<p>This position is located in the Health Administration Service (HAS) at VA Montana Health Care System (VAMTHCS). The Advanced MSA works collaboratively in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model (i.e., patient aligned care team, or other specialty care setting where the patient aligned care team model is used such as oncology, HIV, SCI, Military Sexual Trauma, etc.) for VAMTHCS.</p> <p>VA Careers - Medical Support Assistant: https://youtube.com/embed/EE9c4XkaELo</p> <p>Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional</p> <p>Major duties of the Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA) include, but are not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>Responsible for adhering to the VHA scheduling policies and procedures, as well as other HAS and local policies. </li><li>Ensure all appointments are made from a provider's order (Clinically Indicated Date) and that when a provider order is not available, the patient's desired date is recorded correctly within the scheduling package. </li><li>Responsible for patient check-in process (in its entirety) for their PACTs or specialty providers, including the printing of any necessary documentation needed for the appointment (health summaries, medication lists, daily plans, etc.), pre-registration of patients, Insurance Capture Buffer (IBC) scanning for private insurance, and the usage of VetLink software. </li><li>Collects, scans, and updates health insurance information to aid in the revenue collection process. </li><li>Completes the patient check-out process daily, which includes the completion of Return to Clinic (RTC) orders, the creation of recall reminders, consult follow-up, no-showing patient appointments according to local policy, and any other action required to complete the appointment process. </li><li>Advises sharing beneficiaries of basic eligibility, covered and non-covered services, and program requirements with the thorough knowledge of all component programs. This will include making eligibility determinations based on the customer's status, enrollment, and services required and/or requested. </li><li>Responsible for ensuring that patients are eligible for care at the time of scheduling, utilizing the patient enrollment menu and eligibility criteria. </li><li>Responsible for utilizing reports to assist in the care delivery process. Reports include but are not limited to: Encounter Action Required Report, Clinic Utilization Statistical Summary, Consult Tracking Reports (CTR) (in-house and Non-VA Care), various VHA Support Service Center (VSSC) reports (access, wait times, no-shows and cancellations. </li><li>Responsible for the VHIC Card process, assisting with Bene Travel requests, understanding the Heritage Medication Program, postage meters, and UPS labels. </li></ul> <p>Compressed/Flexible: Avaliable</p> <p>Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized</p> <p>Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized</p> <p>Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases</p> <p>When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).</p> <p>Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)</p> <p>Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.</p> <p>Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.</p> <p>Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA</p> <p>Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)</p> <p>Telework: ADHOC</p> <p>Virtual: This is not a virtual position.</p> <p>Functional Statement #: 436-51936-A</p> <p>Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized</p>