| JOB TITLE: Case Management Assistant LOCATION: Pittston DEPARTMENT: Geisinger At Home WORK SCHEDULE: Days WORK TYPE: Full Time JOB SUMMARY: The Care Management Assistant supports the Geisinger at Home Department and the staff in the day to day operations. Provides seamless appointment scheduling services to patients and referring physician offices by matching physician-specific scheduling guidelines with patient appointment preferences across Geisinger using technology. Collects and maintains accurate, basic patient information relating to registration and insurance in compliance with HIPAA guidelines. Facilitates positive multi-channel communications among patients, physicians, clinical staff, outreach sites, and internal departments to serve patient and referring physician needs using advanced writing, telephone, e-mail, and internet skills. Possesses solid knowledge regarding specialty, primary care, and/or community practice department specific scheduling guidelines, procedures, appointment scheduling and clinic work flows. Provides flexible coverage for co-workers in assigned work groups as needed. COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS: Demonstrates a positive, supportive, respectful and helpful attitude in interactions with all department customers (patients, physicians, visitors and other healthcare team members). Demonstrates respect for the rights and dignity of all patients. Provides and maintains patient privacy always. Is compliant with HIPAA guidelines and privacy practices, patient confidentiality and patient rights. Demonstrates the ability to effectively handle the departments minimum appointment-related contacts to resolve questions or concerns from patients and/or referring physicians on a weekly basis. Demonstrates the ability to promote and work in a team atmosphere to manage and process all multi-channel contacts and attain common goals. Demonstrates a positive work attitude. Demonstrates a calm, professional manner. Offers and acts on constructive feedback. Demonstrates time management skills effectively to perform scheduling while meeting department productivity and service standards. Demonstrates high level of customer service while meeting department quality performance standards Demonstrates flexibility in response to unexpected changes in workload, staffing and scheduling. Demonstrates detailed knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, GroupWise and all other department software systems and their integration. EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: High school diploma required. Minimum of one-year experience in a medical office/clinical setting or call center experience required. Familiarity with medical terminology preferred. Previous call center experience preferred. NAHAM or CRCR certification preferred. WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Work is typically performed in an office environment. The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. GEISINGER HEALTH PLAN (GHP) is the health insurance component of Geisinger and serves over 460,000 members in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Begun in 1985, GHP provides high quality, affordable health-care benefits for businesses of all sizes, individuals and families, and Medicare beneficiaries. About Geisinger: Geisinger is a physician-led health system comprised of approximately 30,000 employees, including nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 13 hospital campuses, two research centers, and a 583,000-member health plan Geisinger is nationally recognized for innovative practices and quality care. Geisinger serves more than 3 million people in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of National Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient AtlantiCare, A member of Geisinger. In 2017, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became the newest member of the Geisinger Family. We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.* Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. ** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status. *Domestic partner benefits not applicable at Geisinger Holy Spirit. | 
