Administrative Assistant / Credentialing Specialist
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Acadia
Columbia, MO, US
Summary
Provide comprehensive administrative support to facility leadership while managing provider credentialing, recredentialing, and payer enrollment processes. Maintain accurate records, coordinate office operations, and ensure compliance with healthcare standards.
Job Description
Administrative Support & Credentialing Specialist:
Keep our operations running smoothly while supporting provider credentialing and compliance. This role combines administrative excellence with healthcare credentialing responsibilities, making it ideal for a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide administrative support to facility leadership and staff.
- Manage calendars, meetings, communications, and office operations.
- Prepare reports, presentations, spreadsheets, and correspondence.
- Maintain confidential records and databases.
- Coordinate provider credentialing, recredentialing, and payer enrollments.
- Verify credentials, track renewals, and maintain compliance documentation.
- Collaborate with payers, billing teams, and contracting departments to resolve credentialing and enrollment issues.
- Support special projects and other administrative duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- BA/BS degree preferred.
- 1 to 3 years of healthcare-related experience required.
- 1 to 3 years of healthcare credentialing experience preferred.
- Basic knowledge of healthcare contracting concepts.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Strong documentation, organization, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Why Join Us?
Make a direct impact on patient care by ensuring providers are credentialed, compliant, and ready to serve while supporting the day-to-day success of our facility.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Support managers and employees through a variety of tasks related to organization and communication.
- Responsible for confidential and time sensitive material.
- Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices and procedures.
- Effectively communicate via phone and email ensuring that all duties are completed accurately, delivered with high quality and in a timely manner.
- Attend meetings and take accurate minutes.
- May responsible for accurate and timely physician credentialing.
- May direct and lead the work of others.
- May manage and coordinate administrative programs and office activities.
- Create spreadsheets, manage databases and prepare presentations, reports and documents as needed.
- Answer telephones and take messages or transfer calls.
- May cover the reception desk when required.
- Calendar management, schedule appointments, update calendars and arrange staff meetings
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
· BA/BS degree preferred.
· 1 – 3 years of healthcare related experience required.
· 1 – 3 years healthcare credentialing experience preferred.
· Basic to working knowledge of contracting concepts.
· Must be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
· Documentation, proficiency, attention to detail, and organization skills are essential.
· Ability to multi-task is a must
LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:
- Not Applicable
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.
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Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, Acadia Healthcare was established in January 2005 to develop and operate a network of behavioral health facilities across the country.
Acadia Healthcare’s mission is to create a world-class organization that sets the standard of excellence in the treatment of specialty behavioral health and addiction disorders.
Acadia’s management style and philosophy is one of collaboration and flexibility as we create an energetic and team-oriented service delivery system. Our organization values input from employees, physicians, and all strategic alliances. As evidenced in our mission statement, Acadia Healthcare’s mission is to create behavioral health centers where people receive care that enables them to regain hope in a supportive, caring environment. We want Acadia to be synonymous with excellent care, phenomenal customer service and an unparalleled commitment to our patients, staff, physicians, and community.
As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico, Acadia Healthcare operates 253 treatment facilities across 39 states. Our network of treatment facilities offers multiple levels of care for various behavioral health and substance use disorders. At Acadia, our primary goal is to meet patients where they’re at in their treatment process. We do this by providing a multitude of levels of care, including detoxification, residential treatment for addiction, residential treatment for dual diagnosis, acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services, and an array of outpatient programming options, ranging from partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to traditional outpatient services. Our network of treatment facilities creates greater access to care, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and addiction, and offers those in our communities a safe environment in which to receive the treatment they need.
Founded
2005
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Franklin, Tennessee
Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, Acadia Healthcare was established in January 2005 to develop and operate a network of behavioral health facilities across the country.
Acadia Healthcare’s mission is to create a world-class organization that sets the standard of excellence in the treatment of specialty behavioral health and addiction disorders.
Acadia’s management style and philosophy is one of collaboration and flexibility as we create an energetic and team-oriented service delivery system. Our organization values input from employees, physicians, and all strategic alliances. As evidenced in our mission statement, Acadia Healthcare’s mission is to create behavioral health centers where people receive care that enables them to regain hope in a supportive, caring environment. We want Acadia to be synonymous with excellent care, phenomenal customer service and an unparalleled commitment to our patients, staff, physicians, and community.
As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico, Acadia Healthcare operates 253 treatment facilities across 39 states. Our network of treatment facilities offers multiple levels of care for various behavioral health and substance use disorders. At Acadia, our primary goal is to meet patients where they’re at in their treatment process. We do this by providing a multitude of levels of care, including detoxification, residential treatment for addiction, residential treatment for dual diagnosis, acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services, and an array of outpatient programming options, ranging from partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to traditional outpatient services. Our network of treatment facilities creates greater access to care, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and addiction, and offers those in our communities a safe environment in which to receive the treatment they need.
Founded
2005
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Franklin, Tennessee