Remote Inpatient Review RN / LVN Nurse, Must have California Licensure (Long-Term Temp w/ Med Benefits)

Overview of the Role:

Alignment Health is seeking a remote inpatient review nurse (must have California license) for a long-term temporary engagement (with medical benefits) to join the utilization management (UM) team. As an inpatient review nurse, you get to assist patients through the continuum of care in collaboration with the patient’s primary care physician, facility case manager, discharge planner and employing contracted ancillary service providers and community resources as needed. You will coordinate care with delegated and de-delegated groups to ensure that services are provided at the most appropriate, cost- effective level of care needed to meet the patient’s medical needs while maintaining safety and quality.

Note: Since Alignment Health is continuing to expand, there is a possibility the engagement could possibly extend and / or convert depending on budget, business need, and individual performance.

Responsibilities:

• Perform reviews of inpatients with complex medical and social problems.
• Generate referrals to contracted ancillary service providers and community
• agencies with the agreement of the patient’s primary care physician with collaboration of IPA / MG as necessary.
• Perform follow-up reviews and evaluations of patients in the ambulatory care or lower level of care setting.
• Review inpatient admissions timely and identifies appropriate level of care and continued stay based on acceptable evidence-based guidelines used by CCHP.
• Effectively communicate with patients, their families and or support systems, and collaborate with physicians and ancillary service providers to coordinate care activities.
• Identify members who may need complex or chronic case management post discharge and warm handoff to appropriate staff for ambulatory follow up as necessary.
• Communicate and collaborate with IPA / MG as necessary for effective management of Members.
• Assign and provide daily oversight of the activities and tasks of the CCIP Coordinator.
• Record communications in EZ-Cap and / or case management database.
• Arrange and participate in multi-disciplinary patient care conferences or rounds.
• Monitor, document, and report pertinent clinical criteria as established per UM policy and procedure.
• Monitor for any over utilization or underutilization activities.
• Generate referrals as appropriate to the QM department.
• Enter data as necessary for the generation of reports related to case management.
• Report the progress of all open cases to the medical director, director of healthcare services, and manager of utilization management.

Required Skills & Experience:

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