Hiring a patient care coordinator in Pennsylvania
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.
Pennsylvania has over 50,000 active physicians, with hubs in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and the Lehigh Valley. Mix of academic and independent practice. Demand spans family medicine, internal medicine, behavioral health, and orthopedics.
What a Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania practices choose Staffing For Doctors
- Coverage scheduled to Eastern Time business hours
- Trained on the EHRs and payers Pennsylvania 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