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• Contributes to a range of staff functions involving planning, policy development, and analysis necessary for key policy and program decisions by the division leadership.
• Develops reports and other staff documents on policies, programs, plans, research accomplishments, and other activities.
• Maintains awareness of scientific and legislative developments and issues having implications for current and planned health, social science, and/or bioethics research and research training programs.
• Consults with a wide range of individuals who are involved in scientific research to identify major issues, roadblocks, and potential actions necessary for policy development and interpretation.

For the GS-0343-9/11/12 Management Analyst position your duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Employs advanced qualitative and quantitative techniques to analyze, evaluate, and/or improve the efficiency of internal administrative operations, organizations, or management.
• Establishes study methods and techniques to be utilized in complex studies and audits.
• Provides higher management with reports, evaluated information, budgetary proposals and similar products necessary for effective direction of administrative operations.
• Analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of complex administrative operations in meeting goals and objectives.
• Develops modifications, revisions, and implementing procedures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of administrative operations.
• Assures compliance of administrative operations with various requirements and develops strategies for improving administrative functions.

For the GS-0343-9/11/12 Management Analyst position your duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Employs advanced qualitative and quantitative techniques to analyze, evaluate, and/or improve the efficiency of internal administrative operations, organizations, or management.
• Establishes study methods and techniques to be utilized in complex studies and audits.
• Provides higher management with reports, evaluated information, budgetary proposals and similar products necessary for effective direction of administrative operations.
• Analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of complex administrative operations in meeting goals and objectives.
• Develops modifications, revisions, and implementing procedures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of administrative operations.
• Assures compliance of administrative operations with various requirements and develops strategies for improving administrative functions.

• Lead teams of specialists or individually conduct in-depth studies, reviews, evaluations, and assessments of issues and proposals assigned.
• Determine the functionality of unique organizational structures and provide coordination among key participants for the long-range planning and development of organizational strategies to meet objectives and mission.
• Initiate and execute very complex administrative and management projects.
• Utilize expert skills in studying work methods, administrative guidelines, procedures, utilization of human resources, work assignments, delegations of authority, management controls, information and documentation systems, etc. Analyze and evaluate findings and recommend more efficient, effective and economical ways to accomplish workload and program objectives.
• Participate in planning sessions.
• Establish and maintain contacts with other Government agencies and private organizations to exchange information.
• Design and conduct comprehensive management studies to identify and propose solutions to management problems.

• Provide high quality palliative care to people with serious and life-limiting illnesses, and their families;
• Develop and implement comprehensive palliative care plans tailored to each patient's and family’s needs, in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team;
• Serve as teaching faculty for fellows in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, as well as fellows in other specialties, and provide education for nurses across the institution;
• Lead patient care rounds and conference;
• Provide appropriate patient and family counseling and education, based on the specific goals of the patient and the of the healthcare team.

WE WILL REVEIW APPLICANTS AND ISSUE CERTIFICATES AFTER THE FIRST 50 APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED.

Major duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Reviews, edits, and consolidates annual and multi-year budget estimates for assigned organizations and programs into a single budget request. Prepares or edits narrative justifications and projected funding needs, and ensures that data in requests are formally and accurately documented in a wide variety of unrelated forms, schedules, and reports.
• Analyzes and forecasts for customers such as the agency and the public their demands for services; and for changes in nature, type, and cost of services produced. Monitors the execution of a budget with many different sources and types of funding such as direct multi-year appropriations, allotments from many different appropriations, transfers of funds from other agencies, reimbursements for services performed, revenue from working capital funds, and trust accounts.
• Identifies and analyzes trends in the receipt, obligation, or expenditure of funds to ensure that objectives of the annual financial plan are being met on a timely basis, and that funds are available and being properly and effectively used to support program objectives. Prepares documents needed to process budget estimates, request for supplemental appropriations, requests for reprogramming apportionments and allotments from higher headquarters needed to finance new programs or program changes brought about by legislative action.

• Lead tasks designed to develop, evaluate, and implement a wide range of program integrity initiatives and reviews to support CMS’ lines of business.
• Evaluate, develop, and implement improvements to program integrity to deter, reduce, and eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Review and comment on new or proposed policy revisions, regulations, administrative sanctions and legislation to determine their impact on contractor or provider operations, and the effect on safeguarding the Agency programs.
• Develop and review health care policies and legislation in order to draft related policy documents, regulations, procedures and guidance to states.
• Act as an Agency representative and contributes to discussions and planning sessions on program policy developments.

