mandated policies.
- Ability to analyze administrative operations, identify risks or
inefficiencies, and recommend or implement process
improvements.
- Experience in data collection, including collecting, compiling
and maintaining data from multiple sources such as files, records,
databases, staff or others.
- Ability to handle confidential information.
Special Requirements:
- May require schedule flexibility to support operational
needs.
- Ability to travel to various clinic locations to support
patient volume and coverage fluctuations as needed.
Notice of Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity
The University of Delaware does not discriminate against any person
on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity
or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital
status, disability, religion, age, veteran status or any other
characteristic protected by applicable law in its employment,
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scholarship and loan programs as required by Title IX of the
Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI
and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable
statutes and University policies. The University of Delaware also
prohibits unlawful harassment including sexual harassment and
sexual violence.
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