HOSPITALIST PRACTICE SPEC

General Summary 

The Hospitalist Practice Specialist will work in conjunction with the care team to ensure the optimal patient experience.  The Hospitalist Practice Specialist will work within a team to help manage patient distribution with a variable patient census. The Hospitalist Practice Specialist will assist other office members to keep medical practice running smoothly. The Hospitalist Practice Specialist is responsible for the daily operations of the overall Hospital Medicine (HM) practice for an assigned facility/facilities.  Primary functions and expected results include: Completing daily tasks necessary to ensure providers work efficiently in delivering patient care. Support all aspects of collaboration with the client, clinicians, PCP’s, and field operations team and taking necessary action to meet or exceed expectations. Work cooperatively with other personnel to assist with billing, coding, compliance, and quality requirements for the facility and corporate practices.

The Hospitalist Practice Specialist will work in conjunction with the care team to ensure the optimal patient experience.  The Hospitalist Practice Specialist will work within a team to help manage patient distribution with a variable patient census. The Hospitalist Practice Specialist will assist other office members to keep medical practice running smoothly. The Hospitalist Practice Specialist is responsible for the daily operations of the overall Hospital Medicine (HM) practice for an assigned facility/facilities.  Primary functions and expected results include: Completing daily tasks necessary to ensure providers work efficiently in delivering patient care. Support all aspects of collaboration with the client, clinicians, PCP’s, and field operations team and taking necessary action to meet or exceed expectations. Work cooperatively with other personnel to assist with billing, coding, compliance, and quality requirements for the facility and corporate practices.

Essential Duties & Functions:

Manages and distributes patient lists to hospitalists at Miami Valley Hospital

Manages patient admission distribution for Maimi Valley Hospital, Miami Valley Hospital South and Miami Valley Hospital North.

Works within a team of 2-3 HPSs a day to help the medical practice run smoothly.

Provides excellent communication between the nocturnist and day-time teams to facilitate a smooth transition of patient care.

Administrative duties; greeting patients, scanning, faxing, copying, sorting mail, etc.

Support co-workers in quality audit, coding and billing and comply with ICD10/CPT coding & chart review to assist with accurate documentation and timely release of billing.

Establish and facilitate the process for signature and documentation on orders, death certificates, and clinical paperwork to ensure timely completion by the Providers.

Monitor and support daily operations regarding physician signatures, provider credentialing, physician completion of medical records and physician completion of daily billing. 

Assist in setting up post discharge follow up, patient experience engagement, and other follow-up tasks, as necessary.

Enhance Client, PCP, Patient, and Provider Satisfaction as well as Quality, Case Management, Emergency Department, and other facility relations.

Facilitate coordination and communication between the practice and community PCPs/Consulting Specialist as needed.

Available for scheduled on-call rotation covering nights, weekends and holidays