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Major Duties:

• Demonstrates broad performance and leadership to improve the care for a group of patients.
• Responsible for documented outcomes at the program- or service-level.
• Leads and organizes delivery-of-care to assure continuity-of-care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care and discharge planning.
• Uses advanced clinic knowledge/judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes.
• Functions as an expert in clinical practice and/or areas related to assigned roles and responsibilities.
• Evaluates current practice and formulates outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within an area of expertise.
• Guides, develops, and supports staff from a leadership perspective.
• Uses professional standards-of-care, scientific evidence, and practices to evaluate programs and/or service activities.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assigns codes to documented patient care encounters (inpatient and/or outpatient) covering the full range of health care services provided by the VAMC. Patient encounters are often complicated and complex requiring extensive coding expertise. Applies advanced knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy & physiology, disease processes, treatment modalities, diagnostic tests, medications, procedures as well as the principles and practices of health services and the organizational structure to ensure proper code selection.
• Monitors ever-changing regulatory and policy requirements affecting coded information for the full spectrum of services provided by the VAMC. Timely compliance with coding changes is crucial to the accuracy of the facility database as well as all cost recovery programs.
• Assists facility staff with documentation requirements to completely and accurately reflect the patient care provided; provides technical support in the areas of regulations and policy, coding requirements, resident supervision, reimbursement, workload, accepted nomenclature, and proper sequencing. Insures provider documentation is complete and supports the diagnoses and procedures coded.
• Utilizes the facility computer system and software applications to correctly code, abstract, record, and transmit data to the national VA database in Austin. Independently researches references to resolve any questionable code errors; contacts supervisor as appropriate.
• Monitors the status and progress of work and day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities. Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques and makes available written instructions, reference materials and supplies. Gives on the job training to new coders and students to provide the individual with the basic knowledge, skill and ability to perform the full range of routine and non-routine responsibilities required.
• Trains and works closely with professional and administrative staff to assist in the development, maintenance and usage of ICD and CPT codes to ensure accurate data capture.
• Identifies training needs of individuals based on productivity and accuracy reports, rejects from billing, and spot checks. Makes recommendations to supervisor concerning disciplinary actions due to insufficient performance and identifies continuing education needs.
• Takes the initiative in one-on-one provider training to improve health record documentation for the episodes of care provided. Has constant interaction with health care providers evaluating and communicating with the expectation on improving health record documentation which will result in improved patient care and improved revenue generation.
• Educates providers through feedback, email queries, or informal meetings. Participates in the orientation of House Staff from affiliated medical schools and other personnel as needed.

These positions are located in the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Human Resources, Bureau of Health Workforce, Division of Business Operations, Data Resource Branch. This position is 100% virtual and the US location is negotiable after selection. Work sites outside of the U.S. are prohibited. Your salary will be based upon the locality pay of your work site after selection.

To view the salary range including locality pay for your particular location, please visit this link to the OPM 2024 Salary Tables.

This position is a mission critical occupation and is responsible for the analysis of system and/or security requirements, the development and implementation of mission critical applications for the agency's Information Technology operations.

As an IT Specialist (Project Manager), you will be responsible for planning and managing a wide variety of IT Projects.

Your major duties and responsibilities will include:

• Working with end users and stakeholders to elicit, clearly define, and prioritize business, functional, technical, security, user interface design, and data requirement for IT projects.
• Communicating clearly and collaborating with both technical and non-technical customers to troubleshoot and resolve issues and to identify practical solutions.
• Analyzing and developing solutions or providing assessments of critical IT issues, such as integration/interoperability issues, emerging technologies and their application/business processes, and optimization of existing architecture.
• Planning and managing IT projects involving interrelated technology specialty areas and multiple stages of the systems development lifecycle.
• Identifying and tracking project risks and taking action to mitigate, close, or avoid risks.
• Creating charters, project plans, business cases, requirements documents, statements of work, risk management plans, cost estimates, and other documentation to support the project and describe overall project scope, work schedule, and business benefits/value.

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Duties:

• Supervise and evaluate a team of patient support staff.
• Resolve complex issues to ensure patient needs are met.
• Recommend improvements by evaluating new products, systems, and equipment.
• Identify training needs and provide staff development.
• Make final hiring and performance-related decisions, including disciplinary actions.
• Collaborate with various departments to meet Veterans' care needs.
• Manage data tracking and reporting for senior management.
• Route clinical questions and escalate cases as necessary.
• Schedule appointments efficiently using multiple systems.
• Provide information on VA programs and services.
• Deliver high-quality customer service, resolving complaints effectively.
• Maintain confidentiality and ensure secure handling of sensitive information.
• Adapt communication to meet the needs of diverse Veteran populations.
• Follow environmental policies and ensure compliance with applicable regulations.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY

As a Public Health Advisor, you will use your knowledge of and experience to optimize business results and customer experience by:

• Serving as a principal representative responsible for coordinated, innovative, community-based and evidence based, or novel public health programs, initiatives, grants and related matters between and among Federal, local, state, and community-based organizations addressing behavioral health issues.
• Serving as the contact point for all inquiries and activities for the Office of Behavioral Health Equity (OBHE) related to infant, children and young adults; drawing on their judgment, experience and knowledge in being able to interact with and obtain critical problem information from groups representing underserved populations, providers, youth with lived experience and or in recovery, families, schools, community-based organizations, states, local county governments, and national associations.
• Coordinating the development of information and education materials on product problems such as press releases, talking papers, and fact sheets to alert public or lay users about specific problems, and papers for presentation at conferences or meetings of professional
  organizations.
• Serving on committees, intra- and inter-agency workgroups and other comparable groups delegated responsibility for reviewing and developing public health policies and procedures and guidelines.

