Medical Management Coordinator Jefferson Health Plan

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Job Description

• Follow all company and department policy and procedures.
• Process and create authorizations requests for emergency admissions elective inpatient admissions outpatient services in a medical and home setting DME emergent and urgent maternity and newborn delivery admissions as per departmental guidelines.
• Identify duplication of services and communicate to appropriates team members.
• Follow up to confirm outstanding prior authorizations to confirm status and update system and authorization.
• Manage authorizations coming through the provider portal via the 278 transactions into Medical management system and perform quality assurance of all required fields prior to reassignment to appropriate case manager.
• Responsible to process all cases assigned by leadership.
• Monitors and prepares clinical information and record maintenance for submission to QIO (Quality Improvement Organization).
• Create cases for non -par providers with a temporary provider ID and collect pertinent provider information and refer via Medical Management System to Network Management team for completion of MHS set up for claims payment.
• Monitor provider portal for failed and duplicate authorizations for provider re-education.
• Provide continuous call center telephone service in a prompt and courteous manner. Maintaining call service thresholds.
• Verify members eligibility via internal eligibility system and/ or DHS terminal and alert case managers of change in eligibility status.
• Code all services accurately using appropriate ICD-10 codes CPT and HCPCS coding systems.
• Reconcile claim discrepancies via Service forms sent and meet the Service Level Agreement of (3) three business days turnaround time.
• Identify resolution of outstanding claims issues generated by a provider inquiry and or written request.
• Assist member services and provider services in addressing member or provider questions regarding service authorization questions and general customer service for both internal and external customers.
• Support Clinical Case Managers by closing cases when applicable.
• Maintain Key Indicator thresholds for established phone service for the department
• Triage of Medical Management clinical faxes for timely medical necessity review.
• Attach faxes to the members case in (Medical Management System).
• Work with Applications Systems Management (ASM) team to identify system failures that directly impact claim payment and data integrity

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma/GED
• 2 years in health care experience
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite (Word PowerPoint Excel) required.
• Knowledge of medical terminology utilization review systems hospital admission systems health care claims or medical office administration.
• Demonstrate ability to work and communicate effectively with co-workers members and providers at the owner institutions.
• Ability to work independently and as a team player.
• Ability to work on detailed reports.
• Demonstrate excellent organizational skills and ability to competently handle multiple responsibilities at one time
• Demonstrate excellent telephone and verbal/written communication skills.
• Other duties as assigned

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Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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