Medical Assistant, Cardiology Associates, Days

Position Overview

Medical Assistant, Certified (clinic based) at ULP - Cardiology Associates in Louisville, KY. This role assists the medical team in providing quality patient care through tasks such as patient triage, taking vital signs, gathering patient history, performing EKGs, injections, and operating the electronic health record system. The position operates on a First Shift schedule (United States of America) and is based at 225 Abraham Flexner Way, Suite 305, Louisville, KY 40202.

Key Responsibilities

• Obtains medical history, triages patients, and records vitals
• Reconciles medication list in the electronic health record (EHR)
• Responds timely and appropriately to tasks and reports abnormal results to the physician immediately (e.g., labs)
• Ensures appropriate patient information is scanned into the EHR
• Assists the physician in the exam room as needed (e.g., suture/staple removal, dressing changes, minor surgical procedures)
• Contacts medical facilities or departments to schedule surgeries, tests, or hospital admissions
• Codes all diagnoses and procedures appropriately for insurance authorizations/appeals
• Explains surgical procedures and processes to patients and their families
• Maintains the physician's surgery schedules
• Answers a multi-line phone system, triages calls, and directs messages to appropriate personnel and locations
• Schedules both new and established patient appointments, registers patients by collecting paperwork, insurance cards, and copayments
• Maintains clean exam rooms and orders office supplies
• Completes queries for appropriate medications, school/work statements, FMLA paperwork, and other patient forms
• Checks patients out and schedules any necessary follow-up appointments
• Performs general office maintenance, housekeeping, and reporting/tracking as requested
• Ensures compliance with all company policies, procedures, standards of conduct, and HIPAA privacy and security requirements
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Certification Requirement: Must obtain a medical assisting certification (CMA, CCMA, or RMA) from a nationally recognized organization within 90 days of hire if not certified at the time of hire. Continued maintenance of this certification is required.
• Documented evidence of an externship completed in a medical office will be accepted in lieu of the work experience requirement