Beach Side Counseling, PLLC Hiring for Mental Health Administrative Assistant at Remote Full Time

Mental Health Administrative Assistant

Job Summary:

The Mental Health Administrative Assistant is responsible for providing excellent patient care and support. This position will be responsible for returning phone calls, scheduling patients, collecting payments, mailing documents, and general office duties as assigned. Ability to bill private health insurance, follow up with claims, check insurance benefits, etc. would be helpful, but not required.

Knowledge of HIPPA and Washington State confidentiality laws is required. This position does requires attending additional training on HIPPA and Washington State confidentiality laws. The required trainings will be paid for by the business, and will be as needed.

A general knowledge of the mental health field is a must, and a minimum of a bachelor degree in the counseling or social work related field is required.

This contract position involves writing and proof reading documents. The pay for this task is significantly higher, and is in addition to the duties listed above.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintain accurate patient records in the electronic medical record system (EMR).
• Maintain compliance with HIPPA and Washington State confidentiality guidelines.
• Ensures compliance with state regulations, laws, and policies.
• Returning phone calls and scheduling patients for appointments.
• Respond to patient calls in a timely manner.
• Collection of payments.
• Assistance with writing and proof reading of documents.
• Maintain clinical documentation for each patient encounter.
• Billing private insurance, EOB’s, contacting insurance regarding claims, etc. is preferred, but not required for this position.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in social work or counseling related field.

Preferred Skills: Has some knowledge of the DSM-V would be helpful for this position, but not required. Knowledge of medical billing in a counseling setting would be helpful.

*Pay is negotiable for the right person.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $20.00 – $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Continuing education credits

Healthcare setting:

• Telehealth

Schedule:

• Choose your own hours

Application Question(s):

• Do you have a medical billing background?

Are you bilingual? If so, what languages do you speak fluently?

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)
• Behavioral health: 1 year (Preferred)
• Computer skills: 1 year (Preferred)
• writing: 1 year (Preferred)

Language:

• Spanish (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote