Summary
Coordinates precertification/authorization services for patients across the continuum of care, promoting quality care, and effective utilization of resources. Provides leadership when dealing with patient preauthorization functions, including inpatient and outpatient services. Coordinates efforts between departments to ensure accurate precertification, resulting in timely billing of claims. Some overtime and call back may be required. Performs other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities

• Precertifies patient care services that require precertification, in a timely, efficient manner, in order to optimize reimbursement for the patient as well as health care providers.
• Communicates recommendations, clinical information, and fiscal information to appropriate internal and external customers in order to facilitate optimal delivery of services and customer satisfaction.
• Reviews orders for accuracy and medical necessity to facilitate delivery of services and appropriate reimbursement.
• Addresses issues identified with retrospective reviews for all payers.
• All outpatient procedures will be timely precerted when applicable.
• Works to improve the QI/PI process.
• Assumes responsibility for personal growth and development by attendance and / or participation in inservices and continuing education programs.
• Completes assigned goals.

Requirements, Preferences and Experience
Education
Preferred: Associates degree in related field
Minimum: Knowledge of medical terminology
Experience
Preferred: Prefer experience in a clinic setting as well as dealing with prior authorizations.
Minimum: 2 years of office and/or clinical experience.
Licensure, Registration, Certification
Preferred: LPN
Special Skills
Minimum: Advanced communication, conflict management, organizational and planning skills; advanced computer literacy skills.
About Baptist Memorial Health Care
At Baptist, we owe our success to our colleagues, who have both technical expertise and a compassionate attitude. Every day they carry out Christ's three-fold ministry-healing, preaching and teaching. And, we reward their efforts with compensation and benefits packages that are highly competitive in the Mid-South health care community. For two consecutive years, Baptist has won a Best in Benefits award for offering the best benefit plans compared with their peer groups. Winners are chosen based on plan designs, premiums and the results of a Benefits Benchmarking Survey.
At Baptist, We Offer:

• Competitive salaries
• Paid vacation/time off
• Continuing education opportunities
• Generous retirement plan
• Health insurance, including dental and vision
• Sick leave
• Service awards
• Free parking
• Short-term disability
• Life insurance
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts
• Education assistance/continuing education
• Employee referral program

Job Summary:
Position: 19130 - Specialist-Authorization
Facility: MBMC - Hospital
Department: JS Heart Clinic MBMC
Category: Administrative Non Clinical Support
Type: Non Clinical
Work Type: Full Time
Work Schedule: Days
Location: US:MS:Jackson
Located in the Jackson, MS metro area