What a family medicine referral coordinator does
A family medicine referral coordinator manages every outbound referral generated by a primary care office - cardiology, GI, derm, ortho, behavioral health, ophthalmology, and more. They confirm the patient has the right insurance, get the prior auth or referral number when required by Medicare Advantage or HMOs, send chart notes and labs to the receiving specialist, schedule the appointment, and follow up to make sure the consult note comes back into the EHR.
Closing the referral loop is a major HEDIS and STAR measure, and most family medicine practices have hundreds of open referrals at any given time. This role keeps the loop closed.
A family medicine virtual referral coordinator is a dedicated remote team member who makes sure every patient referred actually gets seen and every consult note makes it back into the chart.
Why Family Medicine practices choose Staffing For Doctors
- Dedicated, full-time referral coordinator, not a shared pool
- Family Medicine-specific training on the EHRs and payers you use
- 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
Referral Coordinator for other specialties
Same canonical role, trained on the EHR and workflows of each specialty we serve.
Other family medicine roles we staff
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Annual Wellness Visit Coordinator
A family medicine Annual Wellness Visit coordinator owns the Medicare AWV program: identifying eligible patients (initial AWV vs subsequent AWV), scheduling them, completing the Health Risk Assessment over the phone in advance, pre-charting the personalized prevention plan, and ensuring the provider can complete and bill G0438 or G0439 in under 15 minutes of face time.
Learn moreCare Coordinator
A family medicine care coordinator manages the work that happens between visits - closing care gaps, following up on abnormal labs, tracking referrals to closure, coordinating hospital discharges through Transitional Care Management (TCM), and outreach for preventive screenings (mammograms, colonoscopies, A1cs, immunizations).
Learn moreChronic Care Management (CCM) Specialist
A family medicine CCM specialist runs the monthly Medicare Chronic Care Management program (CPT 99490, 99439, 99487, 99489) for the practice's qualifying patients - those with two or more chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, CHF, COPD, or CKD. Each month they call enrolled patients, review medications, screen for new symptoms or barriers, update the comprehensive care plan in the EHR, and document the 20+ minutes of non-face-to-face care needed to bill the code.
Learn moreInsurance Verification Specialist
A family medicine insurance verification specialist runs eligibility and benefits 48–72 hours before every visit, confirms copays, deductibles, coinsurance, and primary-care visit limits with commercial, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid payers, and documents the breakdown directly in the EHR so the front desk can collect at check-in.
Learn moreMedical Receptionist / Front Desk
A family medicine virtual medical receptionist answers your inbound phone lines, returns voicemails, books and reschedules appointments, manages the cancellation waitlist, and greets new patients with the same warmth a great in-office front desk delivers. They monitor the patient portal, route clinical messages to the right team member, and keep the schedule tight so no provider sits idle.
Learn moreMedical Scribe
A family medicine medical scribe joins each patient encounter in real time over secure video or audio and documents the visit directly into your EHR - HPI, ROS, exam, assessment and plan, and orders - so the chart is closed before the patient leaves the room. They are trained in family medicine workflows: well visits, acute sick visits, chronic disease management for diabetes, hypertension, COPD, and CHF, and Medicare AWVs.
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