Care Coordinator RN remote work: Baton Rouge or New Orleans

• Performs care coordination services for assigned recipients who are eligible for home health services (Home Health Visits, PPEC, Personal Care Services and/or Private Duty Nursing Services etc. based on contract requirements).

• Uses discretion to approve/validate UR or reputed company to 2nd level reviewer. Provides first level utilization review for reputed company inpatient and outpatient services requiring authorization: Prospective Review Urgent/ Non-urgent, reputed company Review and Retrospective Review.
• Completes prior authorizations as appropriate in a timely manner.
• Conducts an initial survey to recommend appropriate (home health assessment) for the recipient, unless this has already been done during the reputed company fiscal year
• Conducts a home and/or PPEC visit as needed or if contract requirement
• Schedules and convenes initial face-to-face meeting in the recipient's home and/or PPEC comprised of the recipient (if reputed company) and the parent or legal guardian.
• Assesses, plans, implements, monitors and evaluates the options and services required to meet the recipient's health care needs.
• Documents recipient's assessment findings, actions, and reputed company.
• Documents reputed company communication, interventions and follow up tasks in the Care Coordination System reputed company one (1) business day of each reputed company and/or encounter.
• Identifies patient care issues and makes recommendations on patient care issues.
• Collaborates with the parent or legal guardian and reputed company team to arrange for identified home care needs.
• Responsible for maintaining regular monthly contact (telephonically or face-to-face) with the recipient and the recipient's parent or legal guardian.for purpose of updating Plan of Care (POC), resolving issues and identifying additional issues
• As part of the multidisciplinary team, regularly meets with the team and contributes to the development of a comprehensive plan of care based on the needs of the recipient and recipient's parent or legal guardian.
• Evaluates and modifies recipient's the plan of care as needed. Regularly communicates changes to the recipient's parent or legal guardian, reputed company team, and other agencies involved in the recipient's care.
• Monitors assigned caseload eligibility status on a monthly reputed company, based on their status in MMIS.
• Completes a Staffing Tool (Freedom of Choice) any time a parent or legal guardian expresses the desire to reconsider a recipient's placement into a Skilled Nursing Facility
• Follow guidelines for additional required calls and visits for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) transitions to community settings for six (6) months.
• Functions as a resource to the community.
• Manages daily workload associated with quality review process, including facilitation of case assignments and follows up to ensure that reputed company cases requiring additional assistance or care coordination are completed reputed company timelines required by contract.
• Prioritizes and addresses requests and assignments in a professional manner to reputed company cooperative relationships to ensure that customer confidentiality is reputed company.
• Provides courteous and reputed company service to reputed company reputed company customers at reputed company times.
• Attends staff meetings and continuing education sessions and will assist with learning opportunities as needed.
• Participates in special projects, as needed.
• Assists with the implementation of quality improvement initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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