RN/LPN Clinical Care Reviewer - Contract to Hire

Zolon Tech, Inc. (ZTI) is one of the top small disadvantaged businesses serving federal clients with ISO 9001:2008, ISO/IEC 20000:2005 and SEI rated CMMI ML3 credentials. Zolon’s core offerings include IT Strategic Services, Data Services, and Enterprise Application Services, Application Life Cycle Support, Systems Engineering and MSP-VMS staffing services.

Specialties

Cloud Services, IT Strategic Services, System Engineering, IT Security, Gov 2.0 Solutions

Title : RN/LPN Clinical Care Reviewer
Job Type : Contract to Hire
Contract : 3 months
Location : Philadelphia, PA 19113

Under the direction of the unit Supervisor, the Clinical Care Reviewer is responsible for completing medical necessity reviews. Using clinical knowledge and nursing experience, the nurse reviews provider requests for inpatient and outpatient services, working closely with members and providers to collect all information necessary to perform a thorough medical necessity review. It is within the nurse's discretion to pending requests for additional information and/or request clarification. The nurse will use his/her professional judgment to evaluate the request to ensure that appropriate services are approved and recognize care coordination opportunities and refer those cases as needed. The nurse will apply medical health benefit policy and medical management guidelines to authorize services and appropriately identify and refer requests to the Medical Director when guidelines are not met. The nurse will maintain current knowledge and understanding of the laws, regulations, and policies that pertain to the organizational unit's business and uses clinical judgment in their application.

• Current, unrestricted PA Registered Nurse/LPN license.
• 3+ years' experience in critical care or ER within an acute care environment.
• 2+ years' experience in utilization management, preferably within managed care.
• Comfortable utilizing MS Office products, including Excel, Word, and Outlook
  

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