Physician Practice Job Description
Physician practice
provides coding expertise and serves as subject matter expert to respond to questions from providers, managers, billing office and others relating to procedural coding and ICD-9 coding, regulations, reimbursements and documentation requirements.
Physician Practice Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Promote achievement of timely and accurate billing, collection, and coding procedures consistent with Federal and State requirements in conjunction with Practice Manager
Initiate and monitor new clinic procedures including coding, pricing and reimbursement changes, within appropriate time frames
Educate clerical staff on office billing procedures, reimbursement and coding
Ensure practices are exceeding quality metrics and Meaningful Use attestation for each employed physician in market
Analyze and evaluate end-user process and provide guidance on how clinical automation could facilitate existing workflow
Identify ‘areas for improvement’ and determine effective solutions for implementation into the EMR system
Develop detailed design specifications for all configuration requests and coordinate all interaction with the clinical user community during system build
Complete detailed testing for all configuration work, both during the build cycle in development and post-production validation
Participate in functional and integrated testing of all software upgrades, enhancements, service packs and hotfixes as assigned
Provide ad-hoc user-training sessions as needed
Physician Practice Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Physician Practice
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, ACLS, CPR, CME, ORNRP, PALS, DOT, CMA, LPN
Education for Physician Practice
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the physician practice job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Technical, Management, Education, Medical, Healthcare, Business/Administration, Nursing, Medicine, Healthcare Administration, Business
Skills for Physician Practice
Desired skills for physician practice include:
Healthcare fiscal management and human resource management practices
ICD9/10 and CPT coding and insurance procedures
Meaningful Use
HIPAA
Coding
Medical terminology
CPT and ICD-9 coding
Chart audit processes
Collection processes
Governmental regulations and compliance requirements
Desired experience for physician practice includes:
Provide activation support in the unit/clinic/area as users begin using the EMR and clinical systems
Provide second-tier support center assistance to trouble-shoot and resolve system/workflow problems
Provide weekly status reports to management team on project status, issue tracking, project risks and associated mitigation strategies
Advanced knowledge of terminology, policies, practices and financial programs of health care systems
Well-rounded knowledge of laws and regulations related to the health care industry
Proficient with computers, Microsoft Office (Word and Excel) and using various software packages
Physician Practice Examples
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Physician Practice Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a physician practice. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for physician practice
- Monitor compliance central for remediation plans, for individual market coders and/or biller, as necessary
- Under general supervision, post electronic and manual cash receipts
- Complete general data entry operations in applicable systems
- Research and resolve reconciliation issues and errors which are semi-routine in nature
- Maintains and supports key customer relationships
- Works directly with subject matter experts during the sales support process to execute expansion and maintenance strategies using company solutions to address customer specific needs identified
- Works directly with operations team members to support regional key customers within individual territory assignments
- Participates in US Bioservices sales and operations training that will allow to continually maintain a consultative approach with all customers and ensure aligned messages across all teams
- Perform audit on patient referrals and provide feedback to management team
- Log, track and report on all issues and resolutions for key customers, integrating their communications with the US Bioservices quality and complaint processes
Qualifications for physician practice
- The ability to inform/query and educate providers in a medical background setting
- Must be willing to work extended hours, as needed, in order to meet assigned objectives
- Must be willing to travel within selected geographic territory
- Knowledge of either Oncology physician practice or specialty pharmacy practices
- Good understanding of all business segments
- Ability to identify and apply services, processes, and solutions to individual customer's needs
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a physician practice. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for physician practice
- Manage day-to-day operations with an emphasis on patient care delivery, high quality customer service, patient satisfaction, staffing, budgeting, and efficient allocation and use of available capital and human resources
- Lead staff to ensure that patient care services are provided in a timely manner and ensure compliance with established clinical policies and procedures
- Works in conjunction with the Sr
- Maintains open communication with physicians regarding practice problems, issues and potential resolutions
- Responsible for the management and evaluation of Clinic Co-workers
- Effectively supervise employees in the Family Practice and Convenient Care Clinic
- Ensure that staffing is appropriate to ensure that the clinic operates in an efficient manner
