Credentialing Assistant

UChicago Medicine; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

UChicago Medicine in Chicago, IL is seeking a Credentialing Assistant in the Medical Staff Office to manage initial and re-appointment applications with providers, ensuring timely completion and accuracy.

Responsibilities include maintaining provider information, generating weekly expiring licenses reports, renewing licenses and certifications before expiration, and coordinating with physicians and staff to keep credentials current. Typical shift is 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, 100% at Hyde Park campus.

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of medical staff administration and credentialing principles.
• Basic knowledge of medical terminology.
• Knowledge of JCAHO standards, Illinois, Indiana, CMS and NCQA regulations preferred.
• Excellent PC skills, including electronic technology.
• Must be organized and able to handle multiple priorities and consistently meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to develop and maintain effective working relationships with physicians and department staffs and other customers.

Responsibilities

• Manage the initial and re-appointment application process by working with providers to complete application timely. Review applications for completeness and accuracy; work with providers to obtain missing or incomplete items.
• Create urgency with provider to return signed applications in a timely manner, with a goal of having applications returned to facility for processing within 10 days from initial request.
• Assist Credentialing Coordinators with obtaining outstanding documents in order to meet established deadlines.
• Performs initial set up and maintenance of provider information in online credentialing databases and systems.
• Run weekly expirables reports to identify providers with upcoming expiring licenses and certifications.
• Ensures that provider’s medical licenses, board certification, professional-liability insurance coverage, DEA and other pertinent information are renewed prior to expiration 100% of the time.
• Facilitate and track the escalation of outstanding expirables and communicates with both providers and hospital medical staff to ensure licenses and privileges are current.

Skills

Credentialing basics

Medical terminology

Excel/PC skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a Credentialing Assistant for our Medical Staff Office department. Manage the initial and re-appointment application process by working with providers to complete application timely. Review applications for completeness and accuracy; work with providers to obtain missing or incomplete items.

Essential Job Functions

• Manage the initial and re-appointment application process by working with providers to complete application timely. Review applications for completeness and accuracy; work with providers to obtain missing or incomplete items.
• Create urgency with provider to return signed applications in a timely manner, with a goal of having applications returned to facility for processing within 10 days from initial request.
• Assist Credentialing Coordinators with obtaining outstanding documents in order to meet established deadlines.
• Performs initial set up and maintenance of provider information in online credentialing databases and systems.
• Run weekly expirables reports to identify providers with upcoming expiring licenses and certifications.
• Ensures that provider’s medical licenses, board certification, professional-liability insurance coverage, DEA and other pertinent information are renewed prior to expiration 100% of the time.
• Facilitate and track the escalation of outstanding expirables and communicates with both providers and hospital medical staff to ensure licenses and privileges are current.

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of medical staff administration and credentialing principles.
• Basic knowledge of medical terminology.
• Knowledge of JCAHO standards, Illinois, Indiana, CMS and NCQA regulations preferred.
• Excellent PC skills, including electronic technology.
• Must be organized and able to handle multiple priorities and consistently meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to develop and maintain effective working relationships with physicians and department staffs and other customers.

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Full Time - 1.0 FTE
• Shift: 8-hour shift - 8:00am - 4:30pm
• Unit/Department: Medical Staff Office
• CBA Code: Non-Union

In this role, we anticipate that you will generally work approximately 40 hours per week. We anticipate that you will generally be scheduled to work the Day shift, from approximately 8:00 am - 4:30 pm and will not be scheduled for on-call shifts. We anticipate you will be scheduled to work 100% at the Hyde Park campus. The days of the week that you are scheduled will be Monday-Friday. You will not be scheduled to work on weekends.