Care Management Manager

Humana; Remote; USD 86,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services organization seeks a Manager of Care Management responsible for leading a diverse team, overseeing care coordination, and ensuring compliance with state performance contracts. The successful candidate must possess an active RN, LCSW, or LCPC license in Illinois and have a strong background in health care management. This position involves frequent travel within Illinois and offers a competitive salary along with opportunities for growth and benefits.

Benefits

Mileage reimbursement for travel

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Short and long-term disability insurance

Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional experience in health care and/or care management.
• Two or more years of leadership experience.
• Ability to travel throughout Illinois.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional collaboration with managers to ensure efficiency.
• Monitor case management activities and implement necessary actions.
• Develop audit plans to ensure compliance with state contracts.
• Supervise and evaluate a diverse team.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Effective communication

Knowledge of Microsoft Office

Care management experience

Education

Active, unrestricted RN, LCSW, or LCPC license

Advanced degree in nursing or health-related field

Tools

Electronic medical records software

Job description

Overview

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first

Humana Gold Plus Integrated is looking for Managers of Care Management who will lead teams of nurses, care coordinators and behavioral health professionals responsible for care management. The Manager, Care Management, works within specific guidelines and procedures; applies advanced technical knowledge to solve moderately complex problems; receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines approach, resources, schedules, and goals. Decisions are typically related to resources, approach, and tactical operations for projects and initiatives involving own departmental area.

The Manager, Care Management supervises, direct and evaluate a diverse group of health care professionals to assure effectiveness of care coordination activities.

Responsibilities

• Leads cross-functional collaboration through regular briefings and area meetings; maintains ongoing communication with departmental managers to ensure alignment and operational efficiency.
• Identify members for specific case management and / or disease management activities.
• Monitors case management activities, post-discharge calls, discharge planning and pre-assessment of elective admissions.
• Develop system-view recommendations, reports trends and implement appropriate actions to control trends.
• Develop audit plans and tools for teams to ensure compliance with state contracts on performance metrics and to ensure member needs are met.
• Develop reporting tools in collaboration with leadership to identify clinical performance.
• Interviews, hires, mentors, evaluates, coaches and manage performance for a diverse care coordination team.
• Onboards new associates including but not limited all pre-employment human resource tasks, ordering software, hardware, supplies and support technologies.
• Monitors performance of staff including service performance and adherence to established utilization and care coordination benchmarks.

Required Qualifications

• Applicants must reside in the state of Illinois within one of the following counties OR within a 30‑mile radius in a bordering county: Champaign, Coles, De Witt, Douglas, Ford, Livingston, Macon, McLean, Moultrie or Piatt.
• An active, unrestricted, Registered Nurse (RN) license, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) OR Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in the state of Illinois.
• Five (5) or more years of professional experience working in the health care industry and/or in care management.
• Two (2) or more years of leadership experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to use a variety of electronic information applications/software programs including electronic medical records.
• Proficiency in analyzing and interpreting data trends.
• This role is considered patient facing and is part of Humana’s Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB.
• Ability to travel throughout the state of Illinois.
• This role is part of Humana's driver safety program and therefore requires an individual to have a valid state driver's license and are expected to maintain personal vehicle liability insurance. Individuals must carry vehicle insurance in accordance with their residing state minimum required limits, or $25,000 bodily injury per person/$25,000 bodily injury per event /$10,000 for property damage or whichever is higher.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in nursing or business health field.
• Certified Case Manager (CCM).
• Previous experience working in a managed care field.
• Five (5) or more years of previous management/supervisor level experience to include hiring, training, mentoring and coaching associates.
• Prior experience with healthcare quality measures STARS, HEDIS, etc. and/or clinical program monitoring/evaluation.
• Knowledge of community health and social service agencies and additional community resources.
• Bilingual or Multilingual: English/Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Amharic, Urdu or other - Must be able to speak, read and write in both languages without limitations and assistance. See “Additional Information” section for language assessment information.

Additional Information

• Workstyle: This is a remote position that requires travel.
• Travel: 50 – 75% field-based interactions conducting care team oversight visits, meeting with members and/or their families, community partners and other care teams. May need to attend occasional onsite meetings in Humana's Illinois locations.
• Mileage Reimbursement for Travel: Mileage reimbursement is provided for work-related travel. Eligible mileage includes travel from your home to your first work location, travel between client or assignment locations during the workday, and travel from your final work location back to your home.
• Typical Workdays and Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST. May need to be provide flexibility with work schedule based on business needs.
• Direct Reports: Up to 15 associates.
• Language Assessment Statement: Any Humana associate who speaks with a member in a language other than English must take a language proficiency assessment, provided by an outside vendor, to ensure competency. Applicants will be required to take the Interagency Language Rating (ILR) test as provided by the Federal Government.

Interview Format

As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we will be using an interviewing technology called HireVue to enhance our hiring and decision-making ability. HireVue allows us to quickly connect and gain valuable information from you pertaining to your relevant skills and experience at a time that is best for your schedule.

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$86,300 - $118,700 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About us

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.