Certified Case Manager

Encompass Health • Middletown, DE

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About The Position

The Certified Case Manager (CCM) serves as a key member of the interdisciplinary team and actively manages and directs resource utilization to achieve the highest quality outcomes during a patient's rehabilitation experience. The CCM coordinates and advocates for the patient during their hospitalization and from admission to post discharge. As an effective communicator, the CCM manages information to effectively oversee health care delivery and facilitate interdisciplinary plan of care decisions. The CCM facilitates timely communication regarding the patient's care, establishes and monitors the discharge plan implementation while identifying and addressing patient's psychosocial and support systems issues. The CCM oversees the effective coordination of services and manages issues in the following main areas: admission and discharge, team conference and interdisciplinary plan of care communication, patient and family education, payor relations and total fiscal management. The CCM performs ongoing utilization review and acts as a liaison to the payor while assuring that cost effective treatment is provided by the team. The CCM assures that regulations regarding patient's rights are fulfilled.

Requirements

• Certified Case Manager (CCM) certification

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of the interdisciplinary team
• Actively manage and direct resource utilization to achieve the highest quality outcomes during a patient's rehabilitation experience
• Coordinate and advocate for the patient during their hospitalization and from admission to post discharge
• Manage information to effectively oversee health care delivery and facilitate interdisciplinary plan of care decisions
• Facilitate timely communication regarding the patient's care
• Establish and monitor the discharge plan implementation
• Identify and address patient's psychosocial and support systems issues
• Oversee the effective coordination of services and manage issues in admission and discharge
• Oversee the effective coordination of services and manage issues in team conference and interdisciplinary plan of care communication
• Oversee the effective coordination of services and manage issues in patient and family education
• Oversee the effective coordination of services and manage issues in payor relations and total fiscal management
• Perform ongoing utilization review
• Act as a liaison to the payor while assuring that cost effective treatment is provided by the team
• Assure that regulations regarding patient's rights are fulfilled

Benefits

• equal employment opportunities regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, color, creed, age, mental or physical disability, or any other protected classification

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees