Full-Time Intake Coordinator| Bluebird Health| Meridian, ID

We pride ourselves on our quality of care and ethical business practices as well as our foundational Core Values CAPLICO- - -Celebrate, Accountability, Passion for Learning, Intelligent Risk Taking, Customer Second, and Ownership. How we do it: CELEBRATING successes large or small. We hold each other ACCOUNTABLE with respect and professionalism. Our PASSION FOR LEARNING allows us to teach our team members the latest and most advanced Home Health and Hospice education. Our LOVE ONE ANOTHER atmosphere shows we work as a team with trust and compassion. The growth we have experienced reveals that we are INTELLIGENT RISK TAKERS with our processes and procedures. But what really sets us apart from all the others is our CUSTOMER SECOND philosophy. Employees are our main and most important focus. We achieve job fulfillment by promoting OWNERSHIP through the independence that Home Health and Hospice offers.

Job Description Summary

The Intake Coordinator is responsible for managing all aspects of the patient intake process including communicating directly with patients and families, data entry, establishing and maintaining positive relationships with customers and referral sources, responding to customer requests and concerns, facilitating a daily intake stand up meeting, and managing the insurance verification and authorization processes.

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities

• Directs all daily patient referral and intake operations including providing direct oversight of the establishment and implementation of intake policies.
• Ensures compliance with all state, federal, and Joint Commission referral/intake regulatory requirements.
• Directs the implementation of improved work methods and procedures to ensure patients are admitted in accordance with policy.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with current and potential
  referral sources.
• Ensures seamless transition of patients to home care by providing direct oversight of patient education and preparation for home care, plan of care initiation, and coordination of care with multiple service providers.
• Ensures maximum third-party reimbursement through direct oversight of insurance verification and authorization processes.
• Negotiates service pricing with insurance Case Managers and other payers within established financial and credit parameters.
• Builds and monitors community and customer perceptions of Bluebird Home Health and Hospice as a high-quality provider of services.
• Gathers, collates, and reports referral statistics including key customer referral trends.
• Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of Home Health and Hospice contractual relationships and ensures that patients are admitted according to contract provisions.
• Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of community resources and assists referral sources in accessing community resources should services not be provided by Bluebird Home Health & Hospice

Position Qualifications

• Flexible—responds well to changing priorities and conditions
• The Intake Coordinator must have healthcare experience, preferably in referrals/intake in a home health or hospice environment.
• A nursing background is preferred but not required.
• Demonstrates good communication, negotiation, and public relations skills.
• Demonstrates autonomy, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities

Bluebird Home Health and Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.