Physician Administrative Support

Sonic Healthcare USA•Tyler, TX

About The Position

The Physician Administrative Support role assists physicians, managers, and supervisors with operational and administrative duties at Austin Pathology Associates in East Texas. The position supports physician credentialing and hospital privileges, office procedures, reporting, records management, meeting coordination, and communication with hospital medical staff offices and managed care representatives. The role may require travel or administrative support for other laboratory locations and includes maintaining compliance with company policies, applicable regulations, HIPAA, safety, and OSHA requirements. The position is full-time, first shift, benefit eligible, and scheduled for 40 hours per week. Employees will have incidental exposure to Protected Health Information and are expected to follow applicable privacy, confidentiality, and security standards.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Two years of experience in an office administrative support position.

Nice To Haves

One to two years of physician credentialing and/or medical staff credentialing experience.

Responsibilities

Assist physicians, managers, and supervisors with operational and administrative duties.
Prepare materials documenting office procedures and standards.
Compile data and run reports for departments and the laboratory.
Liaise with hospital medical staff offices regarding hospital privileges, recredentialing requirements, updates, and progress reporting.
Perform primary and secondary source verifications for credentialing applications as needed.
Ensure physician reappointments and state licensure renewal applications are completed and processed promptly.
Recommend and implement improvements to office procedures.
Organize the retention, protection, retrieval, transfer, and removal of records and files.
Schedule meetings and appointments and coordinate the purchase and maintenance of office equipment.
Attend required meetings and participate in committees as requested.
Establish and maintain working relationships with managed care representatives.
Travel and/or provide administrative support for other laboratory locations as needed.
Assist with physician support activities as needed.
Maintain compliance with company and department policies and procedures, as well as federal and state regulations.
Maintain confidentiality of employee, patient, client, and company records and issues.
Communicate effectively with management, coworkers, and clients to provide quality customer service.
Perform other duties and projects as assigned.
Comply with state, federal, and professional regulations, company and departmental rules, policies, procedural manuals, HIPAA, safety, and OSHA regulations.