Rehab Liaison -Part-Time

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Serves as advocate for acute care patients to achieve the appropriate level of post-acute care.

Facilitates professional communication with all members of acute care team, community organizations, and insurance companies.Coaches, encourages, and monitors teamwork and represents a positive first impression of the inpatient rehabilitation unit.

Employee is the first to assess patients, reviews their medical records and determines whether they should be admitted for care and or followed for future potential admission.Employee facilitates acute rehab admissions for those referrals that are appropriate for admission to the inpatient Rehab Unit.In collaboration with the acute care hospital staff and the rehab team, collects required patient information and completes all documentation that is required for admission.

Employee assesses acute care patients to identify needs, rehab potential, resources and care goals.

Employee utilizes expert insurance authorization process knowledge to prepare for customized reviews of the medical record and required authorization process including initial approval and subsequent approvals.This may include prepping for the peer-to-peer reviews between the physician and insurance company.

In collaboration with the acute care hospital staff, completes pre-screen process required for admission to Rehab Unit and enters completed screen into CMS tool within 24 hours.

Collaborates with the referring hospital staff, inpatient staff and admitting physicians to determine an admission plan and admission date that is appropriate for the patient and the referring hospital.

Employee completes admission and post-acute care placement work unique to inpatient rehabilitation in place of the acute care case manager to assist with through put and appropriate level of care.

Employee explains the types of care and expectations of services the rehabilitation facility offers to the patient and families.

Employee develops relationship in the community on behalf of the Rehab unit and the McLaren network by rounding on appropriate call points with goal of incremental referral development.

Employee analyzes referral patterns of physicians or case managers and prioritizes to increase referral relationships for the McLaren network. Provides reporting trends and activity to the rehab management team to develops strategic initiatives for market development for assigned territory.

Develops relationships with current and potential referral sources including insurance case managers and payer sources with education regarding rehabilitation.

Employee develops and establishes excellent working relationships with network partners and their admissions team.

establishing personal networks; May develop and conduct in-service training programs for internal staff and/or professional organizations.

Complies with federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements by studying requirements; This includes compliance with all health care regulations.

Employee is aware of the compliance rule @ 60% and reporting any issues to management and PM&R Medical Director.

State licensure/certification in the field of nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy or speech language pathology

2 years' experience in related health care field

Bachelor’s degree and licensure/certification in rehab discipline

Schedule: Full-time

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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