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Job title: Medical Assistant – Behavioral Health
Company: Long Island Select Healthcare
Job description: Description :
Long Island Select Healthcare Inc. (LISH) is a comprehensive network of community health centers under a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) model. We provide Article 16 and 28 clinic services at 3 locations across Suffolk County, New York.
Please do not apply for this opportunity if you are NOT a Certified Medical Assistant or if you require remote work.
LISH is currently searching for several Full-Time Medical Assistants to support our Behavioral Health Department. Please note this position requires you to be a Medical Assistant. The Behavioral Health Care Assistant maintains a safe patient care environment while medical assisting where necessary and providing clerical/administrative support. This position will report to the Behavioral Health Care Manager.
General Duties:
- Obtain vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, temperature respiration) at each appointment.
- Manages & maintains office & exam rooms, including virtual care visit offices.
- Assists Behavioral Health providers with procedures (i.e. genesight testing)
- Assists the Behavioral Health Department with LISH’s PCMH initiative, as needed.
- Conducts pre-visit planning activities including, but not limited to:
- Review of patient medication prior to scheduled appointment
- Verification of patient insurance coverage
- Obtaining and/or follow-up on all prior authorizations related to behavioral health services, including psychiatric medications
- Confirmation of scheduled appointments
- Pre-screening patients with the use of provider-directed screening & assessment tools, as applicable (i.e. PHQ-9)
- Conducts post-visit activities including, but not limited to:
- Scheduling new and recurring mental health related appointments such as the following: Intakes, Psychiatric Appts, Psychological Evals, Neuropsychological Testing, and Mental Health Counseling
- Processing mental health referrals
- Reviews ICD-10 and CPT coding for insurance processing, scrubs completed encounters.
- Schedules emergency appointments, as required.
- Tracks plans of care for providers as instructed.
- Tracks medication management cases for providers on an as-needed basis, including entering reports into REMS.
- Tracks I-Stops for patients receiving controlled substances.
- Supports the BH Department by handling all incoming and outgoing telephone calls and/or telephone encounters, as assigned.
- Supports LISH through logging general BHI or CCM activities/minutes spent in enrolled patient records for the purposes of meeting monthly care coordination requirements.
- Provides support to Medical Department or CCM on an as-needed basis.
- Filing and copying, scanning documents into eCw. Processes Medical records as needed, or as assigned.
- Means and ability to travel between agency buildings.
- All other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Behavioral Health experience preferred
- Certified Medical Assistant required.
- 2 To 5 years of experience serving people with medical illness and/or developmental disabilities preferred
- EMR experience preferred (i.e eClinicalWorks)
- Bilingual in English and Spanish is a plus
- Customer-friendly attitude
- Ability and means to travel between sites
Valid NYS Driver’s License
Benefits
- $18.23/hr to $21.88/hr, dependent upon experience
- 2 Weeks Paid Vacation, 10 Sick Days, 3 Personal Days, & 10 Holidays Per Year
- Medical, Dental & Vision available
- Short & Long-Term Disability
- Group Term Life
- Eligibility for Student Loan Repayment Programs
Why LISH?
Our Core Values help us make a difference in our community
LISH is a 2020 Newsday & LIBN Top Workplace!
Employee Testimonials:
- “We see a diverse patient population with different backgrounds and varied ethnicities. The medical and dental professional staff treat patients with great dignity and respect.”
- “The most valuable thing I took from my (interning) experience was the focus of keeping patients first. LISH is true to their mission statement and it really instilled in me those same values.”
- “The work we do at LISH makes me proud because for many of our patients we are like family. We take the time to really get to know our patients and they truly receive the care and respect that they deserve.”
- “My manager is interested in me as a person not just someone in a workplace, [They Have] an open-door policy for questions and help me find solutions when problems arise. [They] treat all staff fairly and always acknowledges a job well done.”
- “LISH is probably one of the most family-friendly companies I’ve known. I would recommend the company to anyone.”
LISH is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. LISH complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must have authorization to work for LISH in the U.S. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Skills : Bilingual: Expert
Education : High School or Equivalent
Medical Assistant Certificate
Experience : 3 years: Experience serving people with medical illnesses and/or developmental disabilities preferred
1 years: EMR experience (eClinicalworks) preferred
1 years: Working knowledge of managed care insurance concepts and regulations preferred.
Licences & certifications Medical Assistant
Expected salary: $18.23 per hour
Location: Hauppauge, NY
Job date: Sat, 08 May 2021 06:28:49 GMT
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