Location
Augusta, GA | United States
Job description
Responsibilities
Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta (LCCA)is a multi-discipline behavioral healthcare center that offers mental health services to the communities of surrounding Augusta, Georgia. The Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta is an acute and residential treatment facility providing balanced, top-notch clinical care to children, adolescents and young adults. We provide a carefully-structured and supportive environment, and our education program is accredited through the Georgia Accrediting Commission.
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LCCA is recruiting for a full time Physician Liaison to join an awesome team. The primary responsibility of the Physician Liaison is to
- act as an extension of the physician staff.
- helping to complete vital tasks that interrupt the daily flow of patient and physician scheduling, but need to be completed to ensure that patients receive outstanding care.
- responsible for coordination of physician schedules
- working with all facility teams to ensure continuity of care by assisting with scheduling of other appointments
- informing patients/ nursing department of daily appointments, as well as other duties as assigned.
- Obtain a copy of current daily census from intake staff at hospital facility daily
- answer phone calls and handle inquiries from intake at hospital facility and coordinate patient assignments with providers daily.
- manage the peer review process with insurance companies and assign docs/NP’s to doc-to-doc phone calls with insurance companies for any patients that need additional coverage days.
- attend meetings with providers and hospital staff.
- Assist with scheduling providers as needed and ensure that facility receives timely schedules and updates accordingly.
- Observes all confidentiality regulations.
- Responsible for daily physician schedules and ensuring that all patients are seen according to protocol outlined in Policy and Procedure as set forth by The State of Georgia.
- Will provide schedules seven (7) days per week.
- Responsible for screening all physician notes.
- Develop and distribute monthly on-call schedules for all medical staff.
Benefits for a Physician Liaison include:
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
Qualifications Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.
A minimum 3+ years’ experience in the healthcare field that includes areas of dictation, medical terminology, and scheduling.
Excellence customer service and service recovery skills.
Proven track record in managing projects, meeting project deadlines and delivering on projects.
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