DSNP Care Navigator

AlohaCare; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 27,207 - 35,473; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Low-cost medical, dental, drug and vis

Paid time-off

401k employer contribution

Referral bonus

Pretax transportation and parking

Job summary

AlohaCare in Honolulu is seeking a D-SNP Care Navigator to assist enrolled members with understanding benefits and accessing services. The role is largely telephonic, coordinating with providers and the interdisciplinary care team to ensure timely care and appropriate plans.

You will conduct initial welcome calls, health risk assessments, and develop Care Plans, coordinating referrals, authorizations, and social resources while maintaining compliance and accurate documentation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years in customer service or call center environment.
• Ability to establish rapport with members via telephonic interview.
• Experience with EMR or care management systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Perform welcome calls for newly enrolled D-SNP members.
• Schedule and complete health risk assessments for D-SNP members.
• Create and update Care Plans after HRA completion.
• Collaborate with members, providers and care team to develop person-centred plans.
• Coordinate interventions to facilitate access to services and transportation as needed.
• Document assessment information and care management activities in the electronic system.
• Generate daily Excel reports for work assignments.

Skills

Customer service

Telephonic communication

Active listening

Time management

Multicultural communication

Education

Associate’s degree or equivalent training in health care, insurance or medical practice

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

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AlohaCare’s comprehensive benefits package includes low-cost medical, dental, drug and vision insurance, paid time-off, 401k employer contribution, referral bonus and pretax transportation and parking program.

The Opportunity:

The primary role of the Dual Eligible Special Need Plan (D-SNP) Care Navigator is to assess and assist actively enrolled low-risk and unengaged D-SNP members with understanding their health care benefits and accessing providers and services. The majority of the D-SNP Care Navigator’s time is spent telephonically reaching out to members to ensure they have access to care from in-network providers, community resource providers and plan benefits under the direction and in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Care Team.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform initial outreach to complete welcome calls for newly enrolled D-SNP members.
• Schedule and complete required initial and annual telephonic health risk assessments (HRA) for D-SNP members as required by regulatory agencies.
• Create initial and update Care Plan for D-SNP members after HRA completion as required by regulatory agencies.
• Engage members/providers to participate in the assessment process and collaboratively develop a person-centered Care Plan for each D-SNP member as required by regulatory agencies.
• Implement Care Plan by executing planned intervention(s) as directed, which include but are not limited to facilitating timely access to services, addressing barriers to care and medications, identifying and providing transportation assistance, if needed, etc., on behalf of the member and provider.
• Conduct Care Plan or Health Action Plan reviews with members as required to monitor and document the Member’s progress of goals and services in their Care Plan or Health Action Plan.
• Assist with completion of eligibility forms required for Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) services.
• Meet operational and compliance with due dates for assessments, care plans, and all regulatory required activities. Provide telephonic support for inbound routine and complex calls received from D-SNP members and providers via call transfer.
• Provide D-SNP member education and assist with referral coordination and prior authorizations per member needs and eligibility.
• Document in an electronic care management system all assessment information and care management activities.
• Review prior assessments and historical claims to identify any signs of health status changes to assess D-SNP member’s level of care and/or prior to completing new assessment.
• Coordinate, collaborate, and participate with the interdisciplinary care team members including providers, family members, caregivers and community agencies to support members in maintaining or improving their current health status.
• Coordinate and collaborate with the appropriate internal departments as required per D-SNP member’s needs (e.g., Medical Management, Transition of Care, Disease Management, Care Coordination, Service Coordination, Travel, etc.) and in network physicians/providers and community resource providers to facilitate timely access to available and approved services.
• Assist the member with accessing translation services when needed and requested.
• Connect members with Social Determinates of Health (SDoH) needs with any Community Resources in their neighborhood or area or utilizing the Unite Us tool.
• Performs tasks that align with and support departmental and organizational objectives.
• Generate daily if not weekly Excel reports for daily work assignments and prioritize assigned duties.
• All other duties assigned.
• Adhere to regulatory compliance and quality guidelines as well as AlohaCare policies and procedures.
• Responsible for maintaining AlohaCare’s confidential information in accordance with AlohaCare policies, and state and federal laws, rules and regulations regarding confidentiality. Employees have access to AlohaCare data based on the data classification assigned to this job title.
• Minimum of 2 of work experience in a customer service role, call center environment, and/or with customer facing responsibilities.
• Ability to establish rapport/relationship with members via a telephonic interview which includes gathering information about their medical history and/or socio-economic needs.
• Ability to establish rapport with a multi-cultural - diversified population and experience with cultural sensitivity.
• Strong active listening skills for telephonic member assessments.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Able to effectively work in a fast-paced and changing environment, manage multiple projects and priorities across multiple teams/projects and in a matrixed environment.
• Possesses excellent time management and organizational skills; is dependable, enthusiastic, self-starting, and self-motivated. Uses time effectively, reacts professionally under pressure.
• Intermediate skills using Microsoft Programs: Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Associate’s degree or equivalent training in health care, insurance or medical practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to speak and read fluently in other languages.
• Knowledge of available community resources.
• Prior experience in care coordination, outreach or customer service in a managed care environment.
• Experience utilizing EMR or care management system to complete tasks.
• May require prolonged sitting- up to 4 hours.
• Requires prolonged operation of a computer workstation, including the ability to type for extended periods of time on a keyboard during the scheduled workday.?

Salary Range $19.75 - $25.75 an hour

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