Medical Assistant - (Lakeway and Northwest Austin Clinics)

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Responsibilities

• Assists physician with treating patient as directed, including applying casts, splints, and DME.
• Issues prescriptions, physical therapy orders, home exercises, work restrictions, diagnostic orders, and other orders per physician instruction.
• Maintains a timely and safe clinic that focuses on efficient care with respect to the patient's privacy and dignity.
• Works closely with staff in assigned musculoskeletal team to ensure quality patient care and services.
• Assists physician with completion of procedure and diagnosis coding of encounter forms.
• Reviews daily schedule, new patients, follow-up, time allowed, including start and finish time for designated physician(s).
• Ensures required medical records are available for appointment.
• Documents all patient-related communication or treatment in EMR.
• Helps facilitate triage task and scheduled drugs via ECPS or triplicates with physician.
• Assists the physician in reviewing no show and cancellation patients and takes appropriate action.
• Maintains supplies and restocks rooms on prescribed schedule.
• Sterilizes instruments on prescribed schedule.
• Assists with Phlebotomy if certified.
• Tracks and completes patient FMLA forms timely.
• Works non-assigned physician clinics as scheduled.
• Assists with completion of physician responses to electronic communication to provide resolution for patient inquiries.
• Assists with obtaining prior-authorizations for diagnostic studies and viscosupplementation injections.
• Assists in answering inbound patient calls regarding clinical needs.

Qualifications

Required

• High school diploma or GED.
• One year experience in a health care setting, preferably orthopedics.
• Must possess outstanding interpersonal skills and be capable of communicating with physicians, staff and outside consultants.
• Knowledge of governmental regulations and compliance requirements, including OSHA regulations.
• Knowledge of computer systems and applications, including our current EMR.

Preferred

• Preferred graduation from an accredited course for Medical Assisting.
• MA certificate preferred