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Job Summary

The Hospital Care Manager (HCM) is an integral care team partner that focuses on patient engagement and activation, has primary accountability for patients' care transition out of the acute care setting and positively impacts longitudinal care plan alignment. In collaboration with physicians, leads the multidisciplinary team including clinical staff and payors to ensure efficient delivery of quality, cost-effective care. The HCM leads the team for each patient individually with the goal to maximize autonomy where possible.

Accountabilities

• Participates in discharge planning activities for patients with complex medical issues, in order to ensure a timely discharge and to provide appropriate linkage with post-acute care providers. Accountable for appropriate levels of care and length of stay focus - 10%
• Consults with interdisciplinary team, Physician Advisor and administrative leadership as necessary to resolve barriers regarding progression of care. Collaborates with physicians throughout hospitalization, develops an effective working relationship, and provides expertise regarding payor and regulatory guidelines. - 10%
• Addresses and resolves system problems impeding diagnostic or treatment progress. Proactively identifies and resolves delays and obstacles during the hospital discharge planning process. Monitors the patient progress, intervening as necessary and appropriate to ensure that the plan of care and services provided are patient focuses, high quality, efficient, and cost effective. - 10%
• On the basis of preliminary risk screening, assesses patients\u2019 and family\u2019s psychosocial risk factors through evaluation of prior functioning levels, appropriateness and adequacy of support systems, reaction to illness and ability to cope. - 10%
• Advocates for patient and family empowerment and independence to make autonomous health care decisions and access needed services within the health care system. - 10%
• Maintains expert level knowledge of body systems and expected clinical outcomes for patient disease process. Maintains current knowledge of changes in state and federal regulatory requirements related to the provision of case management services in a tertiary acute care setting.\u00A0 Maintains case management knowledge to provide services in accordance with standards of practice as established by department and management. - 10%
• Uses established clinical guidelines for initial/admission and continued stay reviews for patients within assigned unit to ensure medical necessity, appropriate level of care and timely implementation of plan of care in accordance with hospital(s) Utilization Review Plan. - 10%

• Promotes effective and efficient utilization of clinical resources, ensuring quality, cost effective care.\u00A0\u00A0

  Provides timely clinical reviews to third party payors. Responds to requests for additional information within 24 hrs or next business day. - 10%
• Ensures that patient goals are set with patient/family, negotiates healthcare resources and educates patient/family regarding options of care throughout the continuum. Monitors patient's progress and intervenes as necessary to ensure delivery of quality, efficient, cost-effective services. - 10%
• Serves as a resource for patients and families with regard to their rights and responsibilites, when payment of care is denied or when care is no longer medically necessary. Includes, but not limited to, delivery of the regulatory documents as provided by CMS. - 10%

Minimum Qualifications

• Education - Bachelors degree in nursing
• Experience - Three (3) years acute care nursing experience. One (1) year acute case management experience preferred.\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0

Required Licensure - South Carolina RN license

Other Required Skills/Experience

• N/A

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Richland

Facility

1510 Richland Hospital

Department

15107517 Hospital Case Management

Share your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.

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Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

The Hospital Care Manager (HCM) is an integral care team partner that focuses on patient engagement and activation, has primary accountability for patients' care transition out of the acute care setting and positively impacts longitudinal care plan alignment. In collaboration with physicians, leads the multidisciplinary team including clinical staff and payors to ensure efficient delivery of quality, cost-effective care. The HCM leads the team for each patient individually with the goal to maximize autonomy where possible.

Accountabilities

• Participates in discharge planning activities for patients with complex medical issues, in order to ensure a timely discharge and to provide appropriate linkage with post-acute care providers. Accountable for appropriate levels of care and length of stay focus - 10%
• Consults with interdisciplinary team, Physician Advisor and administrative leadership as necessary to resolve barriers regarding progression of care. Collaborates with physicians throughout hospitalization, develops an effective working relationship, and provides expertise regarding payor and regulatory guidelines. - 10%
• Addresses and resolves system problems impeding diagnostic or treatment progress. Proactively identifies and resolves delays and obstacles during the hospital discharge planning process. Monitors the patient progress, intervening as necessary and appropriate to ensure that the plan of care and services provided are patient focuses, high quality, efficient, and cost effective. - 10%
• On the basis of preliminary risk screening, assesses patients\u2019 and family\u2019s psychosocial risk factors through evaluation of prior functioning levels, appropriateness and adequacy of support systems, reaction to illness and ability to cope. - 10%
• Advocates for patient and family empowerment and independence to make autonomous health care decisions and access needed services within the health care system. - 10%
• Maintains expert level knowledge of body systems and expected clinical outcomes for patient disease process. Maintains current knowledge of changes in state and federal regulatory requirements related to the provision of case management services in a tertiary acute care setting.\u00A0 Maintains case management knowledge to provide services in accordance with standards of practice as established by department and management. - 10%
• Uses established clinical guidelines for initial/admission and continued stay reviews for patients within assigned unit to ensure medical necessity, appropriate level of care and timely implementation of plan of care in accordance with hospital(s) Utilization Review Plan. - 10%

• Promotes effective and efficient utilization of clinical resources, ensuring quality, cost effective care.\u00A0\u00A0

  Provides timely clinical reviews to third party payors. Responds to requests for additional information within 24 hrs or next business day. - 10%
• Ensures that patient goals are set with patient/family, negotiates healthcare resources and educates patient/family regarding options of care throughout the continuum. Monitors patient's progress and intervenes as necessary to ensure delivery of quality, efficient, cost-effective services. - 10%
• Serves as a resource for patients and families with regard to their rights and responsibilites, when payment of care is denied or when care is no longer medically necessary. Includes, but not limited to, delivery of the regulatory documents as provided by CMS. - 10%

Minimum Qualifications

• Education - Bachelors degree in nursing
• Experience - Three (3) years acute care nursing experience. One (1) year acute case management experience preferred.\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0

Required Licensure - South Carolina RN license

Other Required Skills/Experience

• N/A

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Richland

Facility

1510 Richland Hospital

Department

15107517 Hospital Case Management

Share your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.