Admissions Specialist PRN
Admissions Specialist PRN
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Job Description
The Essential Functions of the Admissions Specialist include:
- Facilitate admissions and assessment processes for incoming patients.
- Respond to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes.
- Schedule/complete pre-admission assessments and communicate recommendations to patients or their families.
- Collaborate with other facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions.
- Coordinate admission and transfer between levels of care within the facility.
- Communicate projected admissions to designated internal representative in a timely manner.
- Perform insurance benefit verifications disseminating the information gathered to patient their families and other appropriate facility staff.
- Ensure all medical admission documentation is gathered from external sources prior to patient admission and secure initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission.
- Assist individual therapists with concurrent reviews with insurance companies to secure continued treatment.
- Coordinate and facilitate peer to peer reviews when needed and collaborate the results of reviews with multi-disciplinary treatment team.
- Provide accurate and ongoing assessment of patient status in the admissions process.
- Communicate treatment recommendations to and coordinate with other treatment teams.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelors degree in Behavioral Science Social Work Vocational Rehabilitation Sociology Public Administration or a related field; in some states may also be a registered nurse in which case an Associates degree in nursing may be the minimum educational requirement or an licensed practical or vocational nurse in which case successful completion of an LPN or LVN training program may be the minimum requirement. For states in which a therapist may act in this role a masters degree in a therapeutic field required.
- Minimum one year experience working with individuals in a clinical or observational capacity preferably within the area of specialty.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
