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Our Billing Co. is seeking a Payer Credentialing Specialist to join our team! The Payer Credentialing Specialist is an important member of Our Billing Team. This individual is responsible for preparing the correspondence, gathering credentialing paperwork, and working with the credentialing vendor to file with the insurance. The Payer Credentialing Specialist will coordinate with physicians, practice managers, practice directors, and executive-level leaders. Ultimately, the following functions serve to ensure no lapses of credentialing and to promote coordination with our vendor and Contracting teams to ensure coverage and participation with insurance for our patients and community. Essential Functions: Works with other department managers and staff—including physicians, managed care, contracting, and other professional staff—to acquire necessary materials and information for provider certification and licensure to promote organization-wide compliance with credentialing policies and procedures. Provides oversight of verification and payer credentialing of health care professions and credentials are in compliance with state and federal standards. Oversees process and organization of all-payer credentialing and re-credentialing paperwork with participating insurance companies. Maintains a database of practitioner’s training, education, licensing, and experience information. Key liaison with Medical Staff team, outside vendor, and IT for HIS system updates. Assists in filling out and reviewing applications with practitioners and other applicable staff Performs ongoing provider database maintenance for accuracy and completeness. Performs ongoing provider database maintenance for accuracy and completeness. Remains compliant with and knowledgeable of rules and regulations set forth by the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Joint Commission standards, the HCQIA, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as state regulations—and relays this information to the necessary parties to ensure ongoing compliance organization-wide. Minimum/Preferred Qualifications: HS - High School Diploma or GED is required. AA - Associates of Arts is preferred. Minimum of two years of experience in physician credentialing is required. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Exemplary problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills. Detail-oriented. Skilled in synthesizing a wealth of information. Exhibits excellent time management and prioritization abilities. Communicates effectively both one-on-one and in a group setting. Capable of following and providing detailed instructions both orally and through written communication. Experience with credentialing database management software preferred. Extensive experience working with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Project). This job will be fully remote. Our Billing Co. offers a competitive benefits package! Pay Range: $24.00 - $30.00 Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to market data, education, experience, qualifications, and expertise of the individual and internal equity considerations. Our Billing Co LLC

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