Referral Coordinator

Functions of the ACHC Referral Specialist:

As an Outreach Worker – 

• Assisting patients and others with application for the Oregon Health Plan  and Affordable Care Act.   
• Processing applications for the Sliding Fee Scale Program.  

And as the Referral Coordinator – 

• Process, track, and resolve all referrals from our providers to outside resources of imaging and specialists.  
• Obtain prior authorizations for referrals that are required from the various insurance entities of our patients.  
• Maintain a referral tracking log  to monitor each referral: where, when and to who the referral was sent.  
• Contact referred to providers each week on all unscheduled referrals.  
• Contact referred to providers each week on kept appointments for which we have not received a report in a timely manner.   
• Prepare monthly reports for Administration and the Providers of the active referrals in the referral log.