Scheduler - Home Health/Home Infusion
About The Position
The Scheduler coordinates and schedules Amerita and subcontracted agency nursing visits, approves submitted nursing documents, creates nursing delivery tickets, tracks Plans of Treatment, and manages subcontracted agency authorizations and invoices. The role is based at Amerita’s New Hyde Park, New York location and is not remote. The schedule is 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with occasional weekend work. Amerita, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is a specialty infusion company providing complex pharmaceutical products and clinical services to patients outside the hospital. The company aims to combine the administrative efficiencies of a large organization with the flexibility, responsiveness, and entrepreneurial spirit of a local provider.
Requirements
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
- Good organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Basic knowledge and experience in home care preferred.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and track regularly scheduled Amerita nursing visits for field and AIS.
- Secure a home health agency for patient visits when an Amerita nurse is unavailable.
- Communicate patient demographics and the most recent infusion orders to field nurses.
- Alert field nurses to changes or updates to infusion orders.
- Communicate new-patient assignments and primary nursing assignments from the Nurse Manager to field staff.
- Confirm that authorizations and reauthorizations for nursing visits are secured as needed.
- Provide infusion treatment plans to treating providers and maintain a communication log.
- Track outside agency visits by month.
- Contact outside agencies for nursing notes, statements, and invoices as needed.
- Maintain credentials and insurance document files for outside agencies.
- Collaborate with Intake, Sales, and Pharmacy staff to schedule visits and orders.
- Review and approve nursing notes in AlayaCare or applicable documentation software.
- Review and approve subcontract billing.
- Triage calls from patients, providers, and internal partners regarding scheduled nursing visits.
- Assign patient risk codes for all new patients.
- Assist the branch with weekend on-call duty.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- HSA and FSA savings accounts
- Paid time off and holidays
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Supplemental accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
- Employee discounts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
