LVN Discharge Planner Care Management Full time Days
LVN Discharge Planner Care Management Full time Days
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USD 28 - 47
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Job Description
The LVN Discharge Planner provides discharge planning by collaboratively determining level of care needs beyond acute care providing decision support to patients and families and physicians managing patient and family expectations and ensuring a smooth transition to the next level of care and services. Assure that patients and families proceed efficiently throughout the course of hospitalization. The LVN Discharge Planner assists in the appropriate utilization of hospital services maximizing reimbursement from all thirdparty payers and education of medical/hospital staff about healthcare options.
PIH Health is a nonprofit regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3 million residents in the Los Angeles County Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital PIH Health Whittier Hospital 37 outpatient medical office buildings a multispecialty medical (physician) group home healthcare services and hospice care as well as heart cancer digestive health orthopedics womens health urgent care and emergency services. The organization is nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and patient experience and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has identified PIH Health as one of the nations top hospital systems for best practices cuttingedge advancements quality of care and healthcare technology. For more information visit or follow us on Facebook Twitter or Instagram.
Required Skills
- Strong verbal written and organizational skills.
- Broad knowledge of disease process pathophysiology and treatment plan
- Able to prioritize and delegate work appropriately.
- Knowledge of medical terminology and current thirdparty payer reimbursement methodologies
- Selfmotivated and results oriented.
- Must be able to demonstrate sound decisionmaking and prioritization of skills.
- Utilizes the approved process to resolve biophysical psychological educational and environmental needs of patient/significant others when administering or explaining care.
Employment Type
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