Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree RN, BSN preferred or extensive clinical experience in utilization management for healthcare. (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
3 years (Required)
Functional Accountabilities
Audits
- Compare and analyze billed charges to clinical records by department and specific line item to ensure accurate billing and reimbursement.
- Demonstrate clinical expertise by identify all levels of care, treatments, pharmacological interventions and ancillary services provided.
- Coordinate chart reviews and problem identification and/or resolution with CNMC personnel and third party payers.
- Extract data from various sources to meet internal and external reporting requirements.
- Develop comprehensive statistical analysis of findings for both external reporting purposes and internal education for overall improvement.
Service Authorization
- Request and validate authorization of services from third party payers.
- Obtain authorization and utilize established protocols and third party payer contract requirements.
- Communicate potential denials with health care team for problem resolution.
- Document both services approved and denied.
Discharge Planning
- Collaborate with case management and healthcare team regarding specific patient discharge needs and goals.
- Contact third party payers to determine benefits and preferred providers for follow-up services outside the hospital.
- Coordinate patient discharges with Case Management Team.
Communication
- Communicate with payers in a clear, timely, accurate and professional manner to meet utilization management requirements.
- Communicate with the healthcare team third party payer information.
Performance Improvement
- Identify, implement and improve processes which impact customer service.
- Utilize agreed upon concurrent data collection techniques in Clinical Resource Management.
Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Organizational Commitment/Identification
- Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
Teamwork/Communication
- Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
- Partner with all team members to achieve goals
- Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions
Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
- Contribute to a positive work environment
- Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
- Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
- Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
- Use resources efficiently
- Search for less costly ways of doing things
Safety
- Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
- Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
- Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
- Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
- Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
- Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance