Admission Coordinator

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Remote part-time hospice admissions coordinator for BAYADA Home Health Care. Coordinating referrals, admissions, insurance verification, and family support during weekend coverage.

Responsibilities:

  • Receive and coordinate hospice referrals from physicians, hospitals, facilities, and community resources
  • Lead client pre-admission activities and referral management processing
  • Coordinate hospice services with referral sources, insurance companies, clients, and families
  • Process referrals and admissions, collaborate with branch operations and sales, and enter admission data after requirements are met
  • Obtain billing, clinical, referral-source, and account information
  • Screen and verify benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party payer guidelines
  • Coordinate equipment with contracted vendors and gather admission documentation
  • Monitor referral calls, fax lines, and portals
  • Contact clients, families, program managers, liaisons, and referral sources as needed
  • Enter information accurately into HCHB
  • Verify insurance eligibility and authorization
  • Explain hospice benefits, services, and philosophy to clients and families
  • Schedule hospice informational meetings
  • Coordinate durable medical equipment and comfort kits for client transitions
  • Audit HCHB charts and ensure documents are signed, dated, and uploaded
  • Follow up on pending referrals and maintain relationships with referral sources
  • Support marketing strategies and site/company growth
  • Provide billing and insurance documentation to the Billing Coordinator
  • Maintain communication with pending clients, families, and referral sources
  • Attend assigned in-services and continuing education programs
  • Maintain HIPAA privacy and confidentiality
  • Perform related duties as assigned by the supervisor

Requirements:

  • Four (4) year college degree
  • Minimum two (2) years of experience and/or training with hospice
  • Experience in a medical office environment, customer service role, and intake or inside sales experience are preferred
  • Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) certification is preferred but not required
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work in a demanding, high-stress environment
  • Ability to sit, stand, bend, lift, and move
  • Ability to comply with occupational safety requirements
  • Confidence discussing hospice benefits and obstacles to choosing hospice
  • High integrity, negotiation, advanced customer service, organizational, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to collaborate with clinical, sales, and non-clinical staff
  • Ability to work with physician offices, hospitals, and facility administrators
  • Ability to learn and utilize HCHB, including hospice workflow tasks
  • Critical thinking and ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
  • Willingness to learn hospice regulatory standards, including Medicare Conditions of Participation
  • Extensive knowledge of hospice benefits, services, and philosophy
  • Effective communication with hospice clinical/operations, sales, referral, and healthcare personnel
  • High attention to detail
  • Ability to cope with work involving ill, disabled, and dying clients
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and Teams
  • Ability to read, write, and effectively communicate in English
  • Availability to work Saturdays and Sundays, at least one major holiday, and two minor holidays per year

Benefits:

  • Paid weekly
  • Stability and structure of a national company with the values and culture of a family-owned business
  • Attend in-services and continuing education programs when appropriate and assigned