- Location
- Warrensburg, MO
- Department
- Healthcare
- Source
- Paylocity
Description
Description
PURPOSE STATEMENT:
Responsible for assisting in coordinating team-based care, to provide health services to individuals, through effective partnership with patients, their caregivers/families, community resources and members of the Care Team.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
· Serve as the contact point, advocate, and informational resource for patients, care team, family/caregiver(s), payers, and community resources.
· Work with RN’s and payers to plan and monitor patient care.
· Assess patient’s unmet health and social needs.
· Facilitate patient access to appropriate medical and specialty providers.
· Educate patient and family/caregiver(s) about relevant community resources.
· Facilitate and attend meetings between care team, payers, and community resources, as needed
· Assist with the identification of “high-risk” patients (the chronically ill and those with special health care needs), and add these to the patient registry (or flag in EHR)
· Follow up and monitor patients via payer work lists to assist in scheduling and following patient chronic care diagnosis.
· Attend all Care Coordinator training courses/webinars and meetings
· Display knowledge of preventative health requirements
· Maintain regular and predictable attendance
· Perform other essential duties as assigned
Requirements
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS
· Current Certified Medical Assistant certification or licensed practical nurse
Two years’ experience as a CCMA or LPN required
· BLS
· Previous experience in caring for chronic disease patients preferred
· Two years’ experience in clinical or community health setting preferred
· Previous Care Coordination, Case Management or Home Health experience preferred
· Must be self-motivated and have the ability to work within the established policies, procedures and practices prescribed by the hospital/clinic.