Referral Coordinator

Company: Surgery Partners
Location: Sarasota
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

DescriptionWe are looking for a Full-Time Referral Coordinator to join our team! Surgery Partners offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits. Come join a growing, national healthcare company!

JOB TITLE: Referral Coordinator

GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES: Referral Coordinators are responsible for all incoming and outgoing referrals and authorizations for established patients. This includes but is not limited to obtaining authorizations and referrals for office visits; obtaining authorization and precertification for injections and procedures; referring patients to other specialty offices; obtaining authorizations for advanced radiology and sending orders to radiology imaging facilities; and referring for therapies of all sorts. The referral department is a vital part of the workflow, and we do all we can to ensure payment for services provided.



SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Office Manager

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Counseling patients and scheduling surgeries for multiple physicians.
  
• Schedule surgeries and work with primary care physicians on a daily basis to ensure each patient has their history and physicals completed prior to surgery.
  
• Complete all necessary paperwork for each procedure on the physicians' schedule.
  
• Pre-certify any procedures on the schedule that require pre-certification.
  
• Obtain required referrals prior to services via phone, fax, on-line, etc.
  
• Review office schedules daily for patients requiring authorizations, referrals, pre-notification, and insurance eligibility verification.
  
• Must be capable of multi-tasking and working with a diverse patient population.
  
• Provide back up support for the Front Office as needed.
  
• Other duties as needed.
  
  
  
  EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
  

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• High school graduate
  
• At least 1 year of experience scheduling patient appointments and/or surgeries; or experience in healthcare insurance billing and verification, collections and/or referrals/authorizations.
  
  
  
  
  

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