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Practice assistants in healthcare settings can qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship when the role requires specialized medical administration knowledge and a bachelor's degree in health administration, healthcare management, or related field. Many large hospital systems and specialty practices sponsor H-1B visas for practice management positions. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Join Our Urgent Care Team at Chestnut Hill Square Plaza!
We are currently seeking a dynamic and compassionate team member to join our growing Urgent Care practice located in the vibrant Chestnut Hill Square Plaza. Our clinic is in a prime street-level storefront location at 200 Chestnut Hill Square, conveniently situated near SoulCycle.
The complex offers a range of great amenities, including Wegmans, popular eateries, and free parking—both in a covered garage and open lot.
Our modern, well-equipped clinic features:
- Modest-sized exam rooms for personalized care
- On-site full imaging and laboratory services
- Comprehensive care for patients ages 2 through geriatrics
We are open 7 days a week from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and closed on major holidays.
If you’re passionate about delivering high-quality care and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you. Come be part of a supportive and forward-thinking healthcare team in a fantastic location!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides patient services including greeting, check-in, scheduling and medical assisting while delivering excellent service and contributing to the smooth flow of practice operations. Reports to the manager with input from assigned physicians, nurses or other health care providers.
This person will provide patient services including greeting, check-in, scheduling and medical assisting while delivering excellent service and contributing to the smooth flow of practice operations. Reports to the manager with input from assigned physicians, nurses or other health care providers.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Communicates with and assists patients, other employees and the general public in a courteous, helpful manner by phone and in person. Provides accurate information, directions and/or guidance and follows up promptly to ensure that needs have been met.
- Takes complete and accurate information from patients/callers, prioritizes information and facilitates communication of information to providers.
- Prepares schedules, patient charts and other documents as needed in accordance with quality standards. Maintains patient confidentiality at all times, whether by phone, discussion with providers or distribution of patient information by e-mail, fax, etc.
- Performs check-in, registration, and verification of demographic and fiscal information utilizing a computer system.
- Enters data from visit tickets and ensures that information is complete, accurate and timely to facilitate the billing process.
- Collects copayments following standards for managing copayment processes. Directs patients at time of check in.
- Schedules related diagnostic and lab tests making every reasonable effort to accommodate patient and provider needs. Inputs patient insurance and managed care plans, including prior authorizations, referrals, and pre-certifications. Explains processes as needed to help patients meet their needs and insurance requirements.
- Verifies patient schedule to assure patient was seen and enters billing tickets into system.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- High School diploma or GED required.
- Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.
- MA, EMT, CNA, LNA certificate or diploma; or at least 5 months of direct patient care experience in a clinical or research setting, such as: experience working as a medical assistant (MA), a patient care technician (PCT) or a clinical nursing assistant (CNA); nursing or medical student with completion of one clinical rotation.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Phlebotomy certificate
COMPETENCIES
Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
Team Work: Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.
Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
Age based Competencies: Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 – 60 years, Elderly: 60 -.
Physical Nature of the Job: Heavy work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or 50 pounds of force frequently. Work is physically demanding and requires extended periods of standing and/or moving.
PAY RANGE
$21.00 – $28.26
The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.
Job details
- Employment: Full-time
- Hours/Week: 40
- Shift: Rotating
- Category: Clinic Management
- Pay Range: $21.00 - $28.26
- FLSA: Non-Exempt
- Req ID: JR81723
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
INTRODUCTION
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Join Our Urgent Care Team at Chestnut Hill Square Plaza!
We are currently seeking a dynamic and compassionate team member to join our growing Urgent Care practice located in the vibrant Chestnut Hill Square Plaza. Our clinic is in a prime street-level storefront location at 200 Chestnut Hill Square, conveniently situated near SoulCycle.
The complex offers a range of great amenities, including Wegmans, popular eateries, and free parking—both in a covered garage and open lot.
Our modern, well-equipped clinic features:
- Modest-sized exam rooms for personalized care
- On-site full imaging and laboratory services
- Comprehensive care for patients ages 2 through geriatrics
We are open 7 days a week from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and closed on major holidays.
If you’re passionate about delivering high-quality care and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you. Come be part of a supportive and forward-thinking healthcare team in a fantastic location!
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides patient services including greeting, check-in, scheduling and medical assisting while delivering excellent service and contributing to the smooth flow of practice operations. Reports to the manager with input from assigned physicians, nurses or other health care providers.
This person will provide patient services including greeting, check-in, scheduling and medical assisting while delivering excellent service and contributing to the smooth flow of practice operations. Reports to the manager with input from assigned physicians, nurses or other health care providers.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Communicates with and assists patients, other employees and the general public in a courteous, helpful manner by phone and in person. Provides accurate information, directions and/or guidance and follows up promptly to ensure that needs have been met.
