Utilization Review Specialist

Make an Impact at Bayside Marin!

Are you passionate about ensuring patients receive the highest quality care while optimizing healthcare resources? Bayside Marin, a premier addiction and mental health treatment center, is seeking a Utilization Review Specialist to join our dedicated team.

What You’ll Do

• Monitor and evaluate patient services to ensure appropriate, cost-effective treatment.
• Review care plans for compliance with clinical standards and payer requirements.
• Advocate for quality care while managing utilization to support optimal reimbursement.
  
  

Schedule & Compensation

• Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Salary: $64,713 – $75,248 annually
• Full benefits package, including health, dental, vision, and more.
  
  

Why Bayside Marin?

At Bayside Marin, we do more than treat addiction—we transform lives. Our team is the heart of our program: passionate, skilled, and committed to clinical excellence. Many of our staff bring years of personal recovery experience, creating a culture of empathy and understanding. We tailor every treatment plan to meet the unique needs of each client because we know recovery is personal.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Experience in utilization review or healthcare reimbursement preferred.
• A commitment to advocating for quality care and resource management.
  
  

Essential Functions

• Act as liaison between managed care organizations and the facility professional clinical staff.
• Conduct reviews, in accordance with certification requirements, of insurance plans or other managed care organizations (MCOs) and coordinate the flow of communication concerning reimbursement requirements.
• Monitor patient length of stay and extensions and inform clinical and medical staff on issues that may impact length of stay.
• Gather and develop statistical and narrative information to report on utilization, non-certified days (including identified causes and appeal information), discharges and quality of services, as required by the facility leadership or corporate office.
• Conduct quality reviews for medical necessity and services provided.
• Facilitate peer review calls between facility and external organizations.
• Initiate and complete the formal appeal process for denied admissions or continued stay.
• Assist the admissions department with pre-certifications of care.
• Provide ongoing support and training for staff on documentation or charting requirements, continued stay criteria and medical necessity updates.
  
  

Other Functions

• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
  
  

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

• Required Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Preferred Education: Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master’s degree in Social Work, Behavioral or Mental Health, Nursing, or a related health field.
• Experience: Clinical experience is required, or two or more years' experience working with the facility's population. Previous experience in utilization management is preferred
  
  

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

• Preferred Licensure: LPN, RN, LMSW, LCSW, LPC, LPC-I within the state where the facility provides services; or current clinical professional license or certification, as required, within the state where the facility provides services.
• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility.
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.
  
  

Additional Regulatory Requirements

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances

(e.g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

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