What are the responsibilities and job description for the Health Care Administrator I - Patient Logistics position at uic?
The incumbent reports to the Director of Revenue Management-Admitting, who reports to the Associate Chief Financial Officer, who reports to the Chief Financial Officer. The Healthcare Administrator I coordinates and manages all operations of front-end revenue cycle activities for the Patient Logistics/Admitting Department of UI Health. These activities include, but are not limited to: registration, financial clearance and authorization related processes and work queues, revenue reconciliation processes, using initiative, independent judgment and discretion concerning priorities to ensure the best patient experience and financial outcomes for the hospital.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Accomplishes revenue cycle human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
- Achieves revenue cycle operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to functional strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer- service standards; identifying and resolving problems; completing audits; determining system improvements; implementing change.
- Meets revenue cycle financial objectives by estimating requirements; Making recommendations for the annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; implementing corrective actions.
- Maximizes revenues by providing information and commentary pertinent to administrative deliberations on short- term and long-range patient-pay and third-party reimbursement issues; recommending options; implementing revenue-optimization programs.
- Assures accuracy of patient data and fiscal information by reviewing audits and other reports of patient data and fiscal information.
- Informs front end registration staff of registrations and/or authorization protocols by interpreting and communicating insurance rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Enhances registrations, authorization and other front-end revenue cycle delivery processes by coordinating activities with the applicable clinical and administrative staff and/or third-party support vendors and other supporting systems
- Serves and protects the UI Health community by ensuring adherence to professional standards, applicable organizational policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards.
- Analyzes organizational unit structure and functions to determine adequacy of existing organizational structure, eliminate duplications and non-essential activities, and clarify organizational relationships, with responsibility for recommending revisions in activities, organizational relationships, lines of authority, division of work, and similar operational matters.
- Directly supervises day to day operations of the Patient Logistic/Admitting staff.
- Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
