About Our Company
At Altais, we're looking for bold and curious innovators who share our passion for enabling better health care experiences and revolutionizing the healthcare system for physicians, patients, and the clinical community. Doctors today are faced with the reality of spending more time on administrative tasks than caring for patients. Physician burnout and fatigue are an epidemic, and the healthcare experience and quality suffer as a result. At Altais, we’re building breakthrough clinical support tools, technology, and services to let doctors do what they do best: care for people. We invite you to join our growing passionate team as we change the game for the future of healthcare and enable the experience that people need and deserve.
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About Your Team
Are you looking to work with a high performing, fast growing and dynamic Operations team? Altais and our subsidiaries, form one of the most recognized medical groups in California. We are 3,000+ physicians, working in over 40 cities in California, caring for more than 350,000 patients. If working in a mission driven organization supporting highly competent, hard-working, thoughtful clinicians who value good ideas and are passionate about reshaping healthcare excites you, then we are thrilled to welcome you to your new career.
This position is located in our brand-new Oakland City Center location, or remotely (within the state of California). We are flexible provided you are open to traveling to the Oakland office locations as needed.
About Your Work
The Credentialing and Enrollment Specialist for Altais Medical Group will be responsible for administrative aspects of credentialing services to meet medical group, health plan and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) requirements and for maintaining accurate and up to date provider information.
You Will Focus On:
- Responsible for all aspects of credentialing/recredentialing providers, to include but not limited to verification of application/documents, mailing of requests for consideration, initial applications, approval, denial, termination letters, and accurately loading provider information in the Credentialing database (CAQH, Availty, etc.) & maintaining accurate information in the provider tracking logs (excel).
- Responsible for processing credentialing/recredentialing applications accurately and promptly in accordance with Altais Medical Group policies and procedures, health plan delegation requirements and NCQA standards. To include credentialing for health plans, hospital medical staff and surgery centers.
- Responsible for communicating provider changes to contracted health plans and Altais Medical Group management via standardized report(s).
- Continuous monitoring of payor enrollment to ensure accuracy of all provider information.
- Works with payors to facilitate issue resolution, re-enrollment, and termination requirements.
- Coordinates responses to inquiries regarding payor’s inquiries; follows up with each payor and or provider to completion; assesses provider credentialing files to determine if additional information is required; revisits state and federal bulletins for provider sanctions.
- Responsible for accurate input and modifications to the credentialing database, which includes performing audits to assure accuracy.
- Coordinate credentialing and re-credentialing processes, maintaining task grids and tickler systems to assure follow up and completion. Maintain communication with Medical Services and Care Management Departments, to ensure review processes are completed in a timely manner.
- Prepare materials and files necessary to comply with external audits by payors and/or governmental agencies. Maintain ongoing communication with health plan representatives and Altais Medical Group department leaders.
- Proactively verify enrollment of all providers in health plans and rectify any issues in a timely manner.
- Disseminate new/modified professional information to Altais Medical Group providers and departments.
- Facilitate annual employee health requirements for providers.
- Facilitate applications for online processing of EDD claims.
The Skills & Experience You Bring:
- Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Use independent judgment and initiative within established policies and procedures.
- Ability to Interact and maintain excellent relationships with all levels of staff and management and external contacts to support compliance and high levels of service.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to obtain, synthesize and analyze data and recommend solutions.
- Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently.
- Ability to draft materials, including presentations, handouts, and communications.
- Possesses a learning and growth mindset, creative thinker.
- High School Degree or GED; Bachelor's Degree preferred
- 3+ years of Health Plan/Medical Group experience with preferred experience with an IPA
Altais values the contribution each Team Member brings to our organization. Final determination of a successful candidate’s starting pay will vary based on several factors, including, but not limited to education and experience within the job or the industry. The pay scale listed for this position is generally for candidates that meet the specified qualifications and requirements listed on this job description. Additional pay may be determined for those candidates that exceed these specified qualifications and requirements. We provide a competitive compensation package that recognizes your experience, credentials, and education alongside a robust benefits program to meet your needs.
Altais and its subsidiaries and affiliates are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information you provide to us. Please refer to our ‘CPRA Privacy Notice for California Employees and Applicants’ to learn how we collect and process your personal information when you apply for a role with us.
Altais is a leading network of independent doctors focused on delivering personalized and high-quality health care in over 40 cities in California. Its network of more than 3,000 physicians, serving more than 355,000 HMO, ACO and PPO patients, is dedicated to improving care and reducing costs through innovative care management and care coordination programs, use of health care technology, and population health management strategies. For more than 30 years, Altais and its family of companies has proudly collaborated with leading hospitals and health plan providers to provide high quality care in California
Please note that Brown & Toland Physicians is a wholly owned subsidiary of Altais Clinical Services, a division of Altais. Other subsidiaries in the Altais family of companies include Altais Medical Group Riverside and Family Care Specialists Medical Group.
If you would like to search for other open positions within the Altais family of companies, please view the links below:
· Altais Medical Group Riverside (https://altais.com/altais-medical-group-riverside/employment-opportunities/)