Department Coordinator IV (Credentialing for Dental School)

Sky Pediatric Dentistry; Louisville (KY); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Louisville is seeking a Department Coordinator IV (Credentialing) in the Health Sciences Center to manage credentialing and re-credentialing for all licensed clinicians and providers associated with ULSD/ULDA. You will process applications, verify information, and support onboarding and plan enrollment activities.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree (related field) or equivalent experience, with strong Microsoft Office skills and excellent verbal/written communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Credentialing and re-credentialing of licensed clinicians/providers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Research and process credentialing applications for ULSD/ULDA providers.
• Coordinate enrollment and credentialing with health plans, hospitals, and facilities.
• Verify information and assist onboarding of new and current providers.
• Maintain credentialing data for each provider in the database.
• Support the insurance team and related management tasks.

Skills

Credentialing processes

Verbal & written communication

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Department:

Location: Health Sciences Center

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Regular

Job Req ID: R109336

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 4 (Hourly)

Position Description: The University of Louisville School of Dentistry Academic Affairs is seeking a Department Coordinator IV (Credentialing). This position is primarily responsible for all aspects of the credentialing and re-credentialing process for all licensed clinician/providers of ULSD and ULDA (i.e., physicians, dentists, dental hygienists, etc.).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Research and process applications for ULSD/ULDA and its providers to ensure providers are credentialed with health plans, hospitals, and patient care facilities.
• Ensures ULSD/ULDA and its providers take advantage of all the existing incentive initiatives through Medicaid and Medicare with the submission of the appropriate application.
• Provides consistent, accurate and timely credentialing support for all ULSD/ULDA providers.
• Provides accurate, timely and documented verification of the information provided by new applicants as well as current providers. Assists with the onboarding process of medical and dental providers.
• Special projects as determined by management.
• Verifies, researches, and responds to telephone and written inquiries from providers and other departments, pertaining to provider participation and credentialing status.
• Works with finance staff to ensure list of all current payers is maintained and updated regularly.
• Regularly communicates to providers and finance staff on all health plan enrollments and updates.
• Coordinates all additions, terminations, and changes to all plans as appropriate.
• Maintains up-to-date data for each provider in credentialing database.
• Other duties assigned by management which include working alongside the insurance team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor's Degree
• Medical and/or dental credentialing experience

Competencies

• Microsoft Office Suite.
• Verbal and written communications skills.
• Organization skills.

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

Consistent with applicable law, demographic information is collected for aggregate reporting requirements. Demographic information provided through this application is not available to hiring managers/committees and is not considered in hiring or employment decisions.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 2315 South First Street Walk, Room 02C - Louisville, Kentucky 40292.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at [e-mail] or by phone [phone].