Registered Nurse Utilization Review Specialist

2 weeks ago


Dallas, Texas, United States University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Registered Nurse to join our team as a Utilization Review Specialist. In this role, you will be responsible for conducting medical certification reviews to determine the medical necessity of acute care services.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct inpatient admission reviews for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, as well as private insurance members and self-pay patients, based on evidence-based guidelines.
  • Use nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines approved by medical staff to recommend the level of care to physicians and serve as a resource to the medical staff on issues related to admission qualifications, resource utilization, national and local coverage determinations, and documentation requirements.
  • Collaborate with the access management team to provide accurate and complete clinical information to obtain authorization.
  • Confer with admitting physicians when documentation does not appear to support hospital level of care and offer suggestions for clarity and completeness.
  • Use InterQual Level of Care Criteria for appropriateness for inpatient level of care or observation services based on physician documentation, H&P, treatment plan, potential risks, and basis for expectation of a two-midnight stay.
  • Keep current on all Federal, State, and local regulatory changes that affect delivery or reimbursement of acute care services within the scope of Utilization Management.
  • Proactively collaborate with admitting physicians to provide coaching on accurate level of care determination at point-of-hospital entry.
  • Consistently identify and record information on any progression-of-care/patient flow barriers.
  • Actively participate in daily huddles, multidisciplinary rounds, and patient care conferences to maintain knowledge about intensity of services and the progression of care.
  • Identify and record episodes of preventable delays or avoidable days due to failure of progression-of-care processes.
  • Educate members of the patient's care team on the appropriate access to and use of various levels of care.
  • Promote the use of evidence-based protocols and/or order sets to influence high-quality and cost-effective care.
  • Serve as a resource person to physicians, care coordinators, physician offices, and billing office for coverage and compliance issues.
  • Work closely with decision support staff to review resource utilization data and trends to identify outliers who may benefit from real-time coaching to improve outcomes.
Requirements
  • Graduate of an accredited nursing program and holds an active unrestricted RN license in the State of Texas.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience, including 2 years of clinical experience and a minimum of 3 years of recent Utilization Review experience.
  • Current experience with utilizing a medical necessity tool to perform utilization reviews.
  • Acute Care experience is preferred.
  • Basic computer skills and knowledge.
  • Prior experience with Epic CCM.
Working Conditions

This is a remote-only position, and individuals who reside in the job will permanently work 100% from an alternate approved worksite.

Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimums require prior approval of the Vice President for Human Resources Administration, or his/her designee.



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