Medical Receptionist

Company: Korb & Associates PLLC
Location: Boston
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Job Description We are an upscale, concierge type group optometry practice in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts with an immediate opportunity for a medical receptionist due to retirement of one of our staff. We are seeking an individual with excellent communication and organizational skills who enjoys interacting with patients. This individual will work with a second medical receptionist. These positions are critical to our organization, as the front desk staff are the ---face of our practice---. The ideal candidate must enjoy working with people, have a friendly demeanor and outstanding communication skills. Job duties: Greeting patients as they arrive and leave Answering phone calls and being able to answer patient questions Scheduling patients and assisting with patient recalls Notifying clinical staff of patient arrivals and putting patients in exam rooms Faxing and scanning medical documents into patient electronic health records Arranging for external appointments with sub-specialists Verifying insurance eligibility for vision and medical plans Ensuring all office forms are filled out at time of check out Collecting patient charges and reconciling patient balances for materials and services Providing patients with invoices Keeping the reception area clean and organized Making sure that patient flow is maintained Job requirements: Excellent phone management skills using a multi-line telephone system Computer and internet searching skills Ability to work with an electronic medical record system Associates degree or equivalent experience in health care setting Position is for on-site (no remote), 30 hours per week minimum but 40 hours preferred. Full time benefits include medical, vision and dental plans, accrued PTO, paid holidays, retirement plan after 3 years Company Description Website: www.korbassociates.com Established in 1920 by Dr. Frederick Farnum, we are one of the oldest continuing practices in the country. We are dedicated to providing the highest standard of professional care and developing long lasting relationships with our patients. We are recognized as being on the cutting edge in the fields of dry eye and contact lens technology. Our dry eye and contact lens research, often conducted in collaboration with other academic and health care disciplines, has resulted in hundreds of professional publications, 55 patents, and many ocular products used throughout the world. This combination of clinical practice and research activities provides a unique setting which is particularly beneficial to our patients. Recent inventions of Korb & Associates include the DETTM test for dry eye, LipiFlow thermal pulsation for dry eye, LipiView for measurement of tear film lipid layer thickness, Dynamic Meibomian Imaging and LipiScan to evaluate the structure of the oil glands in the lids, and the Meibomian Gland Evaluator for the quantitative evaluation of meibomian gland function. Our research also resulted in commercialization of Soothe XPTM (Bausch and Lomb) and Systane BalanceTM (Alcon), the first lipid-based solutions for evaporative dry eye. In the contact lens field, our practice pioneered the design of the first membrane soft contact lens, which has served as the model for all contemporary soft lenses. Our research also resulted in the design of rigid gas-permeable contact lenses and fitting strategies for specific conditions including keratoconus and irregular corneas. We are the only practice in New England offering the EyePrint Pro and can fully customize any type of lens.

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