Accreditation Specialist

Albany Med; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Albany Med Health System is seeking an Accreditation Specialist to support quality management and ensure compliance with accrediting bodies and CMS. The role includes chart review, data abstraction, and audit activities to promote patient safety and ongoing regulatory adherence.

The position requires independence, strong knowledge of standards and regulations, and the ability to work with leadership to resolve questions.

Responsibilities

• Independently gathers and summarizes information for reporting and other purposes.
• Pursues continued education of standards, regulations, and requirements as put forth by the DNV, CMS, New York State, DOH, OSHA, and other regulatory bodies.
• Educates self and has the ability to use the audit system proficiently.
• Works with departmental leadership and other applicable stakeholders to resolve questions and issues.
• Meets all accreditation and CMS regulations for chart review.
• Ability to use data analytics and databases to enter raw data, organize data, run reports, and help make interpretation of the data.
• Uses proper protocols to access, view, and distribute personal health information necessary to do the job.
• Performs chart audits on current inpatients and can perform tracers in patient care areas.
• Coordinates and supports logistics during survey preparation, survey activity, and deficiency corrective action.
• Stores and distributes records and communicates effectively with staff and leadership.
• Leads Accreditation presentations and other Accreditation Department led meetings, as necessary.

Job description

Department/Unit: Quality Management Work Shift: Day (United States of America) Salary Range: $94,957.00 - $147,183.00 The Accreditation Specialist is responsible for chart review/abstraction and closed record review as well as audit activity to promote patient safety and continuous compliance with accrediting organizations and CMS. This role will be responsible for assisting the department or division head in overall administration of work unit/department and requires a demonstrated high degree of knowledge, competence, and administrative support skills, and the ability to operate with considerable independence.

JOB FUNCTIONS

• Independently gathers and summarizes information for reporting and other purposes.
• Pursues continued education of standards, regulations, and requirements as put forth by the DNV, CMS, New York State, DOH, OSHA, and other regulatory bodies.
• Educates self and has the ability to use the audit system proficiently.
• Works with departmental leadership and other applicable stakeholders to resolve questions and issues.
• Independently gathers and summarizes information for reporting and other purposes.
• Meets all accreditation and CMS regulations for chart review.
• Ability to use data analytics and databases to enter raw data, organize data, run reports, and help make interpretation of the data.
• Uses proper protocols to access, view, and distribute personal health information necessary to do the job.
• Performs chart audits on current inpatients and can perform tracers in patient care areas.
• Coordinates and supports logistics during survey preparation, survey activity, and deficiency corrective action.
• Copies, faxes and scans as needed to communicate for the department.
• Establishes, maintains, and revises record keeping systems.
• Meets all accreditation/CMS regulations for chart review protocols and assist department to do the same.
• Greets, identifies and directs internal/external staff/inquiries in person or by telephone, and follows up as needed.
• Provides information and identifies solutions to address issues that arise and refers to appropriate person/authority as needed.
• Available to all personnel who ask questions/make requests in a timely manner.
• Assists users to obtain access to and training for the audit system.
• Works with various programmatic groups to develop and implement strategies to improve Leapfrog measures.
• Leads Accreditation presentations and other Accreditation Department led meetings, as necessary.
• Proactively identifies and examines opportunities for improvement within the organization.
• Leads departmental Environment of Care Rounds through appropriate patient care areas including hospital and clinical settings.
• Escalates barriers identified if unable to help mitigate via chain of command within the department in a timely manner.
• Assists with the oversight of the department intranet website content.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System! Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer. This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Albany Medical Center is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s Capital Region and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees. Albany Medical Center offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care and administration. We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits including:

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Medical Center offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient care and is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers, and only children’s hospital. The downtown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College. Albany Medical Center, along with Columbia Memorial Health, Glens Falls Hospital, Saratoga Hospital, and the Visiting Nurses, form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.