Care Coordinator (Lawrence County)
Posted on: 24 Jan 2021
Jonesboro, AR
Job Description
Position Purpose:
* Provide health education and coaching to members tailored to issues identified within treatment and service plans
* Coordinate with various healthcare providers for diagnostics, ambulatory care, and hospital services
* Assist members with social determinants of health including access to exercise and healthy food
* Promote activities focused on the health of a patient and their community, including without limitation outreach, quality improvement, and patient panel management
* Coordinate community-based management of medication therapy
Provide specialty service care coordination to beneficiaries. Ensure appropriate services are delivered by specialty providers and ensure continuity of care across services. Responsible for the total care plan, encompassing all services and plans related to beneficiaries. Provide case management complying with Conflict Free Case Management rules.
Candidate must reside in either Sharp, Independence, or Lawrence County
Education/Experience:
High school diploma or equivalent. Bachelor's degree in social science or health-related field or 1+ years of experience caring for developmentally or intellectually disabled or behavioral health clients.
License/Certification:
Valid driver's license and automobile insurance.
Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Centene
St Louis, MO
Centene Corporation operates as a diversified and multi-national healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured individuals in the United States. The company’s Managed Care segment offers health plan coverage to individuals through government subsidized programs, including Medicaid, the State children’s health insurance program, long-term services and support, foster care, and medicare-medicaid plans, which covers dually eligible individuals, as well as aged, blind, or disabled programs. Its health plans include primary and specialty physician care, inpatient and outpatient hospital care, emergency and urgent care, prenatal care, laboratory and X-ray, home-based primary care, transportation assistance, vision care, dental care, telehealth, immunization, specialty pharmacy, therapy, social work, nurse advisory, and care coordination services, as well as prescriptions, limited over-the-counter drugs, medical equipment, and behavioral health and abuse services.
This segment also offers various individual, small group, and large group commercial healthcare products to employers and directly to members in the Managed Care segment.Its Specialty Services segment provides pharmacy benefits management services; health, triage, wellness, and disease management services; and vision and dental, and management services, as well as care management software that automate the clinical, administrative, and technical components of care management programs. This segment offers its services and products to state programs, correctional facilities, healthcare organizations, employer groups, and other commercial organizations. The company provides its services through primary and specialty care physicians, hospitals, and ancillary providers. Centene Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
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IndustryHealthcare
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No. of Employees47, 300
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