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Patient Advocate Bilingual (Spanish/English) |
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Healthcare/Physician/Nursing |
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Job description:
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Chamberlin Edmonds works as an augmentation to existing hospital staff to assist uninsured patients through the difficult processes of applying for medical assistance. Chamberlin Edmonds relieves patients and hospital staff from the confusion and frustration of the application process.
Chamberlin Edmonds’ professionals are trained to recognize the obscure cases that are frequently overlooked and may not appear to fall under most eligibility guidelines. Our unique expertise enables us to obtain short-term funding solutions and, wherever appropriate, to secure long-term Medicare conversions for patients. Our Health Care Representatives evaluate many factors other than financial criteria in their decision making process, such as the patient’s mental and physical limitations, gender, age, living conditions, work history and education. All of these factors have a bearing on revenue recovery success.
We routinely make applications for the following programs:
-Supplemental Security Income
-Social Security Disability Insurance
-Medicare
-End Stage Renal Disease
-Medicaid (all programs)
-Crime Victims Compensation
-Chronically Ill and Disabled Children
-Charity Care
-County Indigent Health Care Programs
-Numerous other state, local and community benefit programs targeting indigent, underinsured or uninsured
Some duties:
-Screening patient referrals
-Reviewing patient hospital charts
-Interviewing patients face-to-face
-Completing applications, by hand and on computer, for state Medicaid programs
-Assisting and assessing the needs of the patient and hospital to ensure that referrals are resolved timely and appropriately
-Providing updates and assistance to hospital personnel and other staff as needed
-Maintaining documentation in both hospital computer and company database |
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-Knowledge of State Medicaid (NJ Family Care, Medical Assistance, Medically Needy) and/or Charity Care application processes and programs
-Ability to read, write and speak both English and Spanish fluently
-Ability to read and apply the information contained in medical records to appropriate program
-Previous case management experience
-Ability to apply knowledge of state/federal programs to benefit coverage for the patient
-Reliable transportation
-Understanding of and the ability to apply the medical definition of disability as it relates to body systems and functions of daily living
-Demonstrated experience working with people of various educational and socioeconomic backgrounds
-Computer skills, including word processing and data entry, (MS Office, Outlook, Excel, preferred)
-Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills
-Previous experience in Social Work, Nursing and/or Utilization Review
-Previous Hospital business office experience in Financial Counseling or Admissions
*This exciting position is based in the Emergency Department of a local hospital. It is part-time for 2-3 days per week and working 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM. Days are flexible but most likely to be Fri-Sun or Sat-Mon.
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Salary Range:
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17.00-19.00 USD hourly |
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Degree:
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Associate |
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Experience (year):
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0 |
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Job Location:
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New Brunswick - New Jersey - USA |
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Post Date:
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11/06/2009 |
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