Credentialing Specialist (Remote Position)

Radia Inc., P.S.; Lynnwood (WA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the healthcare sector seeks a detail-oriented Credentialing Specialist for remote work. This role involves managing credentialing processes, ensuring compliance with standards, and supporting a team in the credentialing group. Candidates with 2+ years of experience in medical credentialing, strong communication skills, and organizational abilities are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

2 Medical plans to choose from, dental, vision, life, and LTD

401(k)-employer match with profit-sharing

Up to 21 paid days off per year

8 paid holidays annually

Learning opportunities through professional development programs

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in hospital medical staff setting.
• Experience with CAQH, PECOS, and Medicaid required.
• Knowledge of medical credentialing and privileging procedures.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain credentialing processes to meet compliance standards.
• Coordinate enrollment for a large provider group across various payors.
• Ensure timely completion of professional applications for hospitals.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Detail-oriented

Time Management

Education

High school diploma, GED or suitable equivalent

Credentialing certification

Job description

Are you highly organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about supporting teams with essential credentialing processes? We’re looking for a Credentialing Specialist to join our growing team!

In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing and maintaining credentialing processes to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and organizational policies. The ideal candidate is service-oriented, communicative, and excels at managing time, priorities, and details in a fast-paced, remote work environment.

• This is a remote position.
  
  

Compensation

Hourly salary range $24.60/hourly to $35.57/hourly. Salary is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and employment status.

Benefits

• 2 Medical plans to choose from, dental, vision, life, and LTD
• HSA and FSA available
• A 401(k)-employer match, with a profit-sharing component
• Up to 21 paid days off per year
• 8 paid holidays annually
• Life and disability insurance
• Learning opportunities through professional development programs
• Educational Assistance
• Service bonus
• Discretionary annual performance-based bonus
  
  

Shift: Monday - Friday (9am - 5pm PST)

Location: Remote

• There is required training for 1 week at the Lynnwood, Washington office from 8 am – 4:30 pm.
  
  

The primary purpose of the credentialing specialist is to provide consistent, accurate, and timely credentialing support for the professional services corporation, which enhances the company’s ability to provide professional services to patients at multiple hospital and clinic locations.

Responsibilities

• Payor Enrollment: Manage and maintain enrollment for a large provider group across various payors, Medicare and Medicaid, maintain CAQH and PECOS provider profiles and serves as the primary contact for providers regarding enrollment status and documentation needs.
• Credentialing: Completes accurate and detailed professional applications for hospitals and/or payers. Follows for review and signature in a timely manner, with a goal of having applications completed within 120-day maximum timeline. Ensures that approval for hospital and payer privileges and effective dates are documented in detail.
• Interdepartmental Collaboration: Upholds a high level of understanding of credentialing and privileging and how it relates to other facets within (such as teleRadia, physician scheduling, quality and risk management) and outside of the organization. Recognizes opportunities for improving processes and can communicate effectively with physicians and hospital partners.
• Primary Source Verification: Completes primary source verification as requested by management for new and existing physicians to ensure due diligence.
• Proctoring: Coordinates and documents proctoring process per hospital requests and internal needs based on current approved policy and guidelines.
• Continuing Medical Education: Works with team members to maintain current CME documentation for all medical professionals. Ensures that current information is provided to the clinical manager on a quarterly basis for MQSA accreditation and that totals yearly satisfy WA licensure requirements. Alerts physicians falling behind requirements.
• Records Management: Maintains assigned physician files, updating each item/action as processed. Utilizes database status/alert and other report functions, software tools and links to scanned documentation. Ensures that information is current and accurate. Archives documents based on retention schedules.
• Credentialing Standards: Credentialing standards as prescribed and actively participates in credentialing standards development contributing to standards and consistency in database entry to ensure accurate and consistent processes. Provides updates on outstanding items.
• Medical Staff Application Fees & Dues: Processes check requests for Medical Staff App fees and dues based on invoices provided by various hospitals. Ensure that invoices are accurate prior to submitting payment.
• Back-up Coverage: Provides support as assigned to other members of the Credentialing group.
• Record Maintenance: Maintains files of scanned and/or hard copy documents for easy retrieval, ensuring that filing and other documentation are current. Archives documents based on retention schedules.
  
  

Education And Experience

• High school diploma, GED or suitable equivalent.
• Credentialing certification preferred; ongoing education encouraged.
• Experience with CAQH, PECOS and Medicaid required.
• 2+ years of experience in hospital medical staff setting in professional and/or payer credentialing and enrollment.
• Experience supporting teleradiology practices (e.g., Radiology Partners, Envision) preferred.
• Knowledge of medical credentialing and privileging procedures and standards and Out of State Medical Board Licensure application process.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
  

About Radia

Radia is one of the largest and most progressive radiology groups in the nation. Our team of more than 200 board-certified radiologists, with specialty training in everything from Mammography to Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal to Interventional, provide more than 50 hospital and specialty clinic partners with on-site radiology coverage and interpretations. #INDCORP