Job Description Cottage Medical Group seeks a Clinic Care Coordinator for their CMG Cottage Cardiology Clinic Santa Barbara responsible for interacting with patients and visitors at the clinic and managing administrative tasks for the medical team. Duties include receiving phone calls, scheduling patient appointments according to physician’s availability, explaining intake forms and consent forms to new patients, processing payments, performing patient registration, check‑in and check‑out.
Base Pay Range $22.00/hr - $33.00/hr
Responsibilities Transcribe patient referrals into the EMR system and index accompanying paperwork.
Navigate patients through the referral process and manage all related tasks for the clinic care team, including initiating the referral process, evaluating requirements for each referral, obtaining authorizations when applicable, partnering with the Navigation Center or internal and external clinics to ensure continuity of care, and maintaining the various work queues.
Qualifications Technical Requirements Minimum: Basic MS Word & min. 35 wpm typing speed.
Bilingual skills (English/Spanish) required for Pediatrics OP Clinic.
Years of Related Work Experience Minimum: Six months clerical experience.
Preferred: 1 year clerical experience in a medical environment performing referrals and authorizations.
About Us Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a rehabilitation hospital, multiple clinics and a multi‑site urgent care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion.
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