Director, Patient Access Eligibility Financial Services

Company: Compu-Vision Consulting Inc.
Location: Las Vegas
Posted on: January 24, 2023

Job Description:

Job Title: -Director, Patient Access Eligibility Financial Services
Salary: $100,235.20 - $160,368.00 Annually

***100% Onsite****
Department: PATIENT ACCESS SVCS
This position is considered AT-WILL and will serve at the pleasure of the CEO.
Position Summary:
Responsible for overseeing the multiple facets of patient access services and manages programs to enhance revenue to the UMC system by establishing patient eligibility for various financial reimbursement programs and by placing patients who are medically eligible into nursing homes.

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Job Requirement

Education/Experience:
Equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, business, or a closely related field and four (4) years of experience in patient access/patient registration operations in the healthcare industry, two (2) years of which were in a supervisory/managerial role.

Additional and/or Preferred Position Requirements
PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO APPLICANTS WHO DOCUMENT THE FOLLOWING IN THE APPLICATION:

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• Bachelor's Degree
  
• Experience managing union-represented employees
  
• Proficiency in EPIC
  
• Leadership experience in an acute care hospital setting within:
  
  
• Main Admitting
  
• ED & Trauma
  
• L&D
  
• Hospital Outpatient Departments
  
  
  
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills
  
• Developing and implementing policies and procedures for registration and check-in processes to ensure efficient operation of the department
  
• Determining staffing needs based on patient volume, scheduled surgeries, and other factors to ensure adequate coverage at all times
  
• Knowledge of Medicaid Eligibility guidelines and approval processes
  
  
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  Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements
  
  Knowledge of:
  
  Leadership and managerial theories and principles; strategic planning theories and principles; budgeting theories and principles; admitting patient registration, insurance, reimbursement methodologies Hospital and departmental policies and principles; laws, rules, regulations and standards governing finances and financial reporting in health care facilities; generally accepted accounting principles (G.A.A.P.); department and hospital safety practices and principles; patient rights; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.
  
  Skill in:
  
  Developing and enforcing departmental policies and procedures; writing financial and technical reports; reviewing and analyzing billing and claims reports; determining acceptable payments and time frames; developing interpersonal relations with a variety of people; negotiating settlements on third party accounts; using computers and related software applications; communicating effectively with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.
  
  Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
  
  Mobility to work in a typical office setting and use standard equipment, stamina to remain seated and maintain concentration for extended periods of time, vision to read printed materials and VDT screens, hearing and speech to communicate effectively in-person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or an eligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
  
  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.
  
  The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada offers a comprehensive & competitive benefits package:
  
  
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  • Employer Paid Pension Plan through Nevada Public Employees' Retirement System "PERS "! https://www.nvpers.org/front
    
  • Vesting in the pension plan after 5 years of qualifying employment!
    
  • Health/Dental/Vision Insurance - Less than $20 per paycheck for employee-only coverage
    
  • Consolidated Annual Leave (CAL) - CAL is used for personal leave, holidays (eleven scheduled holidays per year), doctor appointments, vacation, and sick days up to 16 consecutive scheduled work hours (short-term sick leave), etc.
    
  • Extended Illness Bank (a/k/a Sick Bank)
    
  • 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
    
  • Comprehensive Group Health Insurance Plan
    
  • Nevada has no State Income Tax
    
  • No Social Security (FICA) Deduction
    
    

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