Surgery Charge Assistant

at  Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System

The Supply Charge Assistant collects and enters departmental data into specified applications and/or systems, creates and generates reports and other documentation, combines and rearranges data from different sources and prepares and distributes master copy materials for the department. This position may also work with highly technical data and/or complicated statistical tables. The Supply Charge Assistant relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals and works under moderate supervision.

Job Function :

• Data Collection and Entry: This will have been satisfactorily performed when�
• Supply and item specific data provided for patient charges is accurately entered in the system with no more than 2 documented corrective incidents annually.
• Daily nursing documentation is accurately entered into computer system by end of shift with no more than 2 documented errors/corrective incidents annually.
• Vendors are effectively communicated with to collect supply invoices and properly enters information into system with no more than 2 documented errors/corrective incidents annually.
• Report Creation and Generation: This will have been satisfactorily performed when�
• Surgery schedules printed and distributed to appropriate personnel as needed with no more than 2 documented corrective incidents annually.
• Generates Reports are generated and sent to appropriate person/area within designated time frame with no more than 2 documented corrective incidents annually.
• Computer system implant/bone logs are accurately maintained with no more than 2 documented errors/corrective incidents annually.
• Compliance and Regulatory: This will have been satisfactorily performed when�
• Daily audits for proper charges are performed and needed corrections made with no more than 2 documented corrective incidents annually.
• Computer files are maintained with appropriate information (item and charge numbers; updated supply costs) for proper charging purposes with no more than 2 documented errors/corrective incidents annually.
• Finance is communicated with to maintain correct computer system supply information for proper charging with no more than 2 documented corrective incidents annually.
• Surgeon’s offices and desk staff are communicated with daily for posting cases with no more than 2 documented complaints/corrective incidents annually.
• Surgical procedures are properly/accurately posted with all needed information in computer system with no more than 2 documented errors/complaints annually.
• Assistance is provided to the supervisors in maintaining preference card updates/changes for proper charging with no more than 2 documented corrective incidents annually.
• Effectively communicates with the Finance and Audit areas to resolve patient billing variances with no more than 2 documented corrective incidents annually.
• Other Duties as Assigned: This will have been satisfactorily performed when�
• Other duties as assigned are completed.

Experience, Education, Training, Special Skills, and Licensure :

• 3 years related experience
• High School Diploma
• Good Communication, Customer Service, and computer Skills.

The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi. We bring together outstanding clinicians, the most advanced technology and leading research to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality and safest care possible.
This commitment is grounded in a history that is more than 100 years old, but reflected today by our strategic vision of transforming healthcare through superior performance and excellent patient care.

In the last fiscal year, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System had:

• 1,747 Licensed Beds
• 65,322 Discharges
• 44,592 OR Procedures
• 10,827 Full Time Employees
• 331,360 Inpatient Days

• 1,915 Active Medical Staff229,296 Emergency Visits

• As a nonprofit, mission-focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we give special attention to our citizens who are most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided more than $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged.
  Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. In fact, we provide care to almost half of Louisiana’s citizens, and serve in Mississippi’s largest metropolitan area. Because of our size and the partnerships we have with other local organizations, we are able to pool our resources and share cost and service efficiencies and learn from each other, thereby accelerating our ability to improve care and solve challenges.
  Since our founding in Monroe, Louisiana in 1911, we have been blessed by the guidance of the Franciscan Sisters. Through their guidance and steadfast example, we have committed to assure that we perpetuate their healing ministry for another hundred years. It is a noble purpose we strive to fulfill every day.
  Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we serve patients across Louisiana and Mississippi through a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, elderly housing and integrated information system. Our health system has partnered with the State of Louisiana as it transforms its healthcare delivery system. The partnership includes inpatient acute care and primary care delivery in Baton Rouge and Bogalusa.
  Following in the footsteps of our founders, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, our team members and physicians are called to provide high quality care and compassion to all people, especially those most in need.
  As we look to the future of our healthcare ministry, we chart our course by “going where we are called.”

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