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- BLS Certification (Required)
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- Organizational skills (Required)
- Care plans
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Education
- High school diploma or GED
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Pay
- $40,862 – $50,665 a year
Job type
- Full-time
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One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030
Full job description
Summary
The Medical Assistant II plays a crucial role by managing various administrative and clinical tasks. Key responsibilities include scheduling appointments, ensuring effective communication with healthcare providers, and verifying insurance information with both patients and insurance companies. Additionally, the MA II assists in patient examinations, recording vital signs, and maintaining accurate patient records.
This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle multiple tasks efficiently to support the smooth operation of the healthcare facility.
Job Duties
- Reviews the daily schedule for patient arrivals, escorts patients to the infusion suite, take vitalss, and asks pertinent questions related to their care plans.
- Disinfects each infusion chair and equipment to prepare for the next patient.
- Attends to patient needs by offering snacks, drinks, warm blankets, and other comfort measures during treatment. Assists patients around the infusion suite as needed.
- Provide excellent customer service to patients.
- Facilitates and conducts peer-to-peer evaluations with health plans for infusion medications.
Engages in dialogue with clinical staff, physicians, pharmacy, and insurance verification teams regarding processes for infusion patients and medication approvals.
Works closely with health plans, patients, and pharmacies to manage specialty pharmacy benefits, and coordinates the scheduling and delivery of medications.
Ensures patients have follow-up appointments with their ordering providers every six months, as per insurance guidelines.
Manages the health plan appeal process for denials of infusion medications.
Schedules patients for infusion visits. - Assists with rooming patients.
- Manages the stocking of clinic supplies and assist with ordering supplies weekly or as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED and completion of a Medical Assistant Training program through an accredited institution.
- Two years of relevant experience.
- Current certification as a Medical Assistant through an accredited professional organization (AAMA, AMT, ARMA, NCCT, NHA, NAHP, or AMCA).
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through American Heart Association.
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of MA experience.
- Experience scheduling patient appointments.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
