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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Eden Prairie, MN
Eden Prairie, Minnesota

About this job

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us and help people live healthier lives while doing your life's best work.(sm)
Primary Responsibilities:

Making outbound calls to assess members' current health status
Identifying gaps or barriers in treatment plans
Providing patient education to assist with self management
Interacting with Medical Directors on challenging cases
Coordinating care for members
Making referrals to outside sources
Coordinating services as needed (home health, DME, etc.)
Educating members on disease processes
Encouraging members to make healthy lifestyle changes
Documenting and tracking findings
Utilizing Milliman criteria to determine if patients are in the correct hospital setting
Making welcome home calls to ensure that discharged member receive the necessary services and resources

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

Current, unrestricted RN license in the State
3+ years experience in a hospital setting, acute care, direct care experience or experience as a telephonic Case Manager for an insurance company
Basic level of experience with Microsoft Word, Outlook, and InternetPreferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree
A background in managed care
Case Management experience
Certified Case Manager (CCM)
Experience/exposure with discharge planning
Experience in utilization review, concurrent review and/or risk management
Strong organizational skills and multitasking abilities will be keys to successCareers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.
 
Job Keywords: RN, Acute care, Case Manager, Eden Prairie, MN, Minnesota