Remote Nurse Care Manager

Summary

Join our team at Honest Medical Group and collaborate with healthcare professionals to provide high-quality, value-based care. As a Registered Nurse, you will work remotely and occasionally visit patients in Kalamazoo, MI or surrounding areas. Your role will involve building empathetic relationships with patients and families, evaluating patient needs, and developing comprehensive care management plans.

Requirements

• Must have reliable access to high-speed internet to ensure seamless remote work communication and productivity
• Current Registered Nurse license is required
• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing preferred
• 1+ year of utilization management experience preferred
• 3+ years of clinical practice in a hospital, clinic, home care, or nursing home setting highly preferred
• Case management experience and CCM preferred but not required
• Disease management and/or physician office experience

Responsibilities

• Quickly build empathetic relationships with patients and families
• Evaluate and identify patients’ needs based on their respective values, goals, and preferences, then translate these needs into clinical needs
• Interface with primary care physicians, advanced practice providers (APP), specialists, and various disciplines on the development of case management plans/programs
• Implement care/treatment plans by coordinating access to health services across multiple providers/disciplines
• Monitor care and identify cost-effective measures, including recommendations for alternative levels of care and utilization of resources
• Effectively coordinate patient admissions and discharges from hospitals or skilled nursing facilities via coordination with respective facility clinicians and case managers
• Build relationships across network hospitals, SNFs, home health companies, and DME vendors within the respective community
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the case management plans based on quality and cost drivers and modify as necessary
• Coordinate the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining all authorizations/approvals/transfers as needed for outside services for patients/families
• Act as a clinical liaison, per their specialty, with outside agencies such as County CCS, non-plan facilities, outside providers, employers and/or workers' compensation carriers and third-party administrators
• Prepare reports and communicate program changes to appropriate staff and develops protocols in accordance with compliance requirements
• Act as a patient advocate and educator to assure that the patient has the knowledge to care for his/her condition and patient is educated and empowered to be responsible for participating in the plan of care
• Develop individualized patient/family education plan focused on self-management and deliver patient/family education specific to a disease state
• Consult with internal and external physicians, health care providers, discharge planners, and outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment or hospitalization or referral to support services or placement
• Engage internal resources to identify and respond to social determinants of health such as lack of transportation, stable housing, or food resources
• Participate in data collection and analysis of clinical outcomes of care and customer satisfaction standards. Participate in the formulation and implementation and monitoring of action strategies and outcomes of care or customer service
• Ensure that accurate records are maintained of the care associated with each patient
• Interpret regulations, health plan benefits, policies, and procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, and contract providers and outside agencies
• Actively participate in huddles, interdisciplinary team (IDT) sessions, and patient case conferences
• Commendably represents Honest to patients, their families, and the community

Benefits

• Competitive base pay with bonuses
• Paid time off starting at 4 weeks for full-time employees
• 12 paid holidays per year
• Reimbursement for continuing medical education
• 401k with match
• Health, dental, and vision insurance