Hospital Liaison

Lincare Holdings Inc.; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincare seeks a Liaison in Fort Wayne, IN to collaborate with hospital case managers, coordinating O2 portability, nebulizers, and other DME for patient discharge. The role includes education on insurance criteria and documentation requirements.

You will stock vehicles, make daily rounds to facilities, and coordinate with centers to schedule home setup. Strong communication and Medicare knowledge are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills with patients, physicians, and hospital staff.
• Knowledge of Medicare coverage guidelines and documentation requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and manuals.
• Basic math for documentation and billing tasks.

Responsibilities

• Stock vehicle daily with equipment and paperwork.
• Visit facilities to inform case managers of discharge needs.
• Coordinate with centers for home setup scheduling and O2 discharges.
• Explain coverage criteria to managers and patients as applicable.
• Complete setup paperwork for each delivery.
• Gather CMNs and chart notes for billing as requested.

Skills

Communication skills

Medicare knowledge

Documentation

Reading comprehension

Math skills

Education

High school diploma

Job description

The Liaison will interact daily with hospital case managers at each facility assigned to deliver and set up O2 portability, nebulizers, and small DME items for patient discharge. The Liaison will provide education on insurance criteria and documentation requirements, equipment, and programs available to benefit patients and to facilitate discharge.

Job Responsibilities:

• Stock vehicle daily with necessary equipment, disposables, patient setup paperwork and marketing literature needed for that day
• Make rounds to contact all case managers each day at each facility assigned to them to let them know they are at the facility should case managers identify a patient discharge equipment need
• Communicate with center throughout the day on O2 discharges so that center can schedule SR to complete home set up of equipment
• Understand and communicate coverage criteria to case managers and patients as applicable
• Complete setup paperwork daily for all equipment delivered
• Assist with getting CMNs and chart notes as requested by center daily required for billin

Qualifications.

• Excellent communication skills, comfortable interacting with patients, physicians, and hospital staff on a daily basis
• Gain knowledge of basic Medicare coverage guidelines and documentation requirements including CMNs, responsible for gathering this information for reimbursement
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Write routine reports and correspondence
• Speak effectively before groups of customers or employees
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Compute rate, ratio, and percent
• Draw and interpret bar graphs
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or one to three months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Physical Demands:

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

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Lincare is an equal opportunity employer, access and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Lincare provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Because Lincare believes in providing a safe work environment, we conduct drug and background checks in our recruiting/hiring processes. AA/EOE, M/F/Disabled/Veterans