- Takes complete and accurate information from patients/callers, prioritizes information and facilitates communication of information to providers.
- Prepares schedules, patient charts and other documents as needed in accordance with quality standards. Maintains patient confidentiality at all times, whether by phone, discussion with providers or distribution of patient information by e-mail, fax, etc.
- Performs check-in, registration, and verification of demographic and fiscal information utilizing a computer system.
- Enters data from visit tickets and ensures that information is complete, accurate and timely to facilitate the billing process.
- Collects copayments following standards for managing copayment processes. Directs patients at time of check in.
- Schedules related diagnostic and lab tests making every reasonable effort to accommodate patient and provider needs. Inputs patient insurance and managed care plans, including prior authorizations, referrals, and pre-certifications. Explains processes as needed to help patients meet their needs and insurance requirements.
- Verifies patient schedule to assure patient was seen and enters billing tickets into system.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- High School diploma or GED required.
- Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.
- MA, EMT, CNA, LNA certificate or diploma; or at least 5 months of direct patient care experience in a clinical or research setting, such as: experience working as a medical assistant (MA), a patient care technician (PCT) or a clinical nursing assistant (CNA); nursing or medical student with completion of one clinical rotation.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Phlebotomy certificate
COMPETENCIES
Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
Team Work: Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.
Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
Age based Competencies: Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 – 60 years, Elderly: 60 -.
Physical Nature of the Job: Heavy work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or 50 pounds of force frequently. Work is physically demanding and requires extended periods of standing and/or moving.
PAY RANGE
$21.00 – $28.26
The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.
Job details
- Employment: Full-time
- Hours/Week: 40
- Shift: Rotating
- Category: Clinic Management
- Pay Range: $21.00 - $28.26
- FLSA: Non-Exempt
- Req ID: JR81723
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Practice Assistant
Target large healthcare systems over small practices
Hospital networks and multi-location medical groups are more likely to sponsor visas than single-physician practices due to larger HR departments and established immigration processes.
Highlight specialized healthcare administration background
Emphasize experience with medical billing systems, healthcare compliance, patient data management, or clinical workflow optimization to demonstrate the specialized knowledge H-1B requires.
Focus on roles requiring healthcare-specific degrees
Target positions explicitly requiring degrees in health administration, healthcare management, or medical informatics rather than general administrative roles that accept any bachelor's degree.
Research practice specialties that commonly sponsor
Specialty practices in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, and dermatology often have complex administrative needs that justify sponsoring specialized practice management professionals for H-1B visas.
Demonstrate knowledge of healthcare regulations
Show familiarity with HIPAA, Medicare/Medicaid billing, clinical quality measures, and healthcare compliance frameworks that require specialized training beyond general administrative experience.
Apply to practices expanding their operations
Growing medical practices opening new locations or adding services often need experienced practice administrators and are more willing to invest in H-1B sponsorship.
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Find Practice Assistant JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Do practice assistants qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes, but the role must require specialized healthcare administration knowledge and a relevant bachelor's degree. Generic administrative positions don't qualify, but specialized practice management roles involving medical billing, compliance, or clinical workflow optimization can meet H-1B requirements for specialty occupations.
What degree is required for H-1B sponsorship as a practice assistant?
You typically need a bachelor's degree in health administration, healthcare management, medical informatics, or a related healthcare field. Some positions may accept business administration degrees if the role requires specialized medical administration knowledge that connects to your educational background.
How to find Practice Assistant jobs with visa sponsorship?
To find Practice Assistant jobs with visa sponsorship, use Migrate Mate, which specializes in connecting international candidates with sponsoring employers. Focus your search on medical practices, dental clinics, veterinary hospitals, and healthcare facilities that commonly sponsor 482 Temporary Skill Shortage visas for Practice Assistant roles. These employers often need qualified assistants to support their patient care operations.
Which types of medical practices sponsor H-1B visas?
Large hospital systems, multi-specialty clinics, and specialty practices in fields like cardiology, oncology, and orthopedics most commonly sponsor H-1B visas. Single-physician practices rarely sponsor due to costs and complexity, while academic medical centers and large healthcare networks have established sponsorship processes.
What's the H-1B approval rate for healthcare administration roles?
Healthcare administration positions have relatively high H-1B approval rates when the role clearly requires specialized medical knowledge and the candidate has relevant healthcare education. The key is demonstrating that the position involves complex healthcare-specific responsibilities beyond general administrative tasks.
Can I change from F-1 to H-1B as a practice assistant?
Yes, you can change status from F-1 to H-1B if you find an employer willing to sponsor and the practice assistant role qualifies as a specialty occupation. If you're on OPT, you can work while your H-1B petition is pending, providing continuity between your student status and potential H-1B approval.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Practice Assistant jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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