Licensing and Credentialing Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Licensing & Credentialing Specialist

Reports To: Licensing & Credentialing Manager
Locations Hiring From: Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia ONLY. Must currently reside and plan on residing in the entire employment.
Schedule: Monday- Friday 9-6pm EST
Employment Type: Full-Time

Role Overview

The Licensing & Credentialing Specialist plays a critical role in ensuring Oshi Health providers are enrolled, credentialed, and ready to deliver care. This role is primarily responsible for managing end-to-end payer enrollment activities, including provider enrollments, revalidations, demographic updates, delegated credentialing support, and ongoing maintenance across commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid health plans.

In addition to payer enrollment, this role supports provider licensing operations, including new state license applications, renewals, and ongoing compliance activities. Working closely with Practice Operations, Clinical Operations, Revenue Cycle, Recruiting, and external payer partners, the Licensing & Credentialing Specialist helps ensure providers are fully credentialed and enrolled on time, minimizing delays to patient care and reimbursement.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. They are proactive in identifying and resolving issues, communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, and are passionate about creating efficient, scalable processes that support organizational growth while maintaining regulatory compliance.

What You'll Do: Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end payer enrollment process for new and existing providers, including initial enrollments, revalidations, demographic updates, terminations, and maintenance across commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid health plans.
• Submit, track, and proactively follow up on payer enrollment applications to ensure timely provider participation and minimize delays to patient care and revenue.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with national and local health plans, delegated credentialing organizations, CVOs, and internal stakeholders to resolve enrollment issues, missing information requests, and payer escalations.
• Maintain accurate provider data across payer portals, CAQH, credentialing systems, and internal tracking tools, ensuring consistency across all platforms.
• Support delegated credentialing activities by maintaining provider rosters, submitting required updates, monitoring compliance requirements, and preparing documentation for internal and external audits.
• Conduct routine audits of provider enrollment and credentialing files to ensure compliance with NCQA, CMS, state, and payer-specific requirements.
• Monitor key enrollment and credentialing metrics, identify risks to provider participation, and communicate status updates and timelines to leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Collaborate closely with Licensing, Practice Operations, Revenue Cycle, Recruiting, and Clinical Operations teams to ensure providers are fully credentialed, enrolled, and ready to see patients on schedule.
• Identify opportunities to improve enrollment and credentialing workflows through process standardization, documentation, automation, and operational efficiencies.
• Support provider licensing activities as needed, including coordinating new state license applications, renewals, cross-licensure efforts, and maintaining accurate licensure records.
• Monitor provider licenses, DEA and CDS registrations, board certifications, malpractice coverage, and other required credentials to ensure continuous compliance.
• Provide exceptional support to providers throughout the enrollment, credentialing, and licensing process by communicating requirements, timelines, and next steps clearly and proactively.

What We're Looking For: Qualifications & Requirements

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare administration or related field
• 3+ years of experience in provider payer enrollment and credentialing
• Experience managing provider enrollments with commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid payers.
• Experience supporting delegated credentialing activities, including provider rosters, ongoing monitoring, or audit preparation.
• Experience with multi-state or national provider organizations.
• Working knowledge of CAQH, payer portals, and provider credentialing systems.
• Understanding of NCQA, CMS, state licensing, and payer credentialing requirements.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace, including Google Sheets.

Preferred

• Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS) certification or equivalent credential preferred
• 1+ year working in Verifiable Enrollment and Licensing Manager
• Experience supporting delegated credentialing audits and corrective action plans.
• Familiarity with provider licensing and cross-state licensure.
• Experience working with credentialing vendors (CVOs).
• Experience in a virtual care or telehealth environment.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment
• Process improvement mindset with experience documenting or streamlining workflows.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range: 65,000-75,000 per year plus bonus eligibility
• Health Benefits: Employer-sponsored medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Time Off: Unlimited PTO + 11 paid company holidays
• Retirement: Eligibility to contribute to 401(k)
• Work Style: Remote-first — work from home within approved states
• Growth: Tailored professional development opportunities as we scale
• Life Concierge: Access to Overalls, because we know life happens

About Oshi Health

Oshi Health is a virtual digestive health practice on a mission to transform GI care. We combine compassionate, multidisciplinary care with innovative technology to help people with chronic digestive conditions get the answers and relief they deserve. When you join Oshi, you're joining a team and a mission that's changing what great healthcare looks like. Oshi Health is revolutionizing GI care with a digital clinic model that provides easy, convenient access to an integrated and multidisciplinary care team that takes a whole-person approach to diagnosing, managing, and treating digestive health conditions. We take time to get to know each patient, develop a personalized, whole-person care plan that includes identification of symptom triggers and prescription of evidence-based interventions, including medications, dietary changes, and mental health support.

For Every Oshi Team Member We Want:

• Genuine passion for improving patient lives and transforming GI care
• Strong communication skills and emotional intelligence
• Comfort in a fast-paced, remote-first, mission-driven environment

Compensation Range

$65,000—$75,000 USD

Note: This job description serves as a general overview and may be subject to change based on organizational needs and requirements.

Oshi Health is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to creating a diverse work environment. To do that, we champion a workplace where each and every person is treated with dignity and respect and is valued for their unique perspective and contributions.

Oshi Health's policy is to maintain a working environment that encourages mutual respect, promotes harmonious and congenial relationships between employees, and is free from all forms of discrimination and harassment of any employee (or applicant for employment or service provider) by anyone, including supervisors, co-workers, vendors, or clients. Harassment and discrimination in any manner or form is expressly prohibited. There is no tolerance for discrimination or unequal treatment of any kind on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, sexual and reproductive health decisions, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status or civil partnership/union status, familial status, military or veteran status, predisposition or carrier status, domestic violence victim status, alienage or citizenship status, unemployment status, sexual violence or stalking victim status, caregiver status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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