Business Office Associate, Full Time, MMC - Atlantic Health System

Responsible for handling clerical tasks in the office. Handles incoming phone calls and other communications, greets clients and visitors, manages files, updates paperwork and other documents, and performs other general office clerk duties and errands.


Principal Accountabilities:


1. Communicates correspondence with clients and other departments as needed. Prepares and maintain follow-up of action items to meet deadlines. Assists in faxing of records and following up on receipt of medical record requests.
2. Compiles information, data and maintains updated and accurate spreadsheets for operations.
3. Accurately collects and documents time-of-service payments. Verifies/collects: demographics, emergency contact information, and insurance information.
4. Initiates and composes routine correspondence regarding meetings, requests for maintenance, purchasing, telecommunications requests, general program inquiries, etc.
5. Maintains a favorable image by demonstrating courtesy, patience, persistence, sensitivity and tact while dealing with the general public, particularly difficult patients and their families.
6. Supervises MOA's and provides coverage in case of team member absence, both scheduled and unscheduled coverage and ensures continuity of service. 
7. Establishes, maintains and revises record keeping and filing systems for retention of information in order to facilitate prompt and organized retrieval of information when necessary.
8. Assists in managing and maintaining multiple excel spreadsheets for distribution internally for organizational efforts as required. Registers new patients and updates existing patients regularly.
9. Schedules, reschedules and cancels patient appointments and procedures within the department and collects and verifies the registration data. 
10. Performs other related duties as assigned.

ABOUT US

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is;  Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for  the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years 
• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare
• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare
• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review
• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP
• Gold-Level \"Well Workplace\": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)
• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets
• NJ Sustainable Business 

Morristown Medical Center is a nationally-recognized leader in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, gynecology,  geriatrics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology.

We are the only hospital in New Jersey named one of America's '50 Best Hospitals' for six consecutive years by Healthgrades and one of the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek.  We were included on Becker's Healthcare 2020 list of \"100 Great Hospitals in America\". In addition, Leapfrog recognized us with an \"A\" hospital safety grade - its highest - twelve consecutive times, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded us again with its highest five-start rating in 2020.

Morristown Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital for Excellence in Nursing Service, the highest level of recognition achievable from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for facilities that provide acute care services.  Our nonprofit hospital was also designated a Level I Regional Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons and a Level II by the State of NJ.

EEO STATEMENT

Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.

Atlantic Health System Cancer Care offers unparalleled cancer specialists, clinical trials, innovative technology and medical treatments, and caring support services for more than 6,000 patients a year right here in New Jersey. Ourexpansive networkincludes the flagship Carol G. Simon Cancer Center at Morristown Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center and comprehensive oncology programs at Chilton Medical Center, Hackettstown Medical Center, and Newton Medical Center. It covers 11 counties in northern and central NJ. So, no matter where patients live or work, they can enter our community of cancer care, spanning prevention to treatment to survivorship.