- Perform training of all employees or otherwise ensure that all employees can perform their assigned responsibilities and can handle contingencies and unexpected situations effectively
- Make recommendations to the Practice Manager on hiring, firing, promotion and disciplinary action
- Prepare KRONOS in a timely manner and ensure all corrections are made prior to submitting for approval
Qualifications for physician practice
- Provide ongoing evaluation of work flow and design new methods to achieve clinic standards, including enhanced revenue, labor performance, reduction in expenses, and increased profitability
- Collaborate with Practice Manager on annual evaluations on each employee
- Provide and require staff to complete competency and/or retraining checklists at a satisfactory level semi-annually and annually as applicable
- Provide and require all employees to attend mandatory meetings and in service/educational programs
- Review and update assigned job descriptions
- Ensure Financial Viability of the Clinic
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of physician practice. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for physician practice
- According to reimbursement guidelines, initiate appropriate pricing of all clinic activity and routinely monitors for update and changes
- Maintain physician and non-physician CME expenses through Concur
- Monitor the patient care workflow to ensure maximum productivity and efficiency
- Monitor co-worker error ratios monthly
- Compliance with Regulatory Guidelines
- Review, develop, coordinate and implement the necessary policies, procedures and controls required to comply with all regulatory and certifying organizations
- Maintain a complete index of all policies and procedures and organize the information in a way that is easily accessible to co-workers and State and Federal Surveyors
- Ensure that all policies and procedures are reviewed and amended as needed and as prescribed by regulation
- Ensure that all co-workers complete mandatory education as assigned
- Make rounds with departments/clinics/physicians on a regular basis
Qualifications for physician practice
- Enter department schedules as needed
- Update computer changes as necessary
- Assist manager in special assignments, projects and other work-related tasks as designated
- Actively enhance professional growth by attending hospital and clinic sponsored functions professional meetings
- Participate in weekly huddles and department meetings as appropriate
- Demonstrate knowledge of the special needs and behaviors of specific age groups to include neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric
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Physician Practice Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a physician practice. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for physician practice
- Complete monthly expenses and submit to Practice Manager within 7 days of receipt
- Assists in the assessment of patient needs and health plan by taking vital signs, history, medication listing, assessing visual acuity and determining chief complaint
- Administers prescribed oral medications and gives intramuscular and subcutaneous and intradermal injections
- Conduct weekly payment audit
- Make recommendations to physicians with regard to expenses and cost controls income and fee schedules
- Coordinate Practice/Group meetings on a regular basis
- Serve as a contributing member of a project team
- Maintain clinical competence of procedural skills, treatments, patient/caregiver education
- Manage the operations of the assigned Physician Practice/Group
- Manage patient scheduling
Qualifications for physician practice
- A minimum of one year of experience working in a physician office
- High school diploma/GED is highly preferred
- Completion of an accredited Medical Assisting Program along with Medical Assistant certification and CPR Certification is highly preferred
- Bachelors degree in health care management, business administration, finance or another health related discipline is preferred
- Completion of 1 year of graduate medical education in a clinical specialty at a hospital acceptable to the Surgeon General, HQ USAF
- Insurance authorization and verification
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Physician Practice Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a physician practice. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for physician practice
- Responsible for orienting, training, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees
- Identify and tracking of Capital needs for physician practices
- In collaboration with surgeon offices and the Pre-anesthesia screening team, eases the inconvenience of patients by providing personal services for robotic surgical patients scheduled at the facility
- Obtains, verifies, and records health history of patients
- Gathers pertinent health data through physical assessments and biological samples
- Collects specimens for laboratory analysis
- Provided basic patient care as ordered
- Documents care provided or procedures performed accurately on patient records
- Assists other health care professionals in performing exams, diagnostic procedures and treatments, and minor surgical procedures
- Adheres to infection control/safety guidelines and confidentiality guidelines practiced at JPMC
Qualifications for physician practice
- Meets billing operational standards by contributing billing information to strategic plans and reviews
- Experience in an outpatient office strongly preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft programs and accurate typing of 35 wpm
- 2 to 4 years degree in Business Administration, Nursing, or related field
- Prefer CPC certified
- High School graduate or equivalent with preference for courses in business and computer programs