UM Care Review Clinician
AltaStaff is a staffing agency currently looking for a Care Review Clinician I to work with our Managed Care Client! Pay Rate: $40 - 42 hourly Schedule: Variable hours Sunday-Sunday, with potential to work until 6pm CST
This is a fully remote role but candidates must have a valid RN license in Illinois
* Position Purpose: Care Review Clinician works with the Utilization Management team primarily responsible for medical necessity/utilization review aimed at providing members with the right care.
- Assess and analyze clinical service requests (e.g., surgeries, outpatient therapies, DME) using evidence-based MCP/MCG criteria.
- Verify member benefits and eligibility and Process prior authorization determinations within regulatory timelines
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
- Completes/reviews Authorizations, reviewing faxes that can be 50-100 pages long
- Will be expected to manage 25-30 cases successfully daily.
- Should be able to quickly and accurately determine whether the criteria meet medical necessity.
- Provides daily review and evaluation of members that require hospitalization and/or procedures providing prior authorizations and/or concurrent review.
- Assesses services for Molina Members to ensure optimum outcomes, cost effectiveness and compliance with all state and federal regulations and
- guidelines.
- Provides concurrent review and prior authorizations (as needed) according to Molina policy for Molina members as part of the Utilization Management team.
- Additional duties assigned
Education/Experience:
- RN license in IL required
- Must have 2+ years clinical practice experience (hospital, case management, utilization management)
- Must have 1-3+ years of hospital or medical clinic, utilization review or prior authorization experience
- Must have 2-3 years of Med-Surg Acute Hospital Care experience; Familiarity with Inpatient Medical Necessity
- Must have solid experience within a clinical setting as RN’s must be able to use their knowledge to extrapolate key information during the authorization process
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