Intake Coordinator

Sequoia Home Health; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Sequoia Home Health is seeking an Intake Coordinator to manage the patient intake process, coordinating with patients, families, and referral sources to ensure timely admissions. The role requires healthcare experience in referrals/intake within home health or hospice settings, with strong communication and problem-solving skills to support efficient patient transitions.

Ideal candidates will work autonomously in a fast-paced environment and contribute to high-quality, patient-centered service

Qualifications

• Healthcare experience in referrals/intake in a home health or hospice environment.
• Nursing background is preferred but not required.
• Demonstrates strong communication, negotiation, and public relations skills.
• Demonstrates autonomy, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Directs daily patient referral and intake operations and policy implementation.
• Ensures compliance with state, federal, and Joint Commission requirements.
• Maintains relationships with referral sources and oversees patient admissions to home care.
• Oversees insurance verification and authorization processes.
• Gathers and reports referral statistics and trends.
• Maintains knowledge of contractual relationships and community resources.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Public relations

Job description

The Intake Coordinator is responsible for managing all aspects of the patient intake process including communicating directly with patients and families, data entry, establishing and maintaining positive relationships with customers and referral sources, responding to customer requests and concerns, facilitating a daily intake stand up meeting, and managing the insurance verification and authorization processes.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Directs all daily patient referral and intake operations including providing direct oversight of the establishment and implementation of intake policies. Ensures compliance with all state, federal, and Joint Commission referral/intake regulatory requirements. Directs the implementation of improved work methods and procedures to ensure patients are admitted in accordance with policy. Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with current and potential referral sources. Ensures seamless transition of patients to home care by providing direct oversight of patient education and preparation for home care, plan of care initiation, and coordination of care with multiple service providers. Ensures maximum third party reimbursement through direct oversight of insurance verification and authorization processes. Builds and monitors community and customer perceptions of the agency as a high quality provider of services. Gathers, collates, and reports referral statistics including key customer referral trends. Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of the agency contractual relationships and ensures that patients are admitted according to contract provisions. Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of community resources and assists referral sources in accessing community resources should services not be provided by the agency.

JOB REQUIREMENTS (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

The Intake Coordinator must have healthcare experience, preferably in referrals/intake in a home health or hospice environment.

A nursing background is preferred but not required.

Demonstrates good communication, negotiation, and public relations skills.

Demonstrates autonomy, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities.

Compensation: $27-30/hour

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.

Sequoia Home Health provides compassionate, high-quality care for the elderly, chronically ill, and disabled individuals, focusing on personalized support and community health needs.

Hospitals and Health Care

Company size 11–50 employees

Company type Self-owned Founded 2011

Total funding 0

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Momentum

Team growth

12% in 12 mo

15 employees on LinkedIn

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Footprint

Where they work

900 Pollasky Ave., Clovis, CA 93612, US