Director Med Services

Overview

Description:

This position is incentive eligible. Introduction:
Managers thrive with us! HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, comprising over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom. We are looking for a Director Med Staff Services for our HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital team where excellence creates excellence.

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. Eligible benefits include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage with many services at no cost or a low copay, including prescription drug, behavioral health, telemedicine and free Air Med transportation.
• Dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care, moving assistance, pet insurance, and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Fertility and family-building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund for eligible employees

Note:

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

The Director of Medical Staff Services assists the Chief Medical Officer with implementation of and compliance with credentialing initiatives and processes. The incumbent maintains knowledge of applicable HCA Healthcare and Parallon Credentialing Processing Center (CPC) policies, accreditation standards and regulations related to medical staff services, and supports integration of HCA Clinical Strategies and HCA systems.

Responsibilities include developing facility credentialing policies in accordance with accreditation/regulatory standards, HCA Healthcare policies, and medical staff bylaws; facilitating committee meetings (Medical Executive Committee, Credentials Committee, Leadership Council, Bylaws Committee as necessary); coordinating practitioner health and professional conduct matters; maintaining emergency call schedules; managing correspondence; supporting medical staff officers; developing and distributing governance documents; ensuring non-privileged practitioner processes comply with Ethics & Compliance Policy CSG.QS.002;

and coordinating access to credentialing information via iPrivileges or iPharmacy as needed.

Other duties include facilitating FPPE/OPPE, peer reviews, disciplinary actions, due process, NPDB management, regulatory reporting, and ongoing adherence to CPC policies; developing policy regarding credentialing, privileging and peer review information; archiving records; coordinating orientation for medical staff and officers; providing CPC operations education; acting as subject matter expert on accreditation and regulatory requirements; communicating survey announcements; and supporting staff recruitment and annual business planning as assigned.

Key activities also include updating Cactus and Meditech systems with board actions, ensuring eligibility criteria for clinical privileges, reviewing and approving privilege requests, and maintaining up-to-date privilege content; ensuring security access triggers align with membership status and privileges; coordinating access to credentialing information; and responding to external information requests in accordance with policy. The role also entails participation in professional practice evaluation activities, standardized delineation of privileges, and ensuring operations conform to applicable regulations and policies.

Regular duties also involve coordinating accreditation, regulatory and internal surveys, developing corrective action plans for citations, and ensuring uniform credentialing practices; summarizing credentialing information for board review; managing expiring credentials; and maintaining records per procedures and standards.

Additional responsibilities include development of eligibility criteria for clinical privileges, review of privilege requests, periodic specialty privilege assessments, keeping privilege content current in systems, and facilitating regulatory reporting of adverse actions. The role requires staying informed of weekly CPC updates, participating in monthly communications, and driving standardized delineation of…