The Care Coordinator is a highly visible customer service and patient-focused role that works directly with our patient population and their families, insurance representatives and outside vendors, physicians, clinicians and other medical personnel in a dynamic and professional environment to provide the highest level of quality healthcare to our members.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinates and processes patient referrals to completion with precision, detail and accuracy.
• Prioritizes HPP patients in Primary Care Physicians panel, stats, expedites and orders over 5 days.

• Orders have been approved (when needed).
• Schedules patient (Preferred Providers List of Specialist) and notifies them of appointment information, including, date, time, location, etc.
• Uses Web IVR to generate authorizations (Availity, Careplus, Healthhelp NIA and any other approved web IVR for authorization processing).
• Completes orders with proper documentation on where patient is scheduled and how patient was notified.
• Referrals have been sent to specialist office & confirmed receipt.
• Prepares and actively participates during physician/clinician daily huddles utilizing RITS Huddle Portal and huddle guide.
• Communicates effectively the physicians/clinicians needs or outstanding items regarding to patients.
• Enters all Inpatient and Outpatient elective procedures in HITS tool.
• Ensures patient's external missed appointment are rescheduled and communicated to the physician/clinician.
• Participates in Super Huddle and provides updates on high priority patients referrals.
• Addresses referral based phone calls for Primary Care Physicians panel.
• Completes and addresses phone messages within 24 hours of call.
• Checks out patients based on their assigned physician/clinician. (Note: If assigned Care Coordinator is unavailable at the time of check out, a colleague shall assist patient. This process does not apply to Care Specialist)
• Retrieves consultation notes from the consult tracking tool.
• Follows up on all Home Health and DME orders to ensure patient receives services ordered.
• Provide extraordinary customer service to all internal and external customers (including patients and other
• ChenMed Medical team members) at all times. Utilization of patient messaging tools.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE CRITERIA:

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Up to one (1) year of relevant work experience required. Experience with Web IVRs and obtaining referrals/authorizations for multiple payers strongly preferred. Healthcare experience in a clinical setting, preferably within the Medicare HMO population is a plus.
• CPR for Healthcare Providers is preferred. A valid driver's license in State of employment is required; position may require travel within the market.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $19.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Glenwood, IL 60425: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Insurance verification: 1 year (Preferred)
• Medical billing: 1 year (Preferred)

Language:

• Spanish (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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