Surgery Scheduler ASC

The Surgery Scheduler, ASC is responsible for scheduling cases, confirming patient insurance eligibility, and coordinating with clinical teams. The scheduler must have excellent communication skills, knowledge of medical terminology, and experience in scheduling in an ambulatory surgery center or acute-care hospital.

Requirements

• Schedules ASC surgical cases based on patient needs and established protocols
• Enters surgeon block times into EMR. Monitors and maintains block times.
• Verification that CPT-codes and planned procedure are accurate within all EMR platforms while working with clinical teams to update as needed
• Enters and ensures demographic information is correct across multiple EMR systems.
• Notates insurance information and verifies the information matches patients’ insurance cards
• Monitors surgery schedule to ensure proper case order, considering position, comorbidities, transportation, and time requests
• Daily communication with the anesthesiologists for schedule updates, times, changes, and any other requests that have been directed to anesthesia from clinic, patients, or providers
• Run monthly reports and complete numbers for state reporting and provide quarterly reports of OR availability for clinical managers
• Receive calls from outside patients, family members, reps, and vendors
• Confirms with all offices for the next day’s cases and confirms all patients/times
• Publishes and distributes a daily surgery schedule and surgical log for all departments concerned