Clinical Reviewer-RN

Acentra Health, LLC•UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

About The Position

Acentra Health is looking for a Clinical Reviewer-RN to join our growing team. The purpose of this position is to review medical records against appropriate criteria in conjunction with contract requirements to determine medical appropriateness.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience.
Active unrestricted RN in the applicable State and/or Compact State clinical license per contract requirements.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the organization of medical records, medical terminology, and disease process required.
Strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills required.
Medical record abstracting skills required.
Requires excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Medical record abstracting skills required.

Responsibilities

Assures accuracy and timeliness of all applicable review type cases within contract requirements.
Assesses, evaluates, and addresses daily workload and queues; adjusts work schedules daily to meet the workload demands of the department.
In collaboration with Supervisor, responsible for the quality monitoring activities including identifying areas of improvement and plan implementation of improvement areas.
Maintains current knowledge base related to review processes and clinical practices related to the review processes, functions as the initial resource to nurse reviewers regarding all review process questions and/or concerns.
Functions as providers’ liaison and contact/resource person for provider customer service issues and problem resolution.
Performs all applicable review types as workload indicates.
Fosters positive and professional relationships and act as liaison with internal and external customers to ensure effective working relationships and team building to facilitate the review process.
Attends training and scheduled meetings and for maintenance and use of current/updated information for review.
Cross trains and perform duties of other contracts to provide a flexible workforce to meet client/customer needs.
The list of accountabilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other education- and experience-related duties that management may deem necessary from time to time.