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Authorization Coordinator

Now hiring a full-time Authorization Coordinator at Care IV Home Health! This is a full-time career position based in our Corporate Office in Little Rock, Arkansas. Our Authorization Coordinator will be a key member of our Revenue Cycle Team, and their primary responsibility is to verify eligibility and obtain all necessary authorizations prior to patients being admitted into Care IV's care and on an ongoing basis as needed to continue their care. This position reports directly to the Revenue Cycle Team Leader. Excellent benefits, and the pay is negotiable depending on experience. This is a full-time Monday through Friday position. General office hours are 8a-5p. Apply online to join our team today!

Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Verifies eligibility for all Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial Insurance patients
• Determines authorization requirements for all incoming patients
• Obtains authorizations for home health services for new patients
• Tracks authorizations and obtains re-authorizations for existing patients as needed to continue their care
• Communicate with the revenue cycle team, intake team, Case Managers, and other field staff regarding authorization status, related date ranges, number of visits approved, etc.
• Communicates patient status, as needed, to Insurance Case Managers
• Reports any difficulties in obtaining authorizations to the Revenue Cycle Manager and all appropriate parties
  
• Provide clinical information and documentation in order to appeal denials as necessary
• Document every patient's chart for billing and compliance purposes
• Other duties as assigned

Required experience:

• Minimum 1 year of recent healthcare / medical office experience required
• Experience with insurance verification and prior authorizations preferred
• Team player with great people skills, excellent customer service and communication skills (written & verbal)
  
• Detail-oriented with an understanding of and ability to document important communications and process details in patient charts & computer tracking system, ensuring team is up to speed and knowledgeable of any changes or issues in a timely manner
• Computer skills in Microsoft office and ability to quickly and accurately learn customized software
• Reliable and dependable
• Experience working in a home health office a plus, but not required
  
• As a healthcare provider in compliance with CMS guidelines & conditions of participation, we require a COVID vaccine as a condition of employment (absent reasonable accommodations)

Perks for full-time include:

• Lucrative company-sponsored retirement plan (with some of the BEST $$ matching rates in the Arkansas home care industry!)
• Roth IRA option
• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Life insurance policy
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Generous accrued PTO
• 6 paid holidays
• Employee referral bonus, cell phone discounts on certain carriers, etc.

Apply online today!

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