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Medical Support Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 128 days ago
About the Role
The Medical Support Assistant (MSA) serves in the Health Administration Department at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The Medical Support Assistant is responsible for a range of duties related to telephone support and management, consult tracking, scanning, receiving and processing of all mail.
What You'll Do
- →Queries patient as to current address and phone number, updating information as needed.
- →Ensures that incoming claims, medical documentation, statements, and general inquiries are properly opened, date stamped, and sorted into established categories for proper processing.
- →Reviews incoming correspondence to determine the nature of the question, concern, or issue, and directs the documentation to the proper area for resolution.
- →Views and sorts medical documentation and indexes to the correct veteran by either scanning records to the veteran's chart or properly directs to the Health Information Management Department for scanning.
- →Assists in training new employees and in updating procedures with experienced employees.
- →Assists in requesting records from vendors to complete NVCC/Community Care consult closure metrics.
- →Maintains a cooperative working relationship with co-workers, managers, and patients from a wide range of backgrounds and services.
- →Demonstrates ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
- →Promotes teamwork by cooperating with and supporting staff and customers in achieving Medical Center goals and mission.
- →Manages information security within areas of responsibility to assure that computer system security and confidentiality of sensitive information is maintained.
- →Creates and maintains an environment that ensures confidentiality and privacy of patient information.
- →Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Medical Support Assistant: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-MSA-VA-Career-Flyer.pdf Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
- →Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
- →Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 1004975e-29d3-4852-9c0f-f7a26d1c33ef
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