Licensed Practical Nurse

Innovative Systems Group; Raton (NM); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Innovative Systems Group seeks a Home Health Assessment Coordinator to contact and educate members about health care programs, address their personal plan needs, and support clinicians in the Medical Management department with provider and member activities.

The role involves performing outreach, updating records, ensuring adherence to care plans, and coordinating with various departments to resolve inquiries and maintain HIPAA compliance, while maintaining confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Social Work or Psychology, OR LVN/LPN with 1 year experience in managed care systems, OR RN, OR 3 years care coordination for a state managed or waiver program, OR 3 years managed care systems experience.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Experience coordinating member medical related needs, providing assistance to members, and analyzing member needs.
• PC proficiency including Microsoft Office applications.
• Verbal and written communications skills including developing written correspondence to members and to other department personnel and coaching skills, including motivational interviewing, to educate members on medical issues.
• Current state driver license, transportation, and applicable insurance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct home health assessments and system updates.
• Perform outreach and follow up attempts to members on their health care plan.
• Build relationships with members to encourage compliance with care plans and to alert the Case Manager quickly when issues arise.
• Inform and educate members on their program, may use supplied scripts. Complete records in the system by performing data entry.
• Conduct check-ins with members to review individual care plan goals.
• Maintain production requirements based on established department business needs.
• Provide support to the clinical team by performing the non-clinical functions necessary to generate, manage, and close a case within the platform.
• Receive, analyze, conduct research and respond to telephone and/or written inquiries.
• Notify the help desk of system issues.
• Perform data entry function to update customer or provider information.
• Obtain required or missing information via correspondence or telephone.
• May serve as contact for the various groups regarding claims and refer cases to clinicians.
• Support and maintain communications with various in-house areas regarding groups’ concerns.
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with co-workers, management, customers, etc.
• Comply with HIPAA, Diversity Principles, Corporate Integrity, Compliance Program policies and other applicable policies.

Skills

Verbal and written communications

Motivational interviewing

Care coordination

Medical terminology

Coaching skills

Education

Bachelor of Social Work or Psychology

LVN/LPN with 1 year managed care experience

RN

3 years care coordination or managed care experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

This position is responsible for conducting home health assessment, contacting identified members to inform and educate them on health care programs to address their personal health plan needs, engaging the member in discussion of adherence to personal health plans, responding to inquiries from members, and supporting the clinicians in the Medical Management department with their provider and member activities.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for home health assessments and system updates.
• Perform outreach and follow up attempts to members on their health care plan.
• Build relationships with members to encourage compliance with care plans and to alert the Case Manager quickly when issues arise.
• Inform and educate members on their program, may use supplied scripts. Complete records in the system by performing data entry. Encourage member usage of our programs, including arranging appointments and additional member services (e.g., transportation). Generate appropriate correspondence and send to members manually, electronically, or telephonically.
• Conduct check-ins with members to review individual care plan goals.
• Maintain production requirements based on established department business needs.
• Provide support to the clinical team by performing the non-clinical functions (as identified by the business process) necessary to generate, manage, and close a case within the platform.
• Receive, analyze, conduct research and respond to telephone and/or written inquiries. Process information from members or providers to determine needs/wants and ensure customer questions have been addressed. Respond to customers or send to the appropriate internal party.
• Notify the help desk of system issues.
• Perform data entry function to update customer or provider information.
• Obtain required or missing information via correspondence or telephone.
• May serve as contact for the various groups regarding claims which involves conducting research, obtaining medical records/letters of medical necessity from TMG, reopen or initiate new cases as needed and refer cases to clinicians.
• Support and maintain communications with various in-house areas regarding groups? concerns, i.e.: Marketing, Provider Affairs, and SSD.
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with co-workers, management, customers, etc.
• Comply with HIPAA, Diversity Principles, Corporate Integrity, Compliance Program policies and other applicable corporate and departmental policies.
• Maintain complete confidentiality of company business.17. Maintain communication with management regarding development within areas of assigned responsibilities and perform special projects as required or requested.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor of Social Work or Psychology OR LVN, LPN with 1 year experience in managed care systems OR RN OR 3 years care coordination for a state managed or waiver program OR 3 years managed care systems experience.
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Experience coordinating member medical related needs, providing assistance to members, and analyzing member needs
• PC proficiency including Microsoft Office applications
• Verbal and written communications skills including developing written correspondence to members and to other department personnel and coaching skills, including motivational interviewing, to educate members on medical issues
• Current state driver license, transportation, and applicable insurance