Nurse Reviewer I

Elevance Health; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated clinical nurse for a virtual role focused on conducting preauthorization and treatment reviews for diagnostic imaging services. In this position, you will collaborate with healthcare providers to ensure the highest quality of care and optimize member benefits. With a strong emphasis on medical necessity reviews, you'll play a crucial role in enhancing member outcomes while working within a supportive team environment. If you have a passion for nursing and a desire to make a difference in healthcare, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Incentives

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years clinical nursing experience or 1 year in utilization management.
• Current unrestricted RN license required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct preauthorization and treatment reviews for diagnostic imaging services.
• Collaborate with healthcare providers to ensure quality member outcomes.

Skills

Clinical Nursing Experience

Utilization Management

Medical Necessity Review

Communication Skills

Education

AS in Nursing

RN License

BA/BS Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location: This is a Virtual role, Must be located within 50 miles of a Pulse Point

Schedule: 9:30am-6:00pm, Rotating weekend shifts.

Responsible for conducting preauthorization, out of network and appropriateness of treatment reviews for diagnostic imaging services by utilizing appropriate policies, clinical and department guidelines.

• Collaborates with healthcare providers, and members to promote the most appropriate, highest quality and effective use of diagnostic imaging to ensure quality member outcomes, and to optimize member benefits.
• Works on reviews that are routine having limited or no previous medical review experience requiring guidance by more senior colleagues and/or management.
• Partners with more senior colleagues to complete non-routine reviews.
• Through work experience and mentoring learns to conduct medical necessity clinical screenings of preauthorization requests to assess the medical necessity of diagnostic imaging procedures, out of network services, and appropriateness of treatment.

Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Conducts initial medical necessity clinical screening and determines if initial clinical information presented meets medical necessity criteria or requires additional medical necessity review.
• Conducts initial medical necessity review of exception preauthorization requests for services requested outside of the client health plan network.
• Notifies ordering physician or rendering service provider office of the preauthorization determination decision.
• Follows-up to obtain additional clinical information.
• Ensures proper documentation, provider communication, and telephone service per department standards and performance metrics.

Minimum Requirements:

• AS in nursing and minimum of 3 years of clinical nursing experience in an ambulatory or hospital setting or minimum of 1 year of prior utilization management, medical management and/or quality management, and/or call center experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
• Current unrestricted RN license in applicable state(s) required.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities, and Experiences:

• Familiarity with Utilization Management Guidelines, ICD-9 and CPT-4 coding, and managed health care including HMO, PO and POS plans strongly preferred.
• BA/BS degree preferred.
• Previous utilization and/or quality management and/or call center experience preferred.
• Knowledge in Microsoft Office.

For candidates working in person or remotely in the below location(s), the salary* range for this specific position is $33.81 to $44.18

Locations: Illinois, California, Maryland

In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive