Medical Staff Assistant

Glenwood Regional Medical Center•West Monroe, LA

13d

About The Position

The Medical Staff Assistant provides administrative and credentialing support in the Medical Staff Services Department to ensure facility compliance with regulatory requirements set forth by CMS and DNV, as well as Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations and other organizational policies.

Requirements

Highly organized
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel and Word, Adobe PDF.
Time management skills-ability to reprioritize tasks as urgency and needs change.
Ability to effectively communicate with healthcare professionals and their support staff including regularly updating applicants on the status of their applications for staff membership

Nice To Haves

Credentialing software experience preferred but not required.
Credentialing experience preferred

Responsibilities

Assists with processing and maintaining provider applications, credentials, certifications and other confidential medical staff records
Assists with running monthly OPPE reports for all reappointments, staff status or privilege change requests and provisional advancements
Coordinates and prepares monthly/quarterly/ad hoc Medical Staff department and committee meetings
Prepares correspondence and reports for Medical Staff members and as internal requests arise
Presents initial and reappointment files to Medical Staff Leadership for review and approval
Updates credentialing and EMR database
Tracks credentialing requirements and deadlines to include monthly expirable reports for 400 staff members
Assists with communication to healthcare providers and internal departments
Compiles monthly call schedules and all revisions throughout the month, to include notification to all internal departments as revisions are made
Processes and submits all EMR systems access requests for medical staff members and their support personnel
Assists EMR users with EMR access issues