[Hiring] Utilization Management Nurse @NeueHealth

Role Description

The role of the UM Nurse is to promote quality, cost-effective outcomes for a population by:

• Facilitating collaboration and coordination across settings
• Identifying member needs
• Planning for care
• Monitoring the efficacy of interventions
• Advocating to ensure members receive services and resources required to meet desired health and social outcomes

The UM Nurse is responsible for providing patient-centered care across the care continuum.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in Nursing, preferred
• Minimum 2 years of experience in medical management clinical functions
• Working knowledge of MCG, InterQual, and NCQA standards

Requirements

• Capacity to perform prospective, retrospective, or concurrent medical necessity reviews for an assigned panel of members
• Capacity to review cases for medical necessity and apply the appropriate clinical criteria; to include, but not limited to Medicare criteria, Medicaid/Medi-cal criteria, Interqual, Milliman, or Health Plan specific guidelines
• Capacity to collaborate with the Medical Director to ensure the integrity of adverse determination notices based on the quality standards for adverse determinations
• Capacity to ensure discharge planning is timely and appropriately communicated to transition of care teams, when applicable
• Capacity to meet or exceed productivity targets set forth
• Capacity to serve as a resource to non-clinical team members when applicable
• Adheres to the Policies and Procedures set forth by the Quality Management Committee and performs all additional duties as assigned

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Life and disability benefits
• 401(k) savings plan with match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays

Company Description

NeueHealth is a value-driven healthcare company grounded in the belief that all health consumers are entitled to high-quality, coordinated care. By uniquely aligning the interests of health consumers, providers, and payors, we help to make healthcare accessible and affordable to all populations across the ACA Marketplace, Medicare, and Medicaid.

NeueHealth delivers clinical care to health consumers through our owned clinics – Centrum Health and Premier Medical – as well as unique partnerships with affiliated providers across the country.

We also enable providers to succeed in performance-based arrangements through a suite of technology and services scaled centrally and deployed locally. Through our value-driven, consumer-centric approach, we are committed to transforming healthcare and creating a better care experience for all.