Intake Coordinator - Home Health Kershaw
Intake Coordinator - Home Health Kershaw
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Job Description Summary
The Intake Coordinator is responsible for all department patient referral processing.Entity
Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)Worker Type
EmployeeWorker Sub-Type
RegularCost Center
CC001404 KER - Hospice (KMC)Pay Rate Type
HourlyPay Grade
Health-25Scheduled Weekly Hours
40Work Shift
Job Description
Entity/Organization: MUHA (Medical University Hospital Authority/Medical Center)
FLSA: Hourly
Job summary:
The Intake Coordinator is responsible for all department patient referral processing.
Minimum Education: High school diploma or equivalent License Practical Nurse Preferred
Minimum Work Experience: 1 year in insurance billing intake or authorization experience preferred. Working knowledge of medical terminology.
Responsibilities:
Intake
Takes referrals and start of care orders on patients from referral sources. Receives and verifies all base line data information. Creates patient admission charts. Place basic patient information in the EMR. Ensures that all patient chart has a valid admit order and a current H& P.
Insurance Utilization Review
Responsible for contact with insurance companies to verify benefits and to receive authorizations for service. Managers the insurance utilization between insurance company approvals and staff. Ensures accurate and timely authorizations and concurrent reviews of services. Ensure that insurance authorization entered in the EMR and additional authorization are obtained when needed.
Denial Appeals Addresses appeals timely and as needed. Ensures that authorization is documented appropriately. Follows up on all denials timely and conducts 2nd appeals when necessary.
Face to Face Documents
Responsible for obtaining appropriate face to face documentation for the home health department. Ensures that the information is enter in the EMR.
Communication
Answers telephones. Takes messages from patients/families and physicians. Relays messages to the appropriate staff member.
Filing
Files in the active and discharges patient charts.
Billing
Works with billing staff to assist with obtaining additional information when needed and making necessary changes to patient chart for claims processing.
Discharges
Responsible for the oversight of patient discharges. Ensure that the transfer summary or discharge summary is sent to the physician or receiving facility in a timely manner. Ensures that the appropriate Medicare paperwork is received on discharges (ex NOMNC).
Referral Log
Responsible for maintaining the referral log for the departments. Ensure that the information is accurate for reporting purposes.
Coding Backup
Back up to coder to ensure that all patient charts requiring precoding are completed timely when coder is on leave or working at high volume level.
Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity. Identifies and addresses psychosocial cultural ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and their families. Functions as liaison between administration patients physicians and other healthcare providers. Maintains a good working relationship both within the department and with other departments. Works together as a team to provide safe effective quality care to all MUSC patients. Manages and operates equipment safely and correctly. Identifies labels and reports any equipment that is not functioning properly.Demonstrates an ability to be flexible organized and function under stressful situations. Other duties as assigned
Physical Requirements: Ability to perform job functions while standing. (Continuous) Ability to perform job functions while sitting. (Continuous) Ability to perform job functions while walking. (Continuous) Ability to climb stairs. (Infrequent) Ability to work indoors. (Continuous) Ability to work outside in temperature extremes. (Infrequent) Ability to work from elevated areas. (Frequent) Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions. (Infrequent) Ability to bend at the waist. (Continuous) Ability to twist at the waist. (Frequent) Ability to squat and perform job functions. (Frequent) Ability to perform pinching operations. (Frequent) Ability to perform gross motor activities with fingers and hands. (Continuous) Ability to perform firm grasping with fingers and hands. (Continuous) Ability to perform fine manipulation with fingers and hands. (Continuous) Ability to reach overhead. (Frequent) Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. (Continuous) Ability to fully use both legs. (Continuous) Ability to use lower extremities for balance and coordination. (Frequent) Ability to reach in all directions. (Continuous) Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lift/lower objects 50 lbs. from/to floor from/to 36 inches unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lift from 36 to overhead 25 lbs. (Infrequent) Ability to exert up to 50 lbs. of force. (Frequent) Examples include: To transfer a 100 lb. patient that cannot assist in the transfer requires 50 lbs. of force. For every 100 additional pounds assistance will be required from another healthcare worker. 20 lbs. of force is needed to push a 400 lb. patient in a wheelchair on carpet. 25 lbs. of force is required to push a stretcher with a patient with one hand. Ability to maintain 20/40 vision corrected in one eye or with both eyes. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand or at a distance. (Continuous) Ability to match or discriminate between colors. (Continuous) Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. (Continuous) Good peripheral vision capabilities. (Continuous) Ability to maintain hearing acuity with correction. (Continuous) Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. Ability to deal effectively with stressful situations. Ability to work rotating shifts. Ability to work overtime as required. Ability to work in a latex safe environment. Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. *Ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function. *Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use initially and as required.
Additional Job Description
Minimum Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Minimum Work Experience: 1 year in insurance billing intake or authorization experience preferred. Working knowledge of medical terminology.
If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals you will enjoy your career with us!
The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion or belief age sex national origin gender identity sexual orientation disability protected veteran status family or parental status or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications merit and business need.
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