Home Care Liaison - Site

American Addiction Centers • Park Ridge, IL

1d • $38 - $57 • Onsite

About The Position

This is a position for an onsite liaison for Lutheran General hospital. Candidate will be required to work weekends in addition to a Winter and a Summer holiday per year. The Home Care Liaison is responsible for the screening and accurate completion of referrals to ensure patients meet agency admission criteria and comply with state and federal regulations. They process referrals for all programs (Traditional, Peds, and Infusion Therapy) from hospital sites and MD offices, determining patient qualification for home care based on established guidelines. This role also involves verifying home health care benefits, obtaining authorizations, ensuring physicians obtain initial home care orders, identifying risk management situations, and interpreting company services and admission criteria to referral sources. The liaison documents the initial plan of home health care, initiates interdisciplinary communication, interviews patients/families to assess home care appropriateness, and works with care management staff to initiate home care services. They also respond to inquiries, work within established productivity guidelines, and train patients/families in using home equipment. Additionally, they provide quality customer service, promote collaboration between referral sources and home care services, act as a resource for various healthcare professionals, and provide education on available services. The role is accountable for ensuring complete referral information for accurate and timely billing, maintaining knowledge of agency payers, collaborating with insurance verification, assisting in policy development, obtaining Face-to-Face encounter forms, and educating physicians on the Face to Face process. Teamwork involves maintaining clinical skills, providing suggestions for practice improvements, maintaining a positive attitude, providing input on peer performance, adapting to changing business needs, partnering with peers for productivity, following standard operating procedures, participating in new hire training, and ensuring thorough patient hand-offs.

Requirements

• RN with 3-4 years’ experience
• 1-2 years in home care preferred
• Very good communication skills.
• Knowledge of Medicare rules and regulations.
• Experience in multi-tasking on multiple computer systems.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Working knowledge of managed care environment.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Current RN licensure

Nice To Haves

• 1-2 years in home care preferred

Responsibilities

• Processes referrals for all programs (Traditional, Peds, and Infusion Therapy) from hospital sites, MD offices, utilizing standard work and determines whether patient qualifies for home care based on established guidelines.
• Verifies home health care benefits according to payor plans. Obtains authorizations for services as indicated.
• Ensure physicians initial home care orders are obtained.
• Identifies risk management situations and completes high risk referral process on all appropriate patients based on established guidelines.
• Interprets company services, admission criteria and medical policies to referral sources and individuals seeking information.
• Documents the initial plan of home health care and initiates interdisciplinary communication.
• Interviews patients/families in the hospital or SNF, to assess and evaluate patient for home care appropriateness.
• Works in conjunction with the care management staff to assist the patient/family in the initiation of home care services. Responds to inquiries regarding home care services.
• Works within established productivity guidelines for assigned site(s). Reports productivity to supervisor daily.
• Trains patient/families in using equipment (e.g. pump) at home. Provide quality customer service; promote collaboration/coordination between referral sources and home care services to promote continuity of care and utilization of home care resources effectively.
• Acts as a resource to physicians, physician offices, patients and families, hospital and designated skilled nursing facility staff (i.e. care management, discharge planners, social workers, nursing) regarding types of services available and the criteria for home care, including Medicare guidelines.
• Provides education to the care team as requested on services that may enhance the transition of care for patients including DME, Hospice, Palliative Care, Pediatrics and Home Infusion Therapy.
• Maintains knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid and HMO procedures.
• Attends site based multidisciplinary meetings (e.g. readmissions, capture, discharge planning) that involve Advocate at Home patients.
• Assures appropriate follow-up to patient satisfaction issues relating to home care services.
• Provide courteous service to patients, families, staff, and physicians.
• Accountable for insuring complete referral information is obtained for accurate and timely billing.
• Maintains knowledge of agency payers including Medicare, Medicaid and contracted commercial insurance reimbursement guidelines.
• Collaborate with insurance verification to insure optimal reimbursement.
• Assists in the development of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with current practice standards.
• Obtain Face-to-Face (F2F) encounter form for all Medicare, Medicaid and Medicaid pending patients during referral process or within first 7 days.
• Educates physicians in the Face to Face process.
• Maintains own clinical skills and competency by attending monthly training and interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Provide suggestions or improvements in current practices (i.e. process, documentation, etc.) to improve quality, productivity and customer satisfaction.
• Provide a positive attitude for Advocate at home through self-management.
• Provide input regarding performance and compliance to standards of peers.
• Adapt to changing business needs, conditions and work responsibilities.
• Partner with peers to ensure productivity levels are achieved.
• Follow standard operating procedures and guidelines during referral processing to insure consistent messaging and superior customer service is provided.
• Participate in precepting new hire training and orientation.
• Partner with your peers and other Advocate at Home product lines to provide complete and thorough patient hand-offs when appropriate.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level