Program Assistant - LA Pulmonary
Cedars-Sinai · Los Angeles, California
What the posting says
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- night
- Facilitates the scheduling of overnight and home sleep apnea testing, and remains point of contact
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- 2-5 years
- EducationStated
- ['high school', 'bachelor degree']
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Requirements, each with its sentence from the posting
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- High School Diploma or GEDrequired
High school diploma/GED required
from the posting - Outpatient clinical setting experiencerequired
Three (3) years of experience in an outpatient clinical setting required
from the posting - Associate degree or Bachelor's degreepreferred
Associate degree/college diploma/Bachelor's degree preferred
from the posting - Managed care experiencepreferred
One (1) year of experience in a managed care environment or clinical experience as a Medical Assistant or Nurse preferred
from the posting - Sleep medicine or durable medical equipment experiencepreferred
One (1) year of experience in sleep medicine or durable medical equipment (sleep) experience preferred
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The Program Assistant is to support various programs and also support administrative functions that support the department and the Executive Director to ensure the success of all initiatives. Will support the day-to-day operations of our programs and may include special projects built to improve the quality of service, care and efficiency delivered to patients.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervise and manage all referral requests/ques to ensure the clinical information is provided and/or are authorized and provide feedback to ordering providers or when submitting to the Health plan whichever is applicable.
- Develop positive relationship with liaisons, providers and all others one has direct contact with daily.
- Serve as a liaison between the department, CSMCF Providers and/or staff and the Management team.
- Develop system to track project outcomes and consistently provide feedback/updates to Management team.
- Implement LEAN Methodology into daily workflow e.g. use CSDE principles to identify improvement opportunities, adhere to standard leader work, update tiered boards, etc.
- Facilitates the scheduling of overnight and home sleep apnea testing, and remains point of contact for patients and referring physicians during testing process.
- Works with insurance companies to ensure that pre-authorizations and verifications have been completed prior to testing, and that patient benefits have been rendered.
- Works closely with durable medical equipment companies providing PAP therapy to patients, ensuring that prescriptions are acquired in a timely manner, and that patients are obtaining supplies regularly.
- Assists Lead Sleep Technologist with the home sleep apnea testing process, including setup, initiation, upload, and data management.
Qualifications
Education:
High school diploma/GED required. Associate degree/college diploma/Bachelor's degree preferred.
Experience:
Three (3) years of experience in an outpatient clinical setting required. Five (5) years preferred.
One (1) year of experience in a managed care environment or clinical experience as a Medical Assistant or Nurse preferred.
One (1) year of experience in sleep medicine or durable medical equipment (sleep) experience preferred.
Cedars-Sinai
About the organization
Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.The posting text is reproduced as the employer wrote it; the index adds nothing to it.