The Role:
The Credentialing and Enrollment Specialist helps us achieve our mission by ensuring our clinicians are properly credentialed and enrolled in payor networks to care for our patients. The responsibilities include timely submission of credentialing and re-credentialing of Ophelia’s providers, and the enrollment of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants in managed care organizations and government payors such as Medicare and Medicaid, as well as many commercial plans. The Credentialing and Enrollment Specialist also maintains accurate provider records within various databases, including CAQH and payor portals.
The L&C Specialist works with a team of other specialists and collaborates closely with Clinical Operations, Billing, and Contracting teams to ensure our patient care functions smoothly. The role reports to the Licensing and Credentialing Team Lead.
In this role, you will:
- Review provider initial and reappointment credentialing applications, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
- Conduct primary source verification and coordinate the credentialing committee review process
- Ensure new and renewed license, DEA, and CSR requests are submitted promptly
- Follow up directly with providers to gather missing or incomplete information for enrollment submissions.
- Submit enrollment packets to payors (MCOs, Medicare, Medicaid) in an accurate and timely manner.
- Monitor enrollment status and address any delays by following up with payors to expedite credentialing approvals.
- Enter and maintain accurate provider enrollment data in internal and external databases, including CAQH and payor portals, by updating demographic information, practice locations, termination of providers, and other maintenance forms as required.
- Act as a point of contact between providers, payors, and internal teams to resolve issues related to credentialing, enrollment, and reimbursement.
- Other duties as assigned.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Associates degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 3-5 years of working experience in a credentialing and enrollment setting
- Knowledge of multi-state/national provider credentialing and/or enrollment
- Experience with PECOS/Medicare and/or state Medicaid enrollment platforms
- Knowledge of Google Workplace/Microsoft office or other task management suites
- National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS), Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS) certification a plus
Our benefits:
- Competitive medical, vision, and health insurance (many plans are fully covered for the employee!)
- Start with 20 days (4 weeks) of PTO, increasing to 5 weeks after 2 years and 6 weeks after 5 years of tenure
- 10 company holidays
- Work From Home Stipend
- 401k Contribution Platform
- Additional benefits offered through our benefits provider such as life insurance, short and long term disability, financial wellness, virtual primary care, among others!
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Ophelia Compensation Overview- We set compensation based on the level and skills required for the role. We value pay transparency and equity, and are committed to fair pay. In order to prevent pay disparities and reduce time spent in negotiations, we take a “first and best” offer approach: this means we’re not holding any compensation back from our candidates, and you can feel confident that our pay is fair and does not vary based on the strength of someone’s negotiation skills.
- Compensation is dynamic at Ophelia: as long as the company performs well and meets our targets, there will be opportunities for increased compensation annually. We’re happy to discuss this approach and our bands if you have questions during the interview process.
Interested in learning more about Ophelia and this role? Apply to work with us!