681 - Practice Manager I

The Practice Manager is responsible for all practice management aspects of daily operations for the School Based Health Center (SBHC) program to ensure the program's ability to carry out its daily work and business effectively. 
This position will work closely with the front desk staff at each of the sites and the SBHC Director to ensure each of the SBHC clinics is running efficiently and effectively. This will include the 
collection of patient demographic information, insurance information, as well as ensuring that all student consents are properly handled. This includes ensuring that all consent_forms are 
accurately entered into the electronic medical record system (EMR), as well as updates are made on a regular basis to improve the patient workflow. 
Additionally, this position will work closely with SBH Leadership and Department of Education 
(DOE) leadership and staff at each site. The practice manager will build relationships with each 
school's principal, assistant principal, deans, parent coordinators and other key DOE contacts. The practice manager will be responsible for ongoing communication with each site's identified 
contacts, as well setting up planning meetings and incident specific meetings as needed. 
Other responsibilities include but are not limited to: Maintaining the practice management 
system, oversight of scheduled appointments and daily walk-in volume, reviewing insurance and billing information for all visits, overseeing the site inventory and purchasing needs, coordinating services with internal and external sources, and maintaining up to date billing reports. 

Associate degree in health administration or business 
management required. Bachelor's Degree preferred. 
Proficiency on computer systems required. Training 
experience required. 
Experience working in a health care administration, 
knowledge of systems associated with practice 
management in billing and collections. 
Ability to communicate effectively with senior management and foster good working relationships with other administrative staff to coordinate communication into and from the Manager's office. 
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of 
concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in 
written, oral, dia·gram, or schedule form. 
Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets general business 
periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or 
governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business 
correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively 
present information and respond to questions from groups of 
managers, clients, customers, and the general public. 
Must be comfortable using Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Windows XP. An assessment test may be given as a condition of employment or as part of an annual performance evaluation. 
Ability to apply mathematica I operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, samplfng theory and factor analysis. 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 
While performing the duties of this job, th􀀜 employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. 
None.required.