Nurse Reviewer - Remote Mississippi
Gainwell Technologies
- Mississippi
- $49,200-70,300 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Reviews and interprets medical records and compares against criteria to determine appropriateness and reasonableness of care; apply critical thinking and decision making skills to determine if the medical record documentation supports the need for service while maintaining production goals and quality standards.
- Document decisions and rationale to justify review findings or no findings.
- Determines approval or initiates a referral to the physician consultant and processes physician consultant decisions ensuring reason for the denial is described in sufficient detail and completed within contractual deadline.
- Performs prior authorization, precertification, and retrospective reviews and prepares decision letters as needed in support of the utilization review contract
- Assists management with training new Nurse Reviewers to include daily monitoring, mentoring, feedback and education.
- Maintains current knowledge of clinical criteria guidelines and successfully completes required CEUs to maintain RN license
- Responsible for attending training and scheduled meetings to enhance skills and working knowledge of clinical policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Actively cross-trains to perform reviews of multiple claim types to provide a flexible workforce to meet client needs.
- Recommends, tests and implements process improvements, new audit concepts, and technology improvements that will enhance production, quality, and client satisfaction
- Demonstrated proficiency in computer skills, and typing, i.e., Microsoft Windows, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Internet browsers, etc.
- Active and unrestricted RN license required
- 5+ years clinical experience in an inpatient hospital setting required
- 2+ years utilization review experience or claims auditing required
- Experience using Milliman or InterQual criteria required
- Home-based position only for residents of Mississippi
- Our company will provide all needed physical equipment, which includes a computer
- Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation if hired.
- Ability to work during normal business hours (9 AM - 6 PM EST) as this position requires frequent interactions with the team and other departments within the company
- May be required to work extended hours for special business needs
- May be required to travel at least 10% of time based on business needs
- In order to effectively work as a remote worker (work from home) with Gainwell, employees Broadband Internet connections, should have a minimum speed of 24MBS download and 8 MBS upload. Greater speeds will of course provide better performance.
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