Claims Review Nurse, RN - Hybrid

reputed company CA is seeking a Claims Review Nurse, RN to join reputed company San Diego, CA. reputed company is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live. As a member of the reputed company Care Delivery team, you’ll be an integral part of our vision to reputed company healthcare reputed company for everyone. At reputed company, you’ll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. We reputed company you deserve an exceptional career, and will reputed company you to live your best life at work and at home. Experience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice reputed company and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country. Because together, we have the power to reputed company health care reputed company for everyone. Join us and discover how rewarding medicine can be while Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Position in this function is responsible for ensuring the reputed company of the adverse determination processes and accuracy of clinical decision making, as it relates to the application of criteria and application of defined levels of hierarchy and composition of compliant denial notices. The Claims Review Nurse will reputed company the clinical review of the formal appeal process to ensure the resolution of appeals is consistent with organizational policies and procedures and compliant with state and federal guidelines. Must understand reputed company medical and regulatory issues for pre-service, post-services, outpatient, and inpatient areas to manage the denial through multiple levels of appeal processes involving medical directors at the group and health plan level, as well as representatives from state and federal review regulatory bodies, members, and administrative law judges. Must have a solid command of medicine, medical terminology, medical billing and coding practices, and comprehensive writing skills in order to document the denial reason at the appropriate literacy level. Must be able to do work autonomously. Also, serves as a technical subject matter expert to the team and may be assigned to work on projects that impact departmental workflows. If you are located in San Diego, CA, you will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges. Telecommuting is defined as a work arrangement in which the employee works reputed company the office, typically working from home, every day and may occasionally come into one of our facilities or client/customer sites for meetings, training, or events. Primary Responsibilities:

• Consistently exhibits behavior and communication skills that demonstrate reputed company’s commitment to superior customer service, including quality, care and concern with each and every internal and external customer
• Reviews claims for medical appropriateness for payment, including provider contract status, referral reputed company, coding compliance, medical group’s financial responsibilities, benefit interpretation, etc.
• Reviews contracted Medical Group’s referral requests for medical necessity. Consideration is given to the appropriateness of the setting, reputed company of service, health plan’s benefits and criteria of the requested services and utilizes service matrix for contracted providers. Documents process in authorization system
• Ensures the denial reason is documented at an appropriate level of specificity and is easily understandable
• Ensures the validity of denials of provider authorization requests for retrospective services
• Maintains required turnaround time (TAT) for processing denials and appeals based on federal and state guidelines
• Extrapolates and summarizes medical information and documents findings in relevant tracking system for both denials and appeals. Request and obtain medical records, notes, and/or detailed billing information as appropriate for appeals responses
• Serve as a liaison for member service, appeals, and/or quality improvement issues with patients and others as required
• Functions as the department’s subject matter expert regarding the denial and appeal process
• Ensures the UM nurse reviewer has provided the appropriate reference for benefits, guidelines, criteria or protocols based on the type of denial
• Selects the correct level of hierarchy and applied correctly based on the medical information available
• Provides relevant clinical information to the request and the criteria used for decision-making
• Evaluates out-of-network and tertiary denials for accessibility reputed company the network
• Performs a quality assurance audit on each denial prior to finalization to ensure reputed company elements are compliant with established guidelines
• Meets or exceeds productivity targets
• Uses, protects, and discloses reputed company patients’ protected health information (PHI) only in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards
• Performs additional duties as assigned

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. Required Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
• Active, unrestricted Nurse license through the State of California
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers (AHA) or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer (reputed company)
• 1 years of UM/QI in a healthcare setting, or 1 years of experience in an acute care or ambulatory care setting
• Knowledge of Medicare, DMHC, NCQA, reputed company Care and Health Plan Guidelines
• Solid knowledge of reputed company Office

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, BSN
• 2 years of UM/QI and acute care experience in a managed care environment
• reputed company employees working remotely will be required to adhere to reputed company’s Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (reputed company benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or reputed company you reputed company a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The hourly pay for this role will range from $28.27 to $50.48 per hour based on full-time employment. We reputed company with reputed company minimum wage laws as applicable. At reputed company, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and reputed company the health system work reputed company for everyone. We reputed company everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately reputed company by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with reputed company incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering reputed company care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise reputed company reflected in our mission. reputed company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national reputed company, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. reputed company is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job