Credentialing and Enrollment Specialist
Optum · Las Vegas, NV · Yesterday
Healthcare$29–$52/hrFull-time
About the role
The Credentialing and Enrollment Specialist is responsible for activities associated with credentialing or re-credentialing physicians and providers, including processing provider applications and re-applications including initial mailing, review, and loading into the database tracking system ensuring high quality standards are maintained.
Primary Responsibilities
- Apply knowledge/skills to a range of moderately complex activities
- Demonstrate great depth of knowledge/skills in own function
- Sometimes act as a technical resource to others in own function
- Meet with Medical Director to review initial and reappointment applications
- Meet with AAAHC and State Auditors to review files
- Primary Source Verification Process for initial and reappointments
- Maintain expirable for all employed and non-employed clinicians at ASCs
- Compile and generate Credentialing Committee Minutes
- Perform internal audits on credentialing and re-credentialing files for accuracy and maintaining compliance with credentialing policies and procedures
- Maintaining knowledge of and compliance with TJC, NCQA, CAQH, and CMS standards, as appropriate
- Monitoring upcoming renewal dates and working with medical staff to advise them on steps to maintain their credentials
- Proactively identify solutions to non-standard requests
- Solve moderately complex problems on own
- Work with team to solve complex problems
- Presentation skills to group setting
- Plan, prioritize, organize and complete work to meet established objectives
- May coordinate work of other team members
- Credentialing of medical group providers and hospital privileging application review and submission at the individual and group level
- Complete revalidation requests with govt and commercial payers
- Track and maintain medical professionals' licensure, certifications, etc.
- Work with other organizational departments internal/external to sure that credentialing efforts are in line with business objectives
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma/GED
- 3+ years of Healthcare Provider group/Facility Credentialing experience
- 2+ years of experience in healthcare administration, medical staff services, health information management
- 2+ years of experience with credentialing processes, medical staff privilege and knowledge of relevant software or databases used in credentialing
- Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word
- Ability to work Pacific time zone hours
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with Compliance Workflows and Processes including AAAHC, JC, CMS, and NCQA Policies
- Experience in researching and applying Government Regulatory Information
- Knowledge of CAQH
- Knowledge of MD Staff credentialing databases
- Data analytics
- Pecos enrollment
- Proven ability to plan and prioritize to meet benchmarks/deadlines
Pay
The hourly pay for this role will range from $29.00 to $52.00 per hour based on full-time employment.
Schedule
FT, 40 hrs. Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm. Remote Nationwide with the flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S.