Medical Case Manager

Care Resource Community Health Centers, Inc.; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Care Resource Community Health Centers, Inc. is seeking a dedicated outreach and enrollment professional in Miami to help eligible patients and residents enroll in health coverage through Health Insurance Marketplaces, Medicaid, or CHIP.

You will interview clients, determine needs, enroll them, and coordinate follow-up to support ongoing treatment. The role requires a Bachelor’s in a behavioral science field, two years of related experience (including HIV/AIDS exposure), and ACA counseling

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a behavioral science field is required.
• Two years of related experience, HIV/AIDS experience required.
• ACA Certified Application Counselor certificate required annually; Case Management Medicaid certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide outreach and enrollment assistance for health coverage via Marketplaces, Medicaid, or CHIP.
• Interview clients to determine needs and eligibility for medical or social services.
• Enroll clients into appropriate programs and coordinate follow-up on care.
• Coordinate care with physicians and other care teams; manage post-hospital planning.
• Maintain records of services, labs, meds and visits; ensure treatment adherence.
• Educate and counsel clients on treatment plans and documentation requirements.
• Participate in program reporting and agency training; assist with budget and resource management.
• Act as liaison to remove barriers to treatment and coordinate community services.

Skills

Client interviewing

Communication

Advocacy

Coordination

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Behavioral Science

Job description

Provide outreach and enrollment assistance activities and facilitates enrollment of eligible health center patients and service area residents into affordable health insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Interactions with clients that lead to improved client health.

Create rapport with client interactions to help each progress in their medical treatment.

Interview prospective clients to determine individual needs and eligibility for various medical or social services and enroll them into available community programs.

Coordinate, support and follow up on medical treatments.

Maintain an average annual active caseload assigned by the supervisor.

Serve as a liaison, coordinator and/or advocate between various co-workers within the Case Management, Medical Care departments or other community medical or agency service providers to remove barriers to treatment/care for clients.

Use knowledge of individual programs to conduct home visits, hospital visits and one visit with the State of Florida’s contracted disease management firm to develop acuity level of care as needed.

Coordinate with physicians for appropriate service mobilization.

Discharge planning from hospitalizations that assist with coordinating post hospital care based upon client needs.

Maintain organized systems of tracking client labs, medication, diagnostic testing, medical, therapy and hospital visits to help clients remain compliant with treatment and service plans; all with the goal of seeing clients progress toward improvements in their lives.

Provide ongoing medication and treatment counseling through use of treatment adherence assessment tools.

Treatment and Service Planning and Documentation:

Ensure all documentation is timely, accurate, legible and clear.

Develop comprehensive, individualized service plans or plans of care.

Monitor clients to assess efficacy of treatment plans and reassess and adjust as necessary.

Empower clients to participate in their treatment planning.

Maintain treatment plans, progress notes and progress reviews in client records as specified in agency policy, program guidelines and performance standards.

Input client information using electronic data entry according to agency and departmental guidelines.

Maintain an accurate record on time sheet reflecting time spent in each program worked (e.g. Ryan White 75 hrs, Medicaid Waiver 5 hrs, ACA 10 hrs).

Prepare necessary program reports and records as requested by the supervisor and/or manager.

Coordinate with supervisor when necessary to meet unusual challenges.

Manage Resources:

Maintain comprehensive knowledge of community services to apply knowledge of services to individual client needs.

Utilize knowledge of community programs to help clients understand the different types of medical, insurance and other programs offered under State and Federal Programs as required.

Bill a minimum of six hours in an 8-hour day.

Use program knowledge to provide clients with information about bill-coverage, services and procedures as required.

Control, manage, and balance the monthly and annual budget stipulated by the State of Florida for each appropriate client.

Support billing through concurrent documentation of service provided and budget activities as required (i.e. reconciling billing across data systems including: PCIS, Web-based systems, CASEWATCH and client records).

Participate in staff training sessions within the timeframes specified and as required by the agency and the funding source.

Community Involvement:

Participate in agency developmental activities as requested.

Other duties as assigned.

Safety

Ensure proper hand washing according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

Documents patient’s medications correctly, makes sure each patient knows which medicines to take when they are at home and encourages each

patient to bring their up-to-date list of medicines every time they visit the doctor.

Ensures each new client receives screening for their risk of suicide.

Understands and appropriately acts upon assigned role in Emergency Code System

Understands and performs assigned role in Agency Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in a behavioral science field like Social Work, Nursing or Psychology is required.

Training and Experience:

Two (2) years of related experience are required. One year of HIV/AIDS experience is required. HIV/AIDS 104, 500 & 501 and Case Management training provided by the State or County are required within 90 days of hire date.

Licenses and/or certifications:

Affordable Care Act Certified Application Counselor Certificate required annually. Case Management Medicaid Provider Certification is required. Completed application and fingerprinting submitted to supervisor within 30 days of hire.

Contact Responsibility:

The responsibility for internal and external contacts is frequent and important.

Culture of Service: 3 C’s

Compassion

Greets internal or external customers (i.e. patient, client, staff, vendor) with courtesy, making eye contact, responding with a proper tone and nonverbal language.

Listens to the internal or external customer (i.e. patient, client, staff, vendor) attentively, reassuring and understanding of the request and providing appropriate options or resolutions.

Competency

Provides services required by following established protocols and when needed, procure additional help to answer questions to ensure appropriate services are delivered

Commitment

Takes initiative and anticipates internal or external customer needs by engaging them in the process and following up as needed

Prioritize internal or external customer (i.e. patient, client, staff, vendor) requests to ensure the prompt and effective response is provided

Physical Requirements

This work requires the following physical activities: constant sitting, walking, hearing, talking in person and talking on the phone. Occasional driving stretching/reaching and standing are required. Work is performed in an office setting. Sometimes, work is performed in client’s homes, community agency settings and in hospitals.

Other

Participates in health center developmental activities as requested. Other duties as assigned. Own transportation required.

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Enthusiastic : Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

Dedicated : Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Team Player : Works well as a member of a group

Detail Oriented : Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

Required

Flexibility : Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals

Ability to Make an Impact : Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Education

Required

Bachelors or better in Social Work or related field.

Experience

Required

2 years: Two years of related experience are required. One year of HIV/AIDS experience is required. HIV/AIDS 104, 500 & 501 and Case Management training provided by the State or County are required within 90 days of hire date.

Licenses & Certifications

Required

ACA Certified

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