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Care Coordinator

Posted: October 25, 2024
Salary:US$23 - US$25 per hour
Location:Stickney
Job type: Permanent
Discipline:Care Management
Reference:235784_1729870750
Work Location:On-site

Job description

Job Description:

Responsibilities/ Job Duties:

  • Prioritizes HPP patients in Primary Care Physicians panel, stats, expedites and orders over 5 days.
  • Orders have been approved (when needed).
  • Schedules patients (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.
  • Effectively communicates 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 appointments 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.
  • Retrieves consultation notes from the consult tracking tool.
  • Follows up on all Home Health and DME orders to ensure patient receives services ordered.

Minimum Education and Experience Qualification Requirements:

  • High School diploma or equivalent required
  • A minimum of 1 year of referral experience in a healthcare setting required.
  • Medical Assistant certification preferred
  • CPR for Healthcare Providers is preferred

Schedule/ Shift:

  • M-F 8-5:00pm

Benefits:

  • Paid Sick Leave (Medix provides paid sick leave according to state and local sick leave ordinances)
  • Health Benefits / Dental / Vision (Medix Offers 6 different health plans: 3 Major Medical Plans, 2 Fixed Indemnity Plans (Standard and Preferred), and 1 Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) Plan. Eligibility for health benefits is based on verifying that an average of 30 hours per week during the first 4 weeks of the work assignment has been met. If you meet eligibility requirements and take action to enroll, you will be covered no earlier than 60 days into your assignment, depending on plan selection(s).)
  • 401k (eligible on the first 401k open enrollment date following 6 consecutive months on assignment. 401k Open Enrollment dates are 1/1, 4/1, 7/1, and 10/1)
  • Short Term Disability Insurance
  • Term Life Insurance Plan

Medix is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.