Medical Administration Specialist

Medical Administration Specialist

In this position, you will serve as Medical Administration Specialist. Typical work assignments include:

• Interprets and applies VA rules and regulations relating to determining legal eligibility to benefits relating to hospital admission; fee basis; outpatient care; patient transfer; and beneficiary travel.
• Coordinates the resolution of medical-legal problems concerning the hospital.
• Processes administrative issues surrounding beneficiary death, seriously ill cases, elopements, suicides, assaults, death on arrival (DOA), homicides, code blue, cost recovery matters, and facility or community disaster, etc.
• Assumes control of communications and notifications in event of local and civil disasters, in accordance with local facility disaster plan.
• Provides orientation and situational technical advice to physicians regarding VA administrative policies and procedures.
• Assists hospital staff with medically related legal problems, including involuntary commitments, orders of protective custody, and management of unruly or severely disturbed patients.
• Coordinates non-routine contacts received at the hospital after regular business hours.
• Receives and responds to non-routine condition inquiries and other administrative inquiries from concerned families, Veterans, visitors, law enforcement officials, representatives from private hospitals, Veteran's service organizations representatives, VA Central Office, Congressional offices, unitary personnel, private physicians, media, and the public.
• Oversees determination of applicant's eligibility and determines extent of release of information or social data from patent's records.
• Guides PAS personnel assigned to the service during off tours and services as an advisory source for file room personnel, medical support and patient service assistants.
• Prepares daily gains and losses sheet and other related statistical reports.
• Provides written and oral reporting of incidents, beneficiaries, employees, as well as safety or other issues.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday (2:00pm - 12:00am), Weekends 12:00pm - 12:00am). Check with supervisor as the tour of duty varies.

Telework: Not Available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Medical Administration Specialist/ PD04178A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.