We are seeking a Assistant Administrator-Clinical who will support the Johns Hopkins University Department of Otolaryngology H&NS in regards to all clinical practice management. The Assistant Administrator functions as a coordinator and manager of business operations and an internal consultant in areas including: coding, billing, reimbursement including third party and other, compliance, best clinical practices and serves the patients, faculty, staff, and Administrator, as well as Johns Hopkins University Physicians. The Assistant Administrator also functions as an advisor to the Administrator, Faculty and Department Chair in tactical planning for the Department and acts as the Department's representative on appropriate committees and work groups both internal and external to Johns Hopkins. More specifically, the Assistant Administrator is responsible for managing the human, facilities, and equipment resources of the department in the process of enabling the delivery of the highest quality of clinical care. The Assistant Administrator performs regular performance measurement and analysis and reports on such to the Administrator, faculty and chairman as well as all other appropriate parties.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
Develops, implements, and assures compliance with internal policies and procedures including those of the Department, Johns Hopkins University Physicians, as well as those of all local state and federal regulatory authorizes.
The Assistant Administrator is responsible for the continuous training and education of the entire clinical staff.
The Assistant Administrator reports directly to the department Administrator and in addition to all member of the Department of Otolaryngology H&NS.
The Assistant Administrator also works closely with other Departments' representatives, JHU Administration, and other related external contacts. Professional Fee Billing, Perform data collection, review, analysis and reporting for all practice business operations including monthly quarterly and annual statistics on patient visits and procedural volume, surgical volume, payer mix, collection ratios, charges and revenue, AR and follow-up and other items as required or requested; Highlight all open issues and present issue resolution plans and progress to staff, and faculty regularly.
Act as Department HIPAA compliance officer. Monitoring and implementing legal compliance with specific guidance from University counsel.
Practice Management, support and monitor development and implementation of all relevant policies at the Department level, specifically those addressing: customer service, productivity, patient scheduling and registration, patient financial counseling, template, forms and standardization of all internal workflow and business practices in an ongoing effort to optimize collections and address the needs of all stakeholders including patients, physicians, and staff.
Responsible for adequate clinical support, staff management within budget; for creating, budgeting, hiring, training, educating, managing, reviewing performance and disciplining all clinical support staff as required to meet the clinical demands for the Department.
Maintain required records for all staff, and an accurate organizational chart at all times.
Will be responsible for offsite operations.
Will lead departmental service excellence efforts and be responsible for review of patient satisfaction surveys.
With departmental Leadership, will develop action plans related to improvement of employee engagement survey results.
Develop, implement, and measure a Departmental Employee Recognition Program.
Responsible for handling employee complaints/grievances.
Assist in testing all IT programs as required by JHH and/or JHU.
Responsible for review and approval process of all requests for medical records from any party external to the department.
Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or other related field.
Seven years progressively responsible professional-level administrative and financial experience related to monetary or non-monetary resources of a department, center, or unit, including 2 years financial management experience (e.g., planning, directing, monitoring, organizing, and controlling monetary and non-monetary resources).
Supervisory experience strongly preferred.
Master's Degree in a related field may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
*Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree preferred.
Classified Title: Assistant Administrator - Clinical Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PF Starting Salary Range: $83,100-$114,230 Annually (Commensurate with experience) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Mon/Fri 8:00-4:30 Exempt Status: Exempt Location: School of Medicine Campus Department name: SOM Oto Clinic Personnel area: School of Medicine
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
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