Grundy Workforce Job Board Services: Submission #3261

Job Description The Intake Coordinator is responsible for the admission process for new patients by ensuring availability of reimbursement for services, identifying the clinical team to deliver care, and scheduling all patient visits within prescribed discipline and visit frequency requirements.

Receives referrals from physicians and facilities and initiates the intake process.

Coordinates with discharge planner or nurse case manager on discharge date and start of care date

Enters new patient records in the system ensuring accuracy of all patient demographic information.

Work with billing manager regarding patient authorization through insurance company

Confers with the Clinical Supervisor as to the preliminary eligibility for service.

Coordinates with the Clinical Supervisor, Billing Manager and clinical team to ensure required information is obtained for patient records.

Schedules all visits to ensure that regulatory deadlines are met and staffing resources are optimized. Handles all scheduling exceptions and coordinates with the Clinical Supervisor as needed.

Receives documentation and scans the records into the system following the Scanning Policies.

Obtains authorizations for service requests from non-Medicare pay sources and ensures that such authorizations for service are in place for the first and subsequent episodes or treatment periods.

Coordinates with the Billing Manager to ensure required documentation is obtained from physicians.

Attends regular interdisciplinary team meetings for purposes of identifying new admissions and recertifications.

Reviews the weekly eligibility report and ensures that all corrections are made to patient demographic information.

Reviews potential agency consolidated billing overlaps as identified in the weekly eligibility report and recommends action for eliminating agency conflicts.

Schedules on-call assignments in cooperation with the Clinical Supervisor.

Answers the phone.

Adheres to HIPAA and patient information privacy requirements.

Other office duties as assigned by manager

Benefits:
Health insurance

Paid time off

Schedule:
8 hour shift