LocationBrooklyn, New YorkShift : Day (United States of America)Description : \n\nDiscover Where Amazing Works\n\nCase Manager - RN - Inpatient Units- Brooklyn Methodist - Days\n\nLocated in Park Slope, Brooklyn, this acute-care teaching hospital has been providing outstanding medical care to the surrounding communities for over 135 years.\n\nThe Case Manager is responsible for all aspects of discharge planning and utilization management / review for an assigned group of patients to determine the appropriateness of the admission and continued stay, assist in the development of the plan of care; ensure that the plan is implemented timely and identify the expected length of stay (ELOS). The Case Manager works collaboratively with physicians, social workers, clinical nurses, home care services, and other members of the interdisciplinary team. The Case Manager actively participates in specific clinical initiatives focused on reducing the length of stay (LOS), improving efficiency and quality, and ensuring resource utilization is appropriate.\n\nCase manager / utilization manager : Responsible for an average of 60-70 medical / surgical daily admissions that requires risk identification and clinical reviews. A utilization nurse completes no less than 20 initial clinical reviews daily.\n\nResponsibilities also includes : \n\nCompleting 100% clinical reviews for managed care, Medicare and Medicaid admissions\nCompleting concurrent and retrospective reviews\nCommunicating with physicians and the inpatient case management teams on patients who do not meet initial inpatient criteria or continued inpatient stay\nCoordinating expedited appeals for inpatient denials with attending physicians and insurance providers\nEnsuring organization resources are being utilized appropriately\nCompleting patient assessments within 24 hours\nCoordinating safe and appropriate post-acute care plans\nObtains authorizations from managed care companies for post-discharge services.\n\nThere is an onsite home care agency and a transfer and authorization center that can facilitate the referral process.\n\nThis is a full time Monday - Friday position 8 : 30am -5 : 00pm\n\nPosition requires weekend rotation and holidays.\n\nPreferred Criteria\n
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