PHRN Care Management Associate Cebu, Pasig

• Prioritize incoming authorization and referral requests according to queue urgency
• Review patients clinical and chart documentation related to the service submitted by the providers office
• Obtain and/or follow up on authorization and referral requests from the patients payer/s through any of the following methodsdepending on the payers policy:
• Perform outbound calls to payers authorization department
• Access payers authorization online portal
• Submit faxes to payers authorization department
• Respond to payers clinical questions to be able to proceed with the authorization and referral requests
• Obtain and/or follow up payers peer-to-peer review requirements and send them back to providers office for the actual initiation
• Cater inbound calls from payers and perform necessary actions required for the task
• Listen and review voicemail messages from payers then perform necessary actions required for the task
• Monitor activities of Nurses to assess schedule adherence, accuracy, quality, productivity, timeliness and compliance with job requirements, policies and procedures. Report updates to management.
• Provide basic on-the-job training for direct reports and serve as a resource to address questions related to the policies, processes and procedures.
• Monitor, identify and resolve performance/behavior/attendance issues using prescribed performance management techniques.
•  Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
• Adjust to the needs of meeting service level agreements under supervision of Manager.
•  Ensure training needs of team members are met.
• Successfully complete all client related training and keep record of the same.
• Hold team briefings on a daily basis with the team.
• Communicate all process and client changes to direct reports within specific timelines and keep record of such updates.
•  Act as a single point of contact for the assigned team members for all their job related needs and create a harmonious work environment.
• Escalate performance related issues with respect to assigned team members to Managers on a timely manner (PIP).
•  Responsible for day-to-day functional supervision of work group, including work assignment and attendance monitoring; providing input into selecting, training, developing, and completing performance appraisal of work group(s) in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable compliance requirements.
•  Employee separations to be handled in-line with company policies and HR

Required Experience

• Graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing with active PH registered nurse license
• Minimum 2 years of Team Lead experience in a US Healthcare account (Prior Authorization or Claims/Denial/Appeal)
• Excellent Leadership & Interpersonal relationship
• Strong Process Management & planning skills
• Embrace change and think operationally to achieve business goals
• Proven process improvement experience