Utilization Management Clinician

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🐊 Florida – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote

💵 $71k - $106.4k / year

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PacificSource Health Plans

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1933

🏥 Healthcare

🛡️ Insurance

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Insurance • Healthcare Insurance

PacificSource Health Plans is a healthcare provider that offers a range of health insurance solutions, including plans for individuals, families, and employers. Their offerings include Medicare and Medicaid plans, dental coverage, and administrative services for small and large groups. Committed to member care, PacificSource emphasizes customer service and provides various resources for health management, including mental health support and wellness programs.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, social workers, and medical and non-medical professionals to coordinate healthcare services • Assess members’ health plan benefits and available medical, community, and financial resources • Provide utilization management services promoting quality, cost-effective healthcare utilization • Collect and assess member information regarding history, condition, and functional abilities • Coordinate resources to achieve member outcome goals • Document case notes and letters of explanation that may become legal records • Perform concurrent reviews for members in inpatient facilities, residential treatment centers, and partial hospitalization programs • Maintain contact with inpatient facility utilization review personnel regarding continued stay and level of care • Identify cases requiring discharge planning and coordinate transfers and services, including skilled nursing, rehabilitation, residential, outpatient, behavioral health, home health, and hospice care • Review referral and preauthorization requests using evidence-based criteria • Identify and negotiate with appropriate vendors • Negotiate discounts with non-contracted providers or refer providers for contract development • Work with multidisciplinary teams on network-not-available, out-of-network exceptions, and one-time agreements • Serve as a primary resource for members and families regarding health plan questions and healthcare navigation • Provide customer service and internal medical or contract interpretation support • Assist employers and agents with healthcare resource and procedure questions • Identify high-cost utilization and refer cases to reinsurance and care management teams • Assist the Medical Director in developing Health Services Department guidelines and procedures • Provide backup support to Health Services Department staff and functions • Serve on designated committees, teams, and task groups • Represent the Health Services Department internally and externally as requested • Meet department and company performance and attendance expectations • Follow PacificSource privacy policy and HIPAA confidentiality and security requirements • Perform other duties as assigned • Work inside in a general office setting; travel approximately 5% of the time

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of three (3) years of nursing or behavioral health experience with varied medical and/or behavioral health exposure and capability • Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) credential required • Case Manager Certification accredited by CCMC preferred • Thorough knowledge of medical and behavioral health processes, diagnoses, care modalities, procedure codes including ICD and CPT Codes, health insurance and state-mandated benefits • Understanding of contractual benefits and options available outside contractual benefits • Working knowledge of community services, providers, vendors, and facilities • Understanding of appropriate case management plans • Ability to use computerized systems for data recording and retrieval • Ability to maintain patient confidentiality, privacy, and health records security • Current clinical knowledge base and certification • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision • Ability to function as part of a collaborative, cohesive community • Ability to read and comprehend written and spoken English • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively • Ability to stoop and bend, sit and/or stand for extended periods, perform repetitive typing/sorting/filing motions, and lift/carry files and business materials

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employment • Work-from-home arrangement • Ergonomically configured equipment • Professional development through maintaining current clinical knowledge base and certification • Participation in committees, teams, and task groups • At-will employment