Credentials Application Coordinator - Full Time

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4pm, no weekends or holidays.

Summary:

• Position Summary: Responsible for coordinating all aspects of the clinical credentialing application process for independent practitioners, to include the application request via the CVO and intermittent follow-up to ensure timing completion for final approval. Duties include coordinating privilege requests with Credentials Governance Coordinator.

• Qualified individuals must have the ability with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the following duties:

• Submits initial credentialing application request

• Communicates process with providers and clinical office contacts via phone and or email

• Works with CVO systems such as: PCMS Medview, ECHO

• Assists providers with application via phone or in person to ensure accurate completion

• Communicates with CVO Application, Verification, and Evaluation Teams regarding issues requiring intervention

• -Reviews Application Dashboard consistently to ensure application process flow

• The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:

• Adheres to all Standard Operating Procedures for CVO and LGH MSO

• Promotes Quality Awareness

• Independently seeks and obtains required knowledge skills

• Other assigned duties as required as assigned by MSO manager.

Responsibilities:

• Minimum Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent GED

• Five 5 years of experience as a Medical Secretary or equivalent .

• Certification as a Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist CPCS , issued by the National Association of Medical Staff Services.

• Strong computer skills and thorough knowledge of standard office software such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and Power Point.

• Coordinate multiple tasks and while maintaining flexibility in order to balance changing priorities while meeting deadlines and achieving goals

• Attention Concentration: The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to focus on certain aspects of current experience and reject others.

• The position requires the ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously. It is highly likely that multiple task demands are going to be required of the individual at the same time.

• New Learning and Memory: The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to learn and retain material.

• A large portion of this position required reliance on verbal memory and new learning. Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form, is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job. The individual must be able to attend to and process multiple bits of information simultaneously. The individual must be able to organize and categorize this information effectively so that later recall is feasible.

• Problem Solving, Reasoning and Creative Thinking: The following level of ability that is essential for the jobholder to think in order to solve a problem by combining two or more elements from past experience or imaginative thought.

• The position deals with issues or problems that often require thoughtful reasoning before arriving at approaches or solutions. Some independent thought, planning or origination of options and solutions is necessary. The individual must have the ability to apply principles of reasoning and problem solving to resolve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

• The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations. These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act.

• Communication: Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information.

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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