Patient Care Coordinator

Senior PsychCare•Houston, TX

11d•$17 - $20•Onsite

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), take a comprehensive approach to diagnosis and treatment.

Requirements

A minimum of 2 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.
Answer incoming and make outgoing calls to secure referrals and authorizations from providers and insurance companies.
Ensure that referrals are addressed accurately and in a timely fashion.
Ensure all authorizations are properly documented in the system.
Scanning documents into the EMR system.