Oncology LPN Care Manager

Pay Range : $24.52 - $33.17 / hour

Actual base pay will be determined based on a successful candidate's work location, skills / abilities, experience, and education.

Interested applicants must be willing and able to work at least 4 days per week onsite in our Melbourne, FL or Orlando, FL office.

Who We Are

At Christian Care Ministry (CCM) we believe that Christians can, and should, share in one another’s burdens. Through the use of Medi-Share®, a healthcare sharing ministry for Christians, we cultivate that belief.

The Team

Everyone at Christian Care Ministry agrees to our Statement of Faith which outlines our core beliefs. Although we aren’t perfect people, we are serving our perfect God to the best of our ability.

The Role

The Oncology LPN Care Manager handles a diverse workload by performing prospective, concurrent, and retrospective utilization management / review-related functions while adhering to the organization’s governing guidelines, standard medical rules, and utilization management best practices. This individual will assist in identifying cost saving opportunities through patient assistant programs for genetic testing. In addition, this individual will monitor and analyze healthcare activity through medical billing and collaborate with RN Care Managers to provide clinical support for members.

As a key contributor to the organization's culture and Christian values, the Oncology LPN Care Manager will pray with members, family members, and medical providers and support them through difficult diagnoses. We're excited to onboard a compassionate, kind, seasoned professional with related experience and deep-rooted faith.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Works with leadership, clinical staff, key internal departments, and external customers to ensure optimum clinical outcomes for members
• Reviews and interprets members’ medical records and compares them against proprietary and evidenced-based criteria to determine eligibility for bill sharing and advocacy for additional programs and interventions; determines if the medical record documentation supports the eligibility of requested and / or billed services
• Abstracts review-related data / information accurately and timely in appropriate review systems by the appropriate means. Provides accurate and timely submission of all administrative and review-related documents to appropriate parties
• Performs ongoing reassessment of review process to offer opportunities for improvement and / or change
• Reviews requests for genetic testing to determine eligibility for sharing and implements appropriate reimbursement strategies
• Advocates for members using the Medi-Share program to meet their health care needs
• Performs case reviews, checks medical records, speaks with patients and care providers regarding treatment and collaborates with plan of care
• Reviews pre-notification of services and clinical information for care management intervention and medical appropriateness
• Performs clinical reviews paying close attention to the appropriateness of healthcare expenditures to include length of facility stays and outpatient therapy services
• Performs concurrent review and discharge planning for inpatients
• Provides for continuity of care
• Researches and assists the negotiations for LOA / SCAs for inpatients transitioning to different level of care
• Assures appropriate levels of care are received by patients
• Provides appropriate consultation and referral to intra- and interdepartmental resources to ensure members receive optimum services offered by organization
• Manages assigned clinical caseload meeting SLAs
• Performs administrative and clinical processes to ensure team and departmental goals are met
• Delivers accurate and comprehensible verbal and written communication to external customers while complying with organizational HIPAA requirements
• Maintains accurate and timely records of all communications and interventions
• Attends all required department and organization meetings
• Contributes to the exercise and expression of Christian Care Ministry’s Christian beliefs
• All other duties as assigned

Essential Skills & Abilities

Core Competencies / Demonstrable Behaviors

Education And / or Experience

Incentives & Benefits

We work hard to serve our Medi-Share Members, but know we can only do that if we invest in our employees professionally, financially, physically, socially, and spiritually. We purposefully invest in our employees so that our employees can invest in others. For full-time employees working 30 hours or more, some of our benefits include, but are not limited to :

Minimum Age Requirement : Due to the nature of the responsibilities associated with this position—including independent decision-making, access to confidential information, and potential exposure to regulated environments—candidates must be at least 18 years of age at the time of hire. This requirement is in accordance with applicable federal and state labor laws and is intended to ensure compliance with workplace safety and legal standards.