Good communication skills. ASC schedulers constantly communicate with patients, physicians, and the physician office staff to coordinate cases. They are also communicating internally with materials managers, OR staff, and ASC leaders to ensure surgeons will have everything necessary for upcoming cases.

Scheduling Your Surgery After you have let your physician know that you would like to move forward with surgery, your care team will begin the surgery scheduling process. The team will submit a surgery order form to be reviewed by our coding team, which typically takes 1-3 business days.

The Surgical Case Scheduling Supervisor is responsible for coordination and supervision of surgical scheduling functions including surgical case scheduling, customer service, quality assurance, and referral management.

For instance, the surgery scheduling process includes: Getting insurance authorization. Confirming the date with the hospital. Ordering equipment. Completing any medical clearances and pre-surgery testing. Communicating with the patient.

Depending on your insurance, procedure, and physician, it typically takes anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months from your initial consultation to your surgery.

It's up to surgery schedulers to set the time and date for surgical procedures, diagnostic tests, and pre-operation and follow-up appointments based on patient needs and the availability of medical staff. They enter these details into a computerized system, which they maintain and update when schedule changes occur.

Responsibilities include coordinating surgical procedures with multiple hospitals and surgery centers, scheduling and obtaining pre-operative testing, writing and communicating surgery orders, and collecting necessary documentation for surgeries.