Director of Utilization Review

Acadia Healthcare•Pittsburgh, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Southwood Psychiatric Hospital offers comprehensive mental health treatment programs for children and adolescents ages 3-21 whose lives have been disrupted by mental illness. Our facility located in the South Hills near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, provides many levels of care to help children and adolescents start healing from the mental health challenges they are facing. We are looking for an experienced Director with a solid UR background to lead our Utilization Review team.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in nursing or other clinical field.
Four or more years’ experience in utilization management.
Three or more years of supervisory experience.
Current licensure as an LPN or RN within the state where the facility provides services; or current clinical professional license or certification, as, within the state where the facility provides services.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in clinical field preferred.
Six or more year's clinical experience with the population of the facility preferred.

Responsibilities

Direct and manage the day-to-day operations of the Utilization Review department.
Monitor utilization of services and optimize reimbursement for the facility while maximizing use of the patient’s provider benefits for their needs.
Conducts and oversees concurrent and retrospective reviews for all patients.
Act as a liaison between Medicaid reviewers and the staff completing required paperwork to facilitate the Utilization Review process.
Collaborates with physicians, therapist and nursing staff to provide optimal review based on patient needs.
Collaborates with ancillary services in order to prevent delays in services.
Evaluates the UM program for compliance with regulations, policies and procedures.
May review charts and make necessary recommendations to the physicians, regarding utilization review and specific managed care issues.
Provide staff management to including hiring, development, training, performance management and communication to ensure effective and efficient department operation.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.