Utilization Review Coordinator

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Utilization Review Coordinator responsible for patient admission screening and concurrent reviews at Franciscan Health. Collaborating with healthcare teams to ensure medical necessity and utilization benefits.

Responsibilities:

  • Perform admission screening for patients in a bed for medical necessity
  • Perform concurrent reviews for appropriateness of utilization to optimize clinical and financial outcomes
  • Communicate with physicians, patients, members of the Healthcare team, Coordinated Business Office staff, Denial Management staff, and third-party payors to justify the admission or continued stay
  • Notify appropriate staff members of any admission, service, length of stay, lack of medical necessity criteria, as well as denials/appeals and issuing of letters to patients
  • Provide Physician, Patient, Family, Staff and Student education
  • Act as a resource person for the case management department regarding payer rules, regulations, policies and procedures, and utilization issues
  • Perform admission necessity screening using criteria as established by the various federal, state and private sector programs

Requirements:

  • Associate degree in nursing/patient care required
  • Bachelor's Degree in nursing/patient care preferred
  • Registered Nurse (RN - Indiana licensure) required
  • 3 years of nursing/patient care experience required
  • 2 years of Utilization or Case Management experience preferred

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive benefit offerings