Utilization Management Rn Jobs

This position is hybrid (remote and will require some meetings onsite in Dallas)
ABOUT THE JOB: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:

• 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,
• 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.
• Advances clinical expertise through attendance at in-hours education opportunities, reading journals, and attendance at conferences.
• 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;
• 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.
• Attends department/program meetings regularly.
• Escalate payer problems to UM RN II or Denials Management Specialist
• Maintains productivity and optimum case load, delegating appropriately to maximize skills set, productivity and effectiveness.
• Maintain accurate documentation of all communication and interventions in EMR.
• Requesting expedited appeal, use of third party Physician Advisor, facilitation of peer to peer with CHST Physician.
• 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.
• Other job duties as assigned
• Accountable for current knowledge of utilization management responsibilities, including: payer information; business rules; regulatory guidelines; and policies and procedures.
• Identifies issues and strategies to modify and/or enhance the utilization management program.
• 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.

Other information:
WORK EXPERIENCE

• At least 1 year Utilization Review or Case Management experience Preferred
• Previous experience with Interqual or Milliman Preferred
• 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

EDUCATION

• BSN required

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Accredited Case Manager (ACM) or Certified Case Manager (CCM) certification Preferred
• Registered Nurse Required

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