Patient Care Coordinator -Authorizations. (New)

Senior PsychCare • Houston, TX

110d

About The Position

Senior Psych Care provides fully integrative behavioral health services to the long-term care patient, at their facility. Services include individual, family, and group therapies; along with diagnostic evaluation and collaborative intervention between the therapy team and the psychiatric team. Our multi-disciplinary team realizes that older adults have special physical, emotional, and social needs. The psychiatrist leads a team of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and psychotherapists (LCSW, PhD/PsyD), taking a comprehensive approach to diagnosis and treatment.

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience with Medical Insurance Processes.
• Experience verifying patients insurance coverage with Medicare, Medicaid and Managed Care Organizations.
• Experience obtaining pre-authorizations from Managed Care Organizations.
• Able to multi-task, personable, and have excellent customer service skills.
• Self-starter with a positive teamwork attitude, well organized and detail oriented.
• Strong working knowledge of Outlook, MS Word and MS Excel required; advanced skills in MS Excel preferred.

Responsibilities

• Verifying patients insurance coverage with Medicare, Medicaid and Managed Care Organizations.
• Obtaining pre-authorizations from Managed Care Organizations.
• Answering incoming and making outgoing calls to secure referrals and authorizations from providers and insurance companies.
• Ensuring that referrals are addressed accurately and in a timely fashion.
• Ensuring all authorizations are properly documented in the system.
• Scanning documents into the EMR system.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
• Comprehensive benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Short and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401 (k), Paid Time Off

What This Job Offers

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