Medical Staff Services Coordinator

Ascension•Austin, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for coordinating the processing of applications, appointments, and administrative support services for medical staff and health professionals. The position involves handling billing, collection, and deposit of medical staff dues, as well as scheduling, coordinating, and attending assigned department and committee meetings, conferences, and special events to support medical staff credentialing activities. The coordinator will communicate with internal and external customers regarding credentialing activities and department operations, including verification requests for hospital privileges, past residencies, and fellowships. Key responsibilities include ensuring data integrity, maintaining adequate documentation for analysis and troubleshooting, and keeping current credential files for all employed/contracted physicians. Additionally, the role involves developing, updating, and distributing a matrix of physician participation/enrollment with contracted payers and notifying payers of any physician changes.

Requirements

High School diploma equivalency OR 1 year of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
Required professional licensure/certification can be used in lieu of education or experience, if applicable.

Responsibilities

Coordinate processing of applications, appointments, and administrative support services for medical staff and health professionals.
Handle the billing, collection, and deposit of medical staff dues.
Schedule, coordinate and attend all assigned department and committee meetings, conferences and special events in support of medical staff credentialing activities.
Communicate with both internal and external customers concerning the credentialing activities and operation of the department, including verification requests regarding hospital privileges, past residencies, and fellowships.
Ensure data integrity. Maintain adequate documentation for analysis, data retrieval, and troubleshooting of systems and databases.
Maintain current credential files on all employed/contracted physicians for physician groups.
Develop, update, and maintain matrix of physician participation/enrollment with contracted payers and distribute to management, physicians and office staff.
Notify contracted payers of any physician changes or other pertinent information.