PATIENT ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE

Last Updated: 10/2/08

• Review past due accounts and recommend whether account should be written off, referred to collection agency or set up on monthly payment schedule with patient for minimum payments each month.
• Utilize review reports to identify reimbursement problems with insurance companies.
• Compose letters to insurance companies to resolve reimbursement problems.
• Telephone insurance companies to resolve contract issues regarding rates of payment.
• Send reviews to insurance companies to include pathology reports and indicate payment problems.
• Must be familiar with Corporate Compliance Program and Corporate Policies.
• All other assigned duties.

• High school diploma or GED is required.

• Two to four years of prior job-related experience is required.

• Personal computer experience and medical insurance knowledge are required.

• Good telephone and communication skills are required.

ACCESSIONING CLERK

Last Updated: 9/16/08

Nashville, TN

• Receives specimens from couriers and verifies that specimens recorded on courier logs are received. 
• Triages, prioritizes, and sorts specimens appropriately for accessioning and processing. 
• Performs data entry login of patient demographics, clinical information, specimen source, and test(s) orders from specimen requisitions into computer systems and accessions specimen containers as needed or required.
• Checks test(s) ordered for medical necessity requirements and ABN if applicable.  Documents any orders, which are lacking appropriate documentation to supervisor.
• Documents all problem cases appropriately.
• Scans requisitions and all related paperwork, into the scan system, and shreds documents as needed.
• Reviews specimen requisitions against data entry of requisition information, for accuracy, documents errors noted and forwards documentation to supervisor, and corrects errors found. 
• Answers departmental phone calls and assists clients as needed.
• Exercises all laboratory safety precautions and adheres to lab procedures as stated in procedure manuals.
• Contributes to a positive work climate and to the team effort of the department and company.
• Abides by all regulatory, company and departmental regulations, policies and procedures, including the Corporate Compliance Program.
• Performs all other assigned duties.

• High School Diploma or GED is required.

• Typing / data entry experience required.

• Medical laboratory experience preferred. 

• Must be detail oriented.

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONIST

Last Updated: 9/11/08

Nashville, TN

• Perform data entry, answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate personnel and communicate with clients, as necessary.
• Prepare and send slides requested by other Pathology departments and file slides and paperwork.
• Routine clerical duties including filing, faxing, receiving and distributing mail.
• Transcribe gross, microscopic, diagnostic, surgical pathology, autopsy, and cytology reports; type general correspondence for Pathologists.
• Must be familiar with Corporate Compliance Program and Corporate Policies.
• All other assigned duties.

• High School Diploma or GED required.

• Medical terminology, accurate typing skills (75–80 words per minute) and professional phone skills required.

• Six months to one year of prior job-related experience is required OR transcription certified.

TRANSCRIPTIONIST / HISTOLOGY ASSISTANT

Last Updated: 8/8/08

Nashville, TN

• Transcribe gross, microscopic, diagnostic, surgical pathology, autopsy, and cytology reports; type general correspondence for Pathologists.
• Print and process pathology reports.
• Assist admin assistant, dept secretary and reporting positions.
• Receive, sort, triage and accession all tissue specimens and make cassettes.
• Performs data entry of patient demographics.
• Assist pathologist/PA in cutting room.
• Answers departmental phone calls and assists clients as needed.
• Clean cutting room and keep supplied properly.
• Photograph specimens (Polaroid and 35 mm).
• Properly hang tissue on the processors.
• Keep quality control charts on equipment in the accession and cutting room.
• Prepare routine solutions and maintain an inventory of supplies
• Responsible for proper disposal and handling of hazardous waste to include xylene recycling (i.e. xylene, reagent alcohol, formaldehyde) and dispose of specimens according to procedures.
• Review procedure manuals and stay current with procedural changes
• Must be familiar with Corporate Compliance Program and Corporate Policies.
• All other assigned duties.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Medical terminology (preferably pathology), accurate typing skills (60-70 words per minute) and professional phone skills required.
• Six months to one year of prior job-related experience is required.

• Good phone and communication (written and verbal) skills are required.

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life insurance, LTD, and 401(k). Please feel free to submit individual applications including cover letter and a brief résumé. Please state the position for which you are applying and mail or fax to:

Human Resources Department
5301 Virginia Way, Suite 300
Brentwood, TN 37027
Fax: 615.234.2502
Email: hr@pathgroup.com

Check back frequently as we will post any new openings as they become available. PathGroup does not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age or disability.