**Nurse Utilization Review Specialist**

6 days ago


Edgewater, New Jersey, United States VNS Health Full time

About the Role:

VNS Health is seeking a skilled Nurse Utilization Review Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our quality improvement team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the highest level of patient care and satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct clinical assessments, including medication reconciliations, post-discharge transitions of care, and follow-up assessments.
  • Collaborate with programs to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, including DOH, CMS, and NCQA.
  • Coach, facilitate, and monitor continuous improvement to attain strategic quality objectives and industry benchmarks for patient outcomes, satisfaction, cost, and regulatory requirements.
  • Conduct clinical reviews with primary care providers or specialists to address non-adherence and/or clinical diagnosis for HEDIS/QARR exclusion.
  • Participate and lead improvement teams and projects related to performance improvement, measurement, and documentation.
  • Perform audits on medical records and provide counseling/guidance to PCPs on VNS Health Medical Record Documentation Standards.
  • Develop forms, record abstracts, reports, and other tools used to implement concurrent and retrospective patient care review.
  • Perform utilization and quality assessment reviews to maintain compliance with Federal and State regulatory requirements.
  • Identify and analyze results to inform the development of correction plans.
  • Develop action plans in collaboration with management staff based on quality reviews and root cause analysis findings.
  • Make recommendations to appropriate staff and/or committees about findings of reviews, surveys, and studies.
  • Participate in the preparation for and assist with site visits of outside providers for the purpose of regulatory quality compliance.
  • Investigate patient-related complaints, at the direction of the Director.
  • Prepare related reports of investigations and recommendations for correction/improvement.
  • Develop training materials for and spread protocols/standards for patient populations within a collaborative framework.
  • Conduct follow-ups and reassessment and report findings to evaluate whether corrective actions for regulatory issues, compliance, or deficiencies identified in patient complaints/incidents were implemented effectively.
  • Develop processes, policies, and procedures related to current practice and changes in regulatory and industry requirements.
  • Collect and feed back data on performance improvement for teams within a region/program.

Requirements:

  • License and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State required.
  • Minimum of three years quality improvement experience in a health plan or healthcare setting required.
  • Minimum of one year experience in quality management, practice improvement, and compliance preferred.
  • Demonstrated leadership experience preferred.
  • Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including group facilitation skills required.


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