Intake Coordinator | FT | Home Health & Hospice

All County Home Health & Hospice provides positive, life‑changing care to individuals and families throughout the Greater San Antonio area. Our team is united by a shared commitment to exceptional patient care and a culture that genuinely supports the people who deliver it. ⭐ Why Home Health Nurses Choose All County At All County, our culture is built on core values that guide how we treat our patients—and each other: Celebration Accountability Passion for Learning Love One Another Intelligent Risk Customer Second Ownership We believe in giving clinicians the autonomy, tools, and encouragement they need to grow. Your professional development matters here, and we set clear goals to help you advance while maintaining a healthy work–life balance. Position Summary The Intake Coordinator is responsible for managing all aspects of the patient intake process including communicating directly with patients and families, data entry, establishing and maintaining positive relationships with customers and referral sources, responding to customer requests and concerns, facilitating a daily intake stand up meeting, and managing the insurance verification and authorization processes. Key Responsibilities Directs all daily patient referral and intake operations including providing direct oversight of the establishment and implementation of intake policies. Ensures compliance with all state, federal, and Joint Commission referral/intake regulatory requirements. Directs the implementation of improved work methods and procedures to ensure patients are admitted in accordance with policy. Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with current and potential referral sources. Ensures seamless transition of patients to home care by providing direct oversight of patient education and preparation for home care, plan of care initiation, and coordination of care with multiple service providers. Ensures maximum third party reimbursement through direct oversight of insurance verification and authorization processes. Negotiates service pricing with insurance Case Managers and other payers within established financial and credit parameters. Assists the Executive Director/Administrator in the preparation of an annual budget for the intake department and monitors allocation of resources according to budgetary limitations. Builds and monitors community and customer perceptions of Emblem Home Health and Hospice as a high quality provider of services. Gathers, collates, and reports referral statistics including key customer referral trends. Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of Hospice Home Health and Hospice contractual relationships and ensures that patients are admitted according to contract provisions. Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of community resources and assists referral sources in accessing community resources should services not be provided by Emblem Home Health & Hospice The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by the employee of this job. The employee may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description. Requirements The Intake Coordinator must have healthcare experience, preferably in referrals/intake in a home health or hospice environment. A nursing background is preferred but not required. Demonstrates good communication, negotiation, and public relations skills. Demonstrates autonomy, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities. About All County All County is part of the Pennant Group network of Home Health, Hospice, Senior Care, and Assisted Living organizations. This partnership gives us the stability of a large healthcare family while allowing our local team the freedom to innovate and serve our community with a personal touch. What sets us apart is our commitment to empowering clinicians. We encourage creativity, clinical excellence, and the development of programs that truly meet the needs of our patients. The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com. Providing Life-Changing Service | Pennant Pennant empowers local healthcare leaders to provide life-changing care that meets the unique needs of their communities. The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com. All County Home Care and Hospice is proud to offer high quality and comprehensive care to patients in Boerne and surrounding counties. We pride ourselves in excellent patient care. Here you are part of our family. We are nationally recognized as a top 100 agency on the home health side. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.