Children's Health (Dallas) is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Utilization Review for a nursing job in Dallas, Texas.
Job Title & Specialty Area: Utilization Management RN
Department: Utilization Review
Location: Dallas
Shift: Day, M-F (This position does provide some flexibility in start/end time, and does require availability to be on campus for meetings)
Job Type: Remote
Why Children’s Health?
At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.
Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.
Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.
Summary:
The Utilization Management Nurse is responsible for determining and managing medical necessity of acute inpatient admissions utilizing clinical criteria. This includes communication with the Physician's admitting patients to a Children's Health System of Texas (CHST) facility and collaboration with the Physician Advisor during the review process.
Responsibilities:
* Accountable for current knowledge of utilization management responsibilities, including: payer information; business rules; regulatory guidelines; and policies and procedures.
* Performs initial, concurrent, discharge, and retrospective reviews on assigned caseload. Reviews inpatient medical necessity criteria utilizing Indicia or Interqual, CHST clinical pathways, and clinical knowledge to determine appropriateness of admission, level of care, and continued stay.
* Analyzes patient records to determine legitimacy of admission, treatment, and length of stay in health-care facility to comply with government and insurance company reimbursement policies: Analyzes insurance, governmental, and accrediting agency standards to determine criteria concerning admissions, treatment, and length of stay of patients.
* Combines clinical, business and regulatory knowledge and skill to reduce significant financial risk and exposure caused by concurrent and retrospective denial of payments for services provided.
* Maintains productivity and optimum case load, delegating appropriately to maximize skills set, productivity and effectiveness.
* Collaborates with Patient Access Services as it relates to inpatient authorization, predetermination, pre/prior authorization, and status changes.
* Communicates with Commercial or MMC (Medicaid Managed Care) payers to certify inpatient days as required. Utilizes various methods to obtain necessary information: telephone, fax, secure email, secure web portal. Removing completed cases from the Midas worklist.
* Maintain accurate documentation of all communication and interventions in EMR.
* Escalate payer problems to UM RN II or Denials Management Specialist
* Proactively intervenes with medical necessity, or level of care denials by exercising all real-time options to overturn decision. Actions include, but not limited to,
* requesting expedited appeal, use of third party Physician Advisor, facilitation of peer to peer with CHST Physician.
* Identifies issues and strategies to modify and/or enhance the utilization management program.
* Advances clinical expertise through attendance at in-hours education opportunities, reading journals, and attendance at conferences.
* Attends department/program meetings regularly.
* Maintains a level of productivity and quality consistent with: complexity of the assignment; facility policies and guidelines; established principles, ethics and standards of practice of professional nursing;
* Other job duties as assigned
WORK EXPERIENCE
* At least 4 years clinical nursing experience. For those employees hired after 4/1/2022 experience must be in the following areas: CCBD (Oncology), NICU, PICU, Heart Center (Cardiology, Pulmonary and/or Emergency Department) required
* At least 1 year Utilization Review or Case Management experience preferred
* Previous experience with Interqual or Milliman preferred
A Place Where You Belong
We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children’s Health a place where everyone can contribute.
Holistic Benefits – How We’ll Care for You:
· Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.
· 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure
· Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)
· Caregiver Leave
· Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.
Children's Health (Dallas) Job ID #20324. Posted job title: Utilization Reviewrn
At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children for 110 years, and generation to come. We recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal. Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.
Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community.
Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.
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