Referral Coordinator

Centrum Health•Doral, FL

28d

About The Position

NeueHealth is a value-driven healthcare company grounded in the belief that all health consumers are entitled to high-quality, coordinated care. By uniquely aligning the interests of health consumers, providers, and payors, we help to make healthcare accessible and affordable to all populations across the ACA Marketplace, Medicare, and Medicaid. NeueHealth delivers clinical care to health consumers through our owned clinics – Centrum Health and Premier Medical – as well as unique partnerships with affiliated providers across the country. We also enable providers to succeed in performance-based arrangements through a suite of technology and services scaled centrally and deployed locally. Through our value-driven, consumer-centric approach, we are committed to transforming healthcare and creating a better care experience for all. The role of the Referral Coordinator is to facilitate consistency of information shared across practices to promote care coordination and effective member co-management for behavioral and non-behavioral practitioners.

Requirements

High School Diploma
Minimum 2 years of experience in medical management.
Capacity to interpret health plan benefit decisions.
High level of critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Strong work ethic and overall positive attitude
Effective communication skills including verbal and written.
Ability to manage time effectively, understand directions, and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
Demonstrated flexibility, organization, and self-motivation.
Highly adaptable to change.

Nice To Haves

Certification as a Medical Assistant preferred.

Responsibilities

Prioritizes assigned patient cohorts to ensure specialty referral completion and ensures stat and expedited referrals are completed based on timeliness standards.
Schedules patients (Preferred Providers List of Specialist) and notifies them of appointment information, including, date, time, location, etc.
Ensures missed specialty appointments are rescheduled and communicated to the physician/clinician.
Ensures specialist notifications of referral status.
Completes exchange of information by retrieving and ensuring upload of specialty consultation and follow up notes.
Completes documentation based on standardized documentation; to include location, notification of specialist, patient notification, status of appropriateness reviews.
Enters all Inpatient and Outpatient elective procedures in EMR and contacts specialists for post-procedure referral needs.
Follows up on all Home Health and DME orders to ensure patient receives services ordered.
Completes appropriateness review based on clinical protocols and appropriately refers to Nurse or Medical Director
Addresses referral-based phone calls for Primary Care Physicians panel and completed phone messages timely.
Adheres to the Policies and Procedures set forth by the Quality Management Committee and performs all additional duties as assigned.