JOB DESCRIPTION Job Summary This position will be remote, but candidate will need to be local to Washington state and support PST hours. Leads and directs a multidisciplinary team of healthcare services professionals in some or all of the following functions: utilization management, behavioral health, care transitions, and/or special programs. Ensures members reach desired outcomes through integrated delivery and coordination of care across the continuum, and contributes to overarching strategy to provide quality and cost-effective member care. Essential Job Duties • Oversees team performance for one or more of the following healthcare services functions: utilization management (prior authorizations, inpatient/outpatient medical necessity, etc.), behavioral health, and/or special programs. • Facilitates integrated, proactive healthcare services management - ensuring compliance with state and federal regulatory and accrediting standards and implementation of the Molina clinical model. • Develops, implements and/or monitors standardized protocols for clinical and non-clinical team activities to facilitate integrated proactive care coordination and management. • Develops and promotes interdepartmental integration and collaboration to enhance clinical services. • May function as a “hands-on” leader - assisting with assessing and evaluation of systems, day-to-day operations and efficiency of services/care delivery. • Ensures adequate staffing and service levels and maintains customer satisfaction by implementing and monitoring staff productivity and other performance indicators. • Assists in implementing utilization management, behavioral health, care transitions, and other program activities in accordance with regulatory, contract standards and accreditation compliance. • Ensures delivery of member care and services are aligned with Molina's established standards of customer service excellence. • Ensures high-risk, complex members are adequately supported. • Oversees ongoing monitoring of performance, protocols and guidelines related to healthcare services. • Collaborates with and keeps senior level healthcare services leadership apprised of operational issues, staffing, resources, system and program needs, and presents solutions/action plans for remediation. • Performs and promotes interdepartmental/multidisciplinary integration and collaboration to enhance continuity of care. • Oversees interdisciplinary care team (ICT) meetings. • Analyzes and reports on care access and monitoring statistics including plan utilization, staff productivity, cost-effective utilization of services, management of targeted member population, and triage activities. • Ensures completion of staff quality audit reviews evaluates services provided, outcomes achieved and recommends enhancements/improvements for programs and staff development to ensure consistent cost-effectiveness and compliance with all state and federal regulations and guidelines. • Facilitates and participates in committees, task forces, work groups and multidisciplinary teams as needed to promote a standardized enterprise-wide approach to healthcare services programs. • Maintains professional relationships with provider community, internal and external customers, and state agencies as appropriate. • Identifies opportunities for care delivery/quality/operational/etc. process improvements. • Hires, trains, develops and manages team demonstrates accountability for team performance and achievement of department-specific goals. • Local travel may be required (based upon state/contractual requirements).
Molina Healthcare is a managed care organization that hires nurses for remote clinical review and care management roles supporting Medicare and long-term services members. Care Review Clinicians assess whether services are medically necessary and align with clinical guidelines and insurance policies, working with members and providers via phone and computer systems to verify benefits and eligibility. Care Managers conduct comprehensive member assessments, develop care plans, authorize waiver services, and coordinate care across the continuum for high-need members, including in-person home visits where required.