VISN 12 is committed to fostering and sustaining an environment which celebrates diversity, provides equitable opportunities for employment and promotion, and supports inclusiveness in our culture. Together, we strive to create and maintain working and learning environments that promote professional growth and teamwork, and are inclusive, equitable and welcoming. We embrace our differences as individuals and unite as a team toward a common goal: to serve our nation's Veterans.

This position is responsible for maintaining the quality of patient records, assigning of appropriate International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes, and various other duties as assigned.

Medical Records Technician Coder (CDIS) duties include:

• CDISs serve as the liaison between health information management and clinical staff.
• Responsible for facilitating improved overall quality, education, completeness and accuracy of health record documentation through extensive interaction with clinical and coding.
• Review documentation and facilitate modifications to the health record to ensure accurate severity of illness, risk of mortality, complexity of care, and utilization of resources.
• Develop and/or update medical center policy pertaining to clinical documentation improvement.
• Obtain appropriate corrective action plans from responsible clinical service directors and recommend improvements or changes in documentation practices, when applicable.
• Applies applicable coding conventions and guidelines to identify the principal and secondary diagnoses and significant procedures in order to accurately reflect the patient's hospital course and DRG assignment in the inpatient setting and to accurately reflect medical necessity and level of service or procedure performed in the outpatient setting.
• Develops and implements active training/education programs (i.e., seminars, workshops, short courses, informational briefings, and conferences) for clinical staff to ensure the CDIS program objectives are met.

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Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Works collaboratively with VISN programs, services, and interdisciplinary coordinated care team members to provide access to care and meet the needs of Veterans, their family members and/or legal representatives via various available contact modalities to include but not limited to telephone calls, secure messaging, chat, text messaging, and video regarding a broad range of topics, including medication refills and renewals, basic billing inquiries, and procedural pharmacy activities.
• Routinely reviews computer medication profiles for therapeutic duplication, prescription non-compliance and allergies/drug interactions. Transfers identified patients to a Pharmacist or Supervisor for further evaluation, if needed.
• Reviews patient's medical record and medication profiles to identify situations for polypharmacy and/or abnormal lab findings. Reports identified patients to a Pharmacist.
• Processes and submits patient requests for new prescription orders and renewals (including controlled substances) into the computer accurately, thoroughly, and in a timely manner. Uses approved VISN VA Health Connect Pharmacy Service protocols, when appropriate, to satisfy patient medication requests.
• Consistently documents patient contact and resolution in VISN VA Health Connect software and/or the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to include, but not limited to, what was requested, what action was taken, and any other information which may be pertinent during future research. Assists in the documentation of medication variances.
• Resolves simple and informal problems and complaints regarding VISN VA Health Connect Pharmacy Services, technology platforms, and systems when production is compromised. Refers more difficult problems to the supervisor.
• Actively and diligently treats all Veterans with respect and utmost dignity. Seeks to solve Veteran's concerns at first contact. When required, refers to other VA resources to assist in the resolution process. Always resolves all Veteran issues in a timely and caring manner with emphasis on providing First Contact Resolution (FCR).
• Trains and orients VISN VA Health Connect Pharmacy Technicians.
• Discusses team assignments, projects, and/or program issues under review, and deadlines and time frames from completion.
• Proactively monitors call volume and VISN VA Health Connect Pharmacy Technician performance through Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) metrics to identify personnel that may require further development and to determine where resources are needed.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide specialized and expert administrative patient support while working collaboratively in an inter-professional coordinated care delivery model.
• Work involves specialized administrative judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of clinical flow processes relating to access to care across multiple clinics, specialties, and/or care in the community resources.
• Work collaboratively with VISN programs, services, and inter-professional coordinated care team members to provide access to care and meet the need of Veterans via various available contact modalities to include but not limited to telephone calls, secure messaging, chat, text messaging and video.
• The AMSA is responsible for answering telephones, secure messaging and chat messages, relaying messages to appropriate staff inside or outside of the VISN CCC, scheduling appointments, interpreting and verifying provider orders in accordance with VHA national scheduling guidelines.
• Maintain effective and efficient communication with the patient, inter-professional care delivery teams and VA medical centers.
• Scheduling, canceling, re-scheduling patient appointments; entering no-show information; monitoring appointment requests for multiple electronic sources; monitoring outpatient appointments in areas of responsibility.
• Gathering and obtaining medical information from patients; processing medication refill request.
• Reviewing electronic health record, obtaining medical records, participating in huddles with other MSAs and/or VISN CCC staff to determine the daily needs of the VISN CCC.
• Verifying and updating demographics when contacted by patients.
• Manage patient systems to verify and validate accuracy and resolve issues; evaluates patient information and clinic schedule lists; informs inter-professional team members about shared patients.
• Provide information and resolution to Veterans' requests within scope, uses administrative judgement to escalate symptomatic concerns to clinicians with the VISN CCC or directs the contact to the appropriate discipline within the CCC or department for resolution.
• Provide accurate detail of organizational information to Veterans regarding the different services the VA offers.
• Provide high-quality customer service to Veterans and their families/caregivers.
• Communicate tactfully and effectively to challenging customers who may be threatening, abusive, or distraught.