STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: COORDINATOR, CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS
PROGRAM
Class Code: 2200-18
Date Established: 06-24-83
Occupational Code: 7-4-1
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To coordinate a program to provide
financial assistance to medically indigent individuals with catastrophic
illnesses and chronic eye diseases.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Receives and reviews
applications for financial assistance from prospective clients and determines
what payments will be allowed after other third party sources of payment are
exhausted.
·
Consults with
administrators to develop or revise rules of operation as required by law and
regulations.
·
Authorizes
expenditures of state funds on behalf of eligible clients for payment of
services and negotiates with providers and agencies for reasonable settlement
of medical debts.
·
Compiles and prepare
reports, including statistical data and analysis of program needs,
accomplishments and service utilization.
·
Reviews state and
federal legislation and evaluates impact on program activities.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a
particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term
program policies or procedures.
Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading
recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to solving
problems and achieving work objectives.
This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited
standardization exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree from a recognized
college or university with major study in business administration or a health
related field. Each additional
year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required
work experience.
Experience: Two years' experience administering or
coordinating a program designed to provide direct services or payments to
vendors for services to indigent persons.
Each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for
one year of required formal education.
License/Certification: None required.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
For appointment
consideration, Coordinator, Catastrophic Illness Program applicants must
successfully participate in a structured interview measuring possession of
knowledge, skills and abilities identified as necessary for satisfactory job
performance by this class specification.
The structured interview is developed and administered, according to
Division of Personnel guidelines, by representatives of the state agency in
which the vacancy exists.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Considerable knowledge of health care
systems. Some knowledge of the
procedures of reimbursing third party payers. Some knowledge of program and budget administration. Some knowledge of arithmetic and report
writing. Ability to communicate
and negotiate effectively. Ability
to write or revise work procedures in accordance with accepted form. Ability to establish and maintain
effective working relationships with health and state agency officials. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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