UnitedHealth Group

Patient Care Coordinator - Brentwood, CA

Posted on: 4 Jun 2021

Brentwood, CA

Job Description

Combine two of the fastest – growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry thats improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isnt about another gadget, its about making Healthcare data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. Theres no room for error. Join us and start doing

your lifes best work.SM

Lets face it, no industry is moving faster than health care. And no organization is better positioned to move health care forward than UnitedHealth Group. Were out to use data, technology and people in ways that help drive change and make the health care system work better for everyone. As part of our clinical support team, you will be a key component in customer satisfaction and have a responsibility to make every contact informative, productive and positive. Take this opportunity to work with a Fortune 10 industry leader.
This position is full-time (40 hours/week) Monday – Friday. Employees to be flexibleto workvariable days and hours, 7:15am – 9:15pm Monday – Friday and 7:30am – 6:30pm Saturday and Sunday, 32 hours per week. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime. Our office is located at 2400 Balfour Road Brentwood, CA.
Primary Responsibilities
* Core Competencies are streamlined across the organization. All staff – level employees have the same four Core Competencies which address key behaviors that help John Muir Health fulfill our mission, demonstrate our values, and deliver on our brand promise of We Listen, We Explain, and We Work Together as a Team
* Knows and/or anticipates the needs of the patient/customer and matches those needs to available JMH resources and services. Encourages colleagues to take the patients/customers point of view in meeting needs, responding to requests, resolving problems, and initiating new services.
* Protects the patient/customers interests by quickly alerting them to potential problems when there may be alternative solutions
* Asks a series of clarifying questions to get to the root of a need, situation, problem, or opportunity. Calls on others to get their perspective, background knowledge, information, and experience.
* Anticipates and prepares for questions, reactions, objections, or misunderstanding when key assumptions are not shared.
* Adapts communication style and medium to suit both the message and the audience.
* Exhibits broad – based thinking by considering the impact that decisions or projects in one area can have on other areas of the organization. Actively seeks to learn about the customers business priorities and how to support those priorities with interventions and/or solutions
* Demonstrates an open, personal and team commitment to safety and fosters highly reliable performance
* Consistently uses professional, accurate, clear and timely verbal. written, and electronic communication to the patient or customer and other team members
* Creates and/or participates in improvement activities to improve the patient/customer experience, quality of care. customer service, and efficient departmental operations
* Publicly credits others who have performed well, and communicates that team members have made important and valued contributions
* Schedules patient appointments obtaining all patient demographic, insurance diagnosis and procedure information and Verifies accurate insurance plan code assignment
* Informs patients and providers that a necessary authorization has not been obtained or that a procedure is being flagged as not medically necessary and that the patient may need to sign a non-covered services waiver on arrival
* Utilize clinical knowledge to determine if the doctors order is consistent with the diagnosis provided
* Coordinates appointments for patients with multiple procedures

Youll 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
* High School Diploma / GED (or higher)
* Ability to pass Epic – Proficiency within 90 days of start date
* Ability to beflexible to workvariable days and hours, 7:15am – 9:15pm Monday – Friday and 7:30am – 6:30pm Saturday and Sunday, 32 hours per week.
You will be provisioned with appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and are required to perform this role with patients and members on site, as this is an essential function of this role
Employees are

required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener prior to entering the work site each day, in order to keep our work sites safe. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained.

Preferred Qualifications
* Previous experience in hospital, surgery or specialty procedure scheduling
* Knowledge of insurance health plans, coverage and authorization process
* 1 years of Registration-Admitting experience
* 1 years of Health Information Management-ICD-10 Diagnosis/CPT coding
* 1 years of healthcare industry experienceUnitedHealth Group is an essential business. The health and safety of our team members is our highest priority, so we are taking a science driven approach to slowly welcome and transition some of our workforce back to the office with many safety protocols in place. We continue to monitor and assess before we confirm the return of each wave, paying specific attention to geography-specific trends. We have taken steps to ensure the safety of our 325,000 team members and their families, providing them with resources and support as they continue to serve the members, patients and customers who depend on us.
You can learn more about all we are doing to fight COVID-19 and support impacted communities athttps://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/addressing-covid.html

Careers with OptumInsight. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the Healthcare industry and improve peoples lives. This is where its happening. This is where youll help solve the problems that have never been solved. Were freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever its needed. Were creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do

your lifes best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphereUnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphereUnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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Requisition Number:916220

Business Segment:OptumInsight

Employee Status:Regular

Job Level:Individual Contributor

Travel:No
Additional Locations

Concord, CA, US

Overtime Status:Non-exempt

Schedule:Part-time

Shift:Day Job

Telecommuter Position:No

UnitedHealth Group

Hopkins, MN

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. It operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, OptumHealth, OptumInsight, and OptumRx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older, addressing their needs for preventive and acute health care services, as well as services dealing with chronic disease and other specialized issues for older individuals; and Medicaid plans, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and health care programs; and health and dental benefits.

The OptumHealth segment provides access to networks of care provider specialists, health management services, care delivery, consumer engagement, and financial services. This segment serves individuals through programs offered by employers, payers, government entities, and directly with the care delivery systems.

The OptumInsight segment offers software and information products, advisory consulting arrangements, and services outsourcing contracts to hospital systems, physicians, health plans, governments, life sciences companies, and other organizations. The OptumRx segment provides pharmacy care services and programs, including retail network contracting, home delivery, specialty and compounding pharmacy, and purchasing and clinical, as well as develops programs in areas, such as step therapy, formulary management, drug adherence, and disease/drug therapy management. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated was founded in 1974 and is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

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