Medicare Scheduler

The Palace • Miami, FL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Palace at Home, a luxury senior living community in Kendall, is seeking a Medicare Scheduler. The primary responsibility of this role is to ensure the proper implementation of all nursing, aide, and therapy services as ordered by the physician. This includes verifying Medicare eligibility, managing admissions, coordinating patient care needs, and maintaining accurate records of patient status.

Requirements

• High School Diploma preferred.
• Home Health or Administrative experience preferred.
• Responsible, always on time, resourceful, very accurate and detail-oriented.
• Flexible as to work schedule.
• Must be available to work on weekends, holidays and in emergency situations.
• Must be able to work under pressure and multi-task.
• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic and the ability to work independently AND as a team member.
• Demonstrate excellent verbal communications, interpersonal skills and empathetic listening.

Responsibilities

• Reviews all Referral Worksheets submitted by Home Health Coordinators and properly process all information, including Medicare eligibility verification.
• Responsible for the proper staffing and scheduling of all new admissions and properly assigns a Registered Nurse to complete this process.
• Ensures the proper completion of the admission process as established on state regulations.
• Once admission process is completed, coordinate remaining disciplines the patient will need.
• Monitors the Medicare census to ensure accuracy, including monitoring hospital holds, discharges and desertification.
• Responsible for monitoring all Physicians’ Modified Orders, ensuring that any changes in frequency get properly processed including any schedule changes.
• Monitors the proper delivery of daily schedules to all professional staff.
• Upon hire of new professional staff, provides them with schedules, patients’ lists, modified orders and on-call procedures.
• Any other task as assigned by Management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED