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Community Health Connections Dental Office Float in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Description
Make an impact in your community through a career in health care!
Community Health Connections (CHC) is a safe haven to find compassionate care, regardless of income or insurance status.
Founded on February 25, 2002, we have 20 years of experience as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving low income, underinsured, uninsured, publicly housed, and homeless populations in 35 cities and towns in North Central Massachusetts.
The Dental Office Float is a position whose primary responsibility is Prior Authorizations but also has the knowledge and ability to perform multiple job duties including Front Desk, Call Center coverage and various other office tasks for the dental department. The Float is responsible to perform the job duties of the assigned work area in accordance with the procedures established for that area and in accordance with health center policy.
Responsibilities include:
Receive and process prior authorization requests.
Obtain timely authorizations from various insurance companies.
Notifying appropriate staff/patient when authorization is approved and processed.
Handle any discrepancies of a prior authorization being denied.
Input required data into system for billing purposes.
Follows established health center protocol for the check-in and check-out.
Schedules patient appointments according to established protocol
Minimum Qualifications:
High School Diploma or GED required.
Work experience similar to a dental office environment
Computer skills for accurate data entry
Knowledge of basic medical terminology
Demonstrated interpersonal relationship skills
Demonstrated proficiency in reading, writing and speaking in English.
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced medical office environment.
We offer competitive pay and excellent benefits including bonuses, paid time off (vacation, sick, personal and 10 holidays), health, dental, life, vision, 401K, and more!