Director-Patient Access-FT
Company: Community Health System
Location: Vicksburg
Posted on: January 15, 2022
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Job Description:
Job Description
Directs inpatient/outpatient admission policies and practices.
Reviews admitting department operations to ensure compliance with
applicable standards. Works with medical, nursing and accounting
staff to ensure appropriate patient placement. Relies on extensive
experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a
variety of tasks. Leads and directs the work of others. A wide
degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Typically reports to
top management. Bachelor's degree and at least 7 - 10 years of
experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a
variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Patient Access
Director is responsible for the effective and efficient operations
of all sub-departments including Patient Registration, Emergency
Room Registration, Central Scheduling and Accounts
Receivable/denial Management. Ensures that accounts receivables,
bad debt and cash flow metrics provides a strong financial position
for the facility. Representing Patient Access, the Director is
responsible for facility-wide oversight of the compliance with
regulatory and accreditation standards associated with patient
accounting, budgetary duties for the Patient Access departments and
affiliated services, leadership of Patient Access team members,
resource development and implementation, and measurement, reporting
and audit of Patient Access Performance Metrics. The Director of
Patient Access develops internal and external growth initiatives in
coordination with the facility's strategic growth initiatives.
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration
or hospital administration or related financial discipline
preferred or equivalent work experience. Management experience of
related financial areas in large healthcare facility is preferred.
Preferred candidates will have a strong analytic background
encompassing Business Objectives. Experience in management
reporting and advanced Microsoft Excel skills are required. Working
experience with hospital accounting policies and procedures,
financial reporting and the accounting as it relates to the overall
operations of the hospital is strongly preferred. Excellent
customer relations (practice and implementation of customer
relations based culture) and oral/written communication skills
throughout diverse patient, staff and leadership populations are
required.
Keywords: Community Health System, Jackson , Director-Patient Access-FT, Executive , Vicksburg, Mississippi
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