Credentials Associate - REMOTE

Company: Sentara Health
Location: Norfolk
Posted on: March 28, 2025

Job Description:

City/State
Norfolk, VA

Work Shift
First (Days)

Overview:

Sentara Health is currently seeking a Credentials Associate for our Sentara Hospitals. This is a Remote position.

Hours/Shift: Full-Time, Day Shift (Remote Day Shift hours are typically between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

Position Overview :

As a Credentials Associate with Sentara, you will conduct data gathering, verification and analysis of practitioner applications and credentials for medical staff and affiliate appointment and privileges through both the Initial and Reappointment Application process. Responsible for maintaining all credentials files either in paper or electronic format and maintains data in system-wide database.

Job Requirements:

• 3 years of Credentialing Experience is REQUIRED. Credentialing in a hospital, health plan, or CVO environment is Required (M edical Staff Office Coordinators or specialists in the privileging Medical Staff Office) or credentialing office in hospital, health plan, or CVO environment is Required.
• CPCS - Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist preferred.
• Proficiency in Echo and/or CredentialStream Database Management preferred.
• Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel experience is required.
  
  Education Required :
  
  • High School Diploma required, Associate Degree preferred.
    
    
    SentaraBenefits :
    
    We are setting the standard for medical excellence within a vibrant, creative, and highly productive workplace. Sentara offers exciting benefits including:
    
    • Educational assistance up to $5,250 annually
    • Medbridge access for CEUs and patient home programs
    • Sentara hosted education courses with employee discounts
    • Financial support for certifications
    • Generous student debt program (no work commitment required)
    • Relocation assistance
    • Referral bonus program up to $10,000
    • Up to 23 days of paid time off (incudes personal, vacation and holidays); Up to 5 sick days annually (based on 40-hour work week); bereavement leave
    • 403(B) with immediate company match, upon hire!
    • 401(A): 3% of annual salary employer contribution (participating divisions)
    • Adoption benefits up to $10,000
    • Fertility benefits (procedures/medications/IVF) and Surrogacy/Gestational Carrier benefits up to $10,000 combined
    • 4 weeks paid parental leave; caregiver leave up to 2 weeks
    • Paid life insurance (1 times annual salary), short-term and long-term disability
    • Other benefits include medical, dental, vision, auto, home, travel, pet insurance, local gym discounts
    • Wellness programs to include an employee assistance program (mental health support)
      
      For more information about our employee benefits click Benefits - Sentara (sentaracareers.com)
      
      Joinour team! Be a part of an excellent healthcare organization who cares about People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve! The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara "Employer of Choice" for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years.
      
      For applicants within Maryland and Washington State, the following hiring range will be applied: $20.96/hr. - $25.15/hr. - $30.17/hr.
      
      Keywords: Credentialing, Credentials, Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist, Data Entry, Medical Staff, Echo Database, Customer Service, Talroo-Allied Health
      
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      We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. The base pay rate for Full Time employment is:$17.31 - $28.85
      
      Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
      
      --- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
      
      --- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
      
      --- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
      
      --- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
      
      --- Emergency Backup Care
      
      --- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
      
      --- Life Insurance
      
      --- 401k/403B with Employer Match
      
      --- Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
      
      --- Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
      
      --- Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
      
      --- Pet Insurance
      
      --- Legal Resources Plan
      
      --- Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met
      
      Here at Sentara, we are committed to consistently enhancing our training, advancement tracks, work-life benefits, and more. Our goal is to make you feel more excited to be here every day!
      
      Sentara Norfolk General Hospital , located in Norfolk, VA, is a 525-bed tertiary care facility that is home to the only Level I Adult Trauma Center and burn trauma unit in Hampton Roads, and also serves as the primary teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School.
      
      In addition to the high-quality heart program at Sentara Heart Hospital, our facility is home to Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance and several other dedicated facilities and specialized services. As a recognized accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, our hospital specializes in heart and vascular, neurosciences, neurosurgery, urology, oncology, spine care, advanced imaging, behavioral health, maternity, and women's health, including a state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit.
      
      Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
      
      In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.
      
      For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
      
      Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Associated topics: appointment setting from home, home based online, home virtual work, stay at home contracting, stay at home online, stay at home work, telecommute position, work from home employment, work from home work, work remotely

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