Program Assistant - LA Pulmonary

Job ID 21260 Location Los Angeles, California, United States Job Category Administrative Date posted 10/15/2026

Job Description

The Program Assistant is to support various programs and also support administrative functions that support the department and the Executive Director to ensure the success of all initiatives. Will support the day-to-day operations of our programs and may include special projects built to improve the quality of service, care and efficiency delivered to patients.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervise and manage all referral requests/ques to ensure the clinical information is provided and/or are authorized and provide feedback to ordering providers or when submitting to the Health plan whichever is applicable.
• Develop positive relationship with liaisons, providers and all others one has direct contact with daily.
• Serve as a liaison between the department, CSMCF Providers and/or staff and the Management team.
• Develop system to track project outcomes and consistently provide feedback/updates to Management team.
• Implement LEAN Methodology into daily workflow e.g. use CSDE principles to identify improvement opportunities, adhere to standard leader work, update tiered boards, etc.
• Facilitates the scheduling of overnight and home sleep apnea testing, and remains point of contact for patients and referring physicians during testing process.
• Works with insurance companies to ensure that pre-authorizations and verifications have been completed prior to testing, and that patient benefits have been rendered.
• Works closely with durable medical equipment companies providing PAP therapy to patients, ensuring that prescriptions are acquired in a timely manner, and that patients are obtaining supplies regularly.
• Assists Lead Sleep Technologist with the home sleep apnea testing process, including setup, initiation, upload, and data management.

Qualifications

Education:

High school diploma/GED required. Associate degree/college diploma/Bachelor's degree preferred.

Experience:

Three (3) years of experience in an outpatient clinical setting required. Five (5) years preferred.

One (1) year of experience in a managed care environment or clinical experience as a Medical Assistant or Nurse preferred.

One (1) year of experience in sleep medicine or durable medical equipment (sleep) experience preferred.

Cedars-Sinai

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Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

About the Team

With a growing number of primary urgent and specialty care locations across Southern California, Cedars-Sinai’s medical network serves people near where they live. Delivering coordinated, compassionate healthcare you can join our network of clinicians and physicians to improve the healthcare people throughout Los Angeles and beyond.

Req ID 21260

Working Title Program Assistant - LA Pulmonary

Department LA Pulmonary

Business Entity Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation

Job Category Administrative

Job Specialty Administrative

Overtime Status NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift Day

Shift Duration 8 hour

Base Pay $25.00 - $37.15

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