Hiring a patient care coordinator in Florida
A patient care coordinator is the named point of contact a patient calls when something goes wrong - scheduling conflicts, billing questions, prescription delays, or specialist referrals. Staffing For Doctors patient care coordinators raise patient satisfaction and Google review scores measurably.
Florida has more than 60,000 active physicians and the largest Medicare population in the country, with major hubs in Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Heavy CCM, AWV, and prior auth volume from internal medicine, cardiology, and dermatology practices serving older patients.
What a Florida patient care coordinator does
Our patient care coordinators triage patient issues across departments and own each one to resolution, even when the underlying work belongs to billing, scheduling, or the clinical team. They are the voice patients trust, and the buffer that protects providers and front desk from one-off escalations.
Daily responsibilities
- Patient escalation triage and ownership to resolution
- Cross-department routing (billing, scheduling, clinical)
- Care-plan reminder calls and education
- Post-discharge and post-procedure follow-up
- Patient satisfaction outreach and review requests
- Daily resolution KPI reporting
Why Florida practices choose Staffing For Doctors
- Coverage scheduled to Eastern and Central Time business hours
- Trained on the EHRs and payers Florida practices use most
- HIPAA compliant with signed BAA and secure devices
- Onboarded in 48 hours with a dedicated Customer Success Manager
- Starts at $14/hour, no setup fees, no benefits overhead