Job Description

North Platte Valley Medical Center (NPVMC) is looking for a motivated person looking to join our team as our Patient Care Coordinator. The ideal candidate for this role will provide positive role modeling and critical thinking skills. This position acts as advocate and helps people seeking to foster their capacities and coping mechanisms to improve and better the patients' daily lives and experience withing specified standards and timelines. 

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrates an understanding of arithmetic.
• A minimum, one (1) year of experience with demonstrated success in a similar position in a health care related facility.
• Knowledgeable of insurance coverage and authorization process pertaining to long-term care and hospital's

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Participates in an open and collaborative relationship between the business office and the admissions office, both working toward shared facility goals for occupancy and collections. 
• Performs duties daily in the admissions office as assigned by the Director of Nursing to facilitate the conversion of referrals to admission status.
• Knows at all times, the status of each referral. 
• Communicates with external team members regarding referral status and any additional information needed to assist with the admission decision.
• Communicates daily with the Business Office to complete financial evaluations for potential residents and payment options including but not limited to printing of the Common Working File, printing Medicaid Eligibility, and identifying the pay status with the resident/representative prior to admitting the resident.  
• Knows, at all times, which payment entities require prior authorization for payment and secures prior authorization when required.
• Maintains working knowledge of facility’s practices related to all pay status types such as other insurances, Medicare A, Medicaid, Private, Veteran’s Administration contracts, and hospital contracts, etc.
• Meets with potential residents/representatives to review insurance questions.
• Works in a helpful and pleasant manner, daily using the telephone to communicate with families, residents, hospitals, insurance companies, etc. related to processing referrals.
• Works numerous times a day using a computer, electronic medical record, spreadsheets, and other tools related to processing referrals.
• Completes admission paperwork and files according to facility policy.
• Promotes teamwork, mutual respect, and effective communication.
• Works beyond normal working hours and on weekends, holidays when necessary.

Schedule

• Monday-Friday
• Some weekends

Benefits:

• Simple IRA company match 
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

About NPVMC and Saratoga

Come be a part of a state of the art, newly designated Critical Access Hospital (CAH) focused on balancing a fully accessible clinic, skilled nursing facility, and acute care hospital services. We strive for employee satisfaction and concentrate on ensuring our employees maintain physical, financial, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. We are offering competitive pay based on experience and supplemental benefit packages.

NPVMC provides the most up to date medical campus in Southeastern Wyoming. In addition to a 24-hour emergency room, NPVMC will offer advanced imaging including ultrasound, X-Ray, digital mammography, and CT capabilities. The CAH features an inpatient pharmacy, laboratory services, and physical/occupational therapy. Staffed with both full time physician and mid-level providers, the hospital will provide a healthcare solution that services the community and offers convenience to medical services.

The Town of Saratoga itself offers a family friendly, small-town community nestled between the beautiful Rocky and Sierra Madre Mountains. The Platte Valley area is highly known for its breathtaking scenery which offer hiking, camping, blue ribbon fishing, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing to name a few. Within 20 miles you can be floating down the river, driving up the gorgeous Snowy Range, soaking in our famous natural hot springs, or walking through and exploring the Grand Encampment Museum. You and your family will quickly fall in love with the Valley’s charm.

Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Weekend work, Monday to Friday,

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