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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Greenbrae, California

About this job

IT'S SIMPLE. You want to work in a healthcare setting where you are valued and appreciated - where you receive respect from your superiors and co-workers as well as the patients/residents you treat. You want to be challenged by your job without being overwhelmed by it. You want to play an instrumental role in helping a patient recover, sometimes against strong odds, and go home. What you want is Kindred Healthcare. Our mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. Join us!

Summary:

Coordinates clinical operations to ensure compliance with Medicare and Managed Care requirements.

Essential Functions:

Coordinates patient's health care services and discharge planning

Identifies Medicare and Managed Care entitlement and eligibility for prospective patients.

Monitors MDS documentation and charting requirements that support services provided to meeting billing requirements.

Conducts daily assessments of Medicare and Managed Care patients and coordinates with therapy to develop treatment plans and conduct discharge planning.

Conducts weekly Medicare/case management meetings to review plan of care.

Performs other tasks as assigned.

Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the standards set out in the Company's Code of Business Conduct, its policies and procedures, the Corporate Compliance Agreement, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable professional standards. Education:

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.

Licenses/Certification:

Valid RN license in the state employed.

Experience:

Three years of nursing experience in a long term care environment preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Ability to work cooperatively as a member of a team.

Ability to communicate effectively with patients and their family members, and at all levels of the organization.

Knowledge of Medicare regulations

Ability to be accurate, concise and detail oriented.

Ability to maintain confidentiality.

*Kindred Healthcare proudly supports Affirmative Action. Drug-free work environment.

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