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Function as a coordinator for all CME activities sponsored by The Cooper Health System.   Function as a registrar for all external conferences and handle attendance records for all activities.     Provide office support under the direction of the Director of CME.     Individual must have the ability to work in high-volume and extremely detail-oriented environment.   Must relate to health care professionals and work under time constraints.     

Primary responsibility is to identify methodologies to improve all aspects of revenue cycle operations, with specific attention to coding, charge capture and process flow-through.   Lead/support multidisciplinary work groups on projects associated with revenue enhancement efforts.  Routinely meet with hospital personnel to analyze billing procedures, identify charging/billing problems and billing requirements. Perform departmental audits as needed to support Finance/Compliance. Keep abreast of regulations and policies for all reimbursement sources. Ability to anticipate, interpret; and determine implications on the health system.  

The Clinical Nurse Manager will provide the knowledge, skill, and expertise necessary to successfully support the daily operations of the clinical unit while supporting unit alignment with organizational mission, vision, and goals. - Support and maintain successful unit-based throughput efforts through the facilitation of appropriate and timely bed assignments resulting in fair, safe, and balanced clinical workloads for all clinical team members. - Ensure that all available resources are utilized in an efficient, effective, fiscally responsible manner that supports the delivery of safe, high-quality care to all patients. - Identify, implement, and support the deployment of evidence-based interventions designed to maximize successful input, throughput and output-related processes. - Support staff engagement by serving the unit in a consistent, supportive, compassionate, and nurturing manner. - Facilitate the successful and appropriate allocation of clinical resources through preemptive planning while also demonstrating the ability to execute safe and clinically appropriate strategies to address urgent and emergent clinical needs. - Serve as a role model/mentor empowering all clinical staff to identify innovative solutions to address patient needs while ensuring all clinical staff receive the support needed to practice in alignment with the full scope of their clinical role. - Support and empower the clinical team in the implementation of successful evidence-based practice changes in effort to address opportunities for improvement that are identified through quality, process, and performance improvement efforts. - Ensures the delivery of quality patient care through the coordination of organizational priorities at the direction of the Clinical Director. Assists the Clinical Director in coordinating interdepartmental and ancillary activities to ensure quality, cost-effective patient care. - Lead the collaboration of inter-professional care teams to achieve successful clinical outcomes for all patients. - Identify and support the elements of improved care quality including, improvements in nursing sensitive care quality indicators (NDNQI), effective care coordination, mitigation of gaps /omissions in care, prevention of potential errors from reaching the bedside.

Assist Pathologist in surgical pathology, frozen sections and autopsies.  Work without immediate supervision when performing professional duties associated with the preparation, performance and completion of examination and/or preparations of surgical pathology specimens.

A nonexempt position responsible for performing a variety of duties in various ambulatory settings, including primary, multi-specialty, specialty practices. May be involved in both the clinical and administrative areas including assisting providers with patient care, and handling clerical, environmental, and organizational tasks. Provides information to patients so they may fully utilize and benefit from the clinical services. Maintains working knowledge of regulatory standards and is accountable to sustain these standards in daily operations. Clinical direction, oversight and competency review is provided by medical providers and ambulatory professional development team in coordination with office management.

The trained Surgical technologist, under the direct supervision of the Registered Professional Nurse and/or physician, is assigned as an assistant to specific service areas in the Surgical Suite.

Appointment scheduling to patients PCP within 7 days or discharges. If patient has no PCP, assist with obtaining PCP and schedule appropriate appointment within set guidelines Facilitate patient discharge from 24/7 Emergency Department by coordinating/scheduling follow-up appointments. Works closely with both primary care physicians and physicians in all specialty areas to coordinate patient’s care plan for consultations, procedures, testing, surgeries or other services as ordered by the treating ED provider. Verify insurance coverage and demographic information. Collect and receipt patient payments. Responsible for retaining patients in the Cooper Health System whenever possible by scheduling directly in Centricity Business system, Central Scheduling, or calling physicians’ offices directly. Schedule patients for appointments with community services when appropriate. Ability to work collaboratively with and communicate with multidisciplinary teams on behalf of the patient. Inform patients of billing policies and managed care referral and/or pre-authorization requirements. Assists patients and their families with obtaining referrals from PCP to needed specialist when needed. Provides support and counseling to patients and families as appropriate. Communicates with referring providers as appropriate to address patient and physician needs. Partners with patients, families, the interdisciplinary team and community resources to provide well-coordinated, timely, and exemplary care. Serves as a resource for community resources. Track and report weekly on all scheduled services. Float to other ED Registration work areas, as needed, to assist with patient access to Cooper services. Position will cover all discharged patients on IP units, CDU, Urgent Care Centers, Cooper Camden ED, Salem ED, and other hospital-based care areas as deemed in scope

 HCA Insurance Specialist responsibilities include various activities related to patient intake and financially securing encounters through comprehensive insurance verification.   Facilitates accurate and thorough patient registration and confirm all compliance forms are obtained timely.   Must ensure quality patient registration, point of service collections, positive telephone etiquette and patient satisfaction in support of Cooper University Hospital Mission and Core Values. Must be able to work independently and as a team with an enthusiastic personality.   Insurance Specialist must have strong organizational skills along with the ability to improvise and adapt when faced with unforeseen circumstances that arise throughout each day within a professional medical environment.

The Physician Liaison (PL) role is dedicated to developing and cultivating relationships through face-to-face interaction with Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers and staff.   The PL will be responsible for visiting Cooper employed and independent Primary Care & Specialty Practices to share information on priority programs and services in order to generate new referrals and contribute to market share growth.    The PL develops and implements marketing/sales plans to increase patient volume in CUH services.      Responsible for a geographical territory encompassing specific counties throughout South/Central NJ within a defined territory.  Facilitates relationships with providers/staff by direct communication of CUH Services/Programs to generate new referrals and increase volume into the system.   The PL facilitates relationships with providers/staff by direct communication of CUH Services/Programs to generate new referrals and increase volume into the system.   Ability to present, probe, persuade and actively listen to referral source needs and respond with the right mix of service line and product attributes that produce results.   A key responsibility will be working with physicians in Cooper’s service area to understand needs, troubleshoot problems, communicate new programs and outreach activities and communicate issues back to health system administration.   Input from the PL is valuable relative to local market dynamics & economics.    Responsible for directly contacting regional physicians in their offices and is expected to spend approximately 70% of their time in the field working independently to share information on service lines and programs to generate new referrals and contribute to market share growth.   The PL will coordinate Outreach visits with Cooper Health providers and travel with them to facilitate introductions.   Develops and maintains database of referring physicians relative to demographics, referral trends and details as appropriate.   Maintains communication with CUH Physicians/Administrators to learn of initiatives and relay Barriers to Referrals.   Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values at Cooper.   This person will understand the practice of medicine including referral relationship, payor requirements and other economic and financial influences.   Develop a working knowledge of Cooper’s clinical services, programs and strategic focus.   Knowledge of physicians, their referral patterns and hospital is very helpful.   Knowledge of South Jersey healthcare market is also helpful.

  Assist the Directors, Administrative Managers and Nurse Managers in maintaining appropriate staffing levels as recommended by the patient classification system, and in a cost-effective manner by utilizing Pool, reducing overtime, and eliminating agency usage whenever possible