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MINIMUM POSITION EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS:
AGE-RELATED COMPETENCIES: Demonstrates the basic knowledge and skills necessary to identify age-specific patient needs appropriate for this position. Knowledge of pediatrics to geriatrics is necessary.
Information Management: Treats all information and data within the scope of the position with appropriate confidentiality and security.
Risk Management/Quality Management/Safety: Cooperates fully in all Risk Management, Quality Management, and Safety Activities and Investigations.
ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS: Work environment consists of daily patient contact, which may include exposure to blood, or other body fluids.
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Social Woker
3 months ago
Artesia, United States
Artesia General Hospital
Full time
Job Summary:
Responsible for the functions of case management, utilization review, discharge planning and transition of care.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining open, effective communication between the facility and alternate level health care organizations, patients and their families, physicians, and third party payers.
- Acts as a patient advocate to hospital clients.
- Determines medical necessity for admission and continued stay as well as patient status through appropriate application of nationally recognized criteria.
- Provides clinically based case management, discharge planning and care coordination to facilitate the delivery of cost effective quality healthcare.
- Provides patient/ family with information about home health care, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation facilities and appropriate providers. Maintains availability to the patient/family as a resource to facilitate communication among providers and to monitor services rendered.
- Maintains active communication with members of the multidisciplinary care team to affect timely and appropriate patient care and facilitate discharge.
- The case manager/social worker is on site and available seven days a week, as well as holidays and therefore is required to work a weekend rotation an occasional holiday and required to be on-call.
MINIMUM POSITION EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Education -Graduate from an accredited school of Social Work preferred. Or Bachelors degree in healthcare related field..
- Work Experience - Five years clinical experience in an acute care setting is strongly preferred.
- Training - Basic Computer
- License/Certification - Current New Mexico License as a Social Worker (LMSW)
- Maintains knowledge and understanding of Medicare and Medicaid guidelines and regulations pertaining to utilization review, discharge planning and Long Term Care (or transitional care).
- Experience in the use of InterQual or Milliman criteria and review processes preferred.
- Demonstrates the willingness to research, learn, and obtain knowledge for the performance of the position.
- Knowledge in the areas of Case Management and Utilization Management, experience with managed care as it relates to third party payers preferred.
- Directs, coordinates and provides Case Management to patients in caseload.
- Assess patients to identify needs, issues, resource and care goals.
- Completes Case Management assessment, reviews admitting diagnoses/problems, determines a plan to address patient's needs and optional/preferred level of care.
- Identifies potential transition planning problems in a timely manner to set up services required.
- Works with the attending physician and care team members to move patient through the hospital system and set up appropriate services or referrals. Works collaboratively to develop a discharge plan early in hospitalization.
- Proactively affects the system to facilitate efficient flow of care.
- Reviews patient admissions to determine the medical necessity for admission and continued stay using pre-established criteria.
- Identifies cases that fail criteria and refers them to the physician advisor appropriately.
- Assists and educates physicians on appropriate documentation warranting acute hospitalization.
- Acts as a resource when issuing notices of non-coverage (Medicare HINNs), Condition Code 44, or the 2 Midnight Rule to both the physicians involved and the patients. Explains UR processes and insurance coverage requirements.
- Consults with physicians and their offices and payers, to determine the appropriate status of a patient.
- Actively monitors observation status patients and seeks clarification of the status by the 24 hour mark and no later than 48 hours.
- Provides clinical data/information to contracted third-party payers while the patient is hospitalized to ensure continued reimbursement and avoid delays in reimbursement with in the established timeframe set by the contracts.
- Completes or oversees the completion of the Case Management Assessment of patients and support systems to facilitate the most appropriate and timely transition plan.
- The completion of the Choice Form for Medicare.
- Administering of the Important Message for Medicare.
- The completion of assembling the necessary referral paperwork prior to discharge.
- Documents offering of choice for SNF, DME or Hospice referrals according to Medicare requirements.
- Communicates the discharge plan to patients/their representatives and pertinent healthcare team members.
- Interacts, communicates and intervenes with the multidisciplinary healthcare team in a purposeful goal-directed fashion. Works proactively to maximize the effectiveness of resource utilization. Anticipates and facilitates problem resolution around issues of resource used and continued hospitalization and discharge planning.
- Maintains a proactive role to ensure appropriate documentation concurrently to minimize inefficient resource utilization and prevent loss of reimbursement.
- Utilizes appropriate resources in cases that present ethical dilemmas.
- Explores strategies to reduce LOS and resource consumption.
- Participates in daily rounds.
- Refers to the PA those cases in which appropriate resource utilization is to be evaluated.
- Reviews physician documentation and when needed seeks clarification relative to diagnosis and the patient's clinical state.
AGE-RELATED COMPETENCIES: Demonstrates the basic knowledge and skills necessary to identify age-specific patient needs appropriate for this position. Knowledge of pediatrics to geriatrics is necessary.
Information Management: Treats all information and data within the scope of the position with appropriate confidentiality and security.
Risk Management/Quality Management/Safety: Cooperates fully in all Risk Management, Quality Management, and Safety Activities and Investigations.
ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS: Work environment consists of daily patient contact, which may include exposure to blood, or other body fluids.