What are the responsibilities and job description for the Referral Specialist position at UCHealth?
Location: UCHealth UCHlth Pain Mgmt Office Pkvw, US:CO:Pueblo
Department: PMG Pain Management
FTE: Part Time, 1.0, 80.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)
Shift: Days
Pay: $16.07 - $24.10 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience
Summary:Ensures compliance with managed care, commercial insurance, and public insurance requirements. Submits and tracks referrals. Provides efficient patient flow and service excellence.
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.
UCHealth invests in its Workforce.
UCHealth offers a Five Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee's contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals, and tenure with UCHealth. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October following completion of five years' employment.
UCHealth offers their employees a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package:
Loan Repayment:
UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.
UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, genetic information or veteran status. UCHealth does not discriminate against any "qualified applicant with a disability" as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.
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Department: PMG Pain Management
FTE: Part Time, 1.0, 80.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)
Shift: Days
Pay: $16.07 - $24.10 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience
Summary:Ensures compliance with managed care, commercial insurance, and public insurance requirements. Submits and tracks referrals. Provides efficient patient flow and service excellence.
Responsibilities:
- Verifies eligibility and benefits; obtains authorizations for treatment or precertification of high cost drugs. Tracks referrals to ensure compliance with guidelines. Tracks formulary requirements.
- Responds to third party payors, employers, internal staff, and physician questions. Maintains information on health plan guidelines. Provides training on plan requirements. Obtains Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) or Notice of Exclusions from Medicare Benefits (NEMB) if required. Ensures provider compliance with plan guidelines.
- Ensures confidentiality of patient and institutional information. Provides routine information to customers and relays information appropriately.
- Monitors patient needs and responds to inquiries. Prepares written reports.
- Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action.
Requirements:
- High School diploma or GED.
- 6 months' experience in healthcare.
We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.
UCHealth invests in its Workforce.
UCHealth offers a Five Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee's contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals, and tenure with UCHealth. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October following completion of five years' employment.
UCHealth offers their employees a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package:
- Medical, dental and vision coverage including coverage for eligible dependents
- 403(b) with employer matching contributions
- Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence; start your employment at UCHealth with PTO in your bank
- Employer-paid basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options
- Employer paid short term disability and long-term disability with buy-up coverage options
- Wellness benefits
- Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs
- Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year
Loan Repayment:
- UCHealth is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program! UCHealth provides employees with free assistance navigating the PSLF program to submit their federal student loans for forgiveness through Savi.
UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.
UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, genetic information or veteran status. UCHealth does not discriminate against any "qualified applicant with a disability" as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.
Who We Are (uchealth.org)
Salary : $16 - $24
