Clerk

Maimonides Health Credentialing Clerk

We're Maimonides Health, Brooklyn's largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system's 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation's largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Bone and Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.

Overview

The Credentialing Clerk is an integral member of the Credentialing Team, who performs a variety of clerical functions to support departmental activities. The Credentialing Clerk must be able to pay close attention to detail and have excellent organizational skills. The position requires the ability to work well with a variety of internal and external customers. Outstanding customer service skills are essential to the position.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and maintains electronic files for individuals applying for appointment or reappointment; files all documentation received into appropriate physician files; maintains confidentiality of all credentialing information.
• Performs data entry of applicant's credentialing information into computerized record, e.g. education, hospital affiliation, DEA, license and insurance carrier into the credentialing database.
• Conducts primary source verifications (e.g. licensure, DEA, board certification) for applicants applying for appointment and/or re-appointment to the medical and ancillary.
• Contacts various institutions, governmental organizations and disciplinary agencies, by telephone or in writing, to obtain outstanding documentation and verify information received about applicants.
• Processes routine responses to inquiry letters from other institutions concerning appointment status, malpractice and misconduct information (e.g., checks files, types letters) and required by NYS Public Health Law 2805(k), and in response to managed care inquiries.
• Prepares packets of information on applicants for Credentials Committee and Medical Matters and Quality Care Issues Committee.
• Performs general clerical functions for the department, e.g. sort and distribute mail, maintain par levels of needed supplies, respond to telephone inquiries.
• Assists in the preparation of credentialing files for managed care and regulatory surveys.
• Provides clerical support for special projects involving credentialing activities.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.

Qualifications

Education: High graduation or equivalent required.

Experience: 1-2 years of clerical experience required, preferably in a hospital or health care setting.

Skills: Basic data entry skills. Basic familiarity with word processing preferred. Good oral and written communication skills. Good interpersonal skills. Speaks, reads and writes English to the extent required by the position.

Pay Range

USD $50,817.00 - USD $55,220.00 /Yr.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.