Durable Medical Equipment Specialist I

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WI-SSM Health at Home Madison Hammersley

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Summary:

Acts as a liaison between employees, providers, payers, customers, and other health care providers to obtain necessary documentation and process orders for medical equipment and supplies.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILTIES

• May focus duties on other equipment/supply groups as needed.
• Ensures compliance with Medicare, Medicaid and Accreditation Standards.
• Obtains and interprets medical documentation, compares documentation with insurance coverage criteria, and creates orders to provide medical equipment and supplies.
• Communicates with patients, employees, caregivers, and other health care providers on status of orders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Performs accurate and timely data entry into operating system and processes orders for appropriate equipment and supplies to ensure for timely delivery and correct billing.
• Collects payments from patients for coinsurance, copays, and self-pay items.
• Obtains written orders and prior authorization for appropriate equipment/supplies.
• Verifies patient insurance eligibility and benefits and communicates financial responsibilities to patients, caregivers, and other health care providers.

EDUCATION

• High school diploma or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

• Two years' experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Rare climbing.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Employee

Department:

2921000174 Madison DME

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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