Registered Nurse- Utilization Management

Join our team at Lackland Air Force Base and become part of a mission-driven healthcare team dedicated to providing exceptional support to active-duty service members, retirees, and their families. If you're looking for a rewarding career with excellent benefits and the opportunity to serve those who serve our nation, we'd love to hear from you!

Registered Nurse –Utilization Management - Lackland AFB

Location: San Antonio, TX

Degree/Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Graduate from a college or university accredited by National League for Nursing

Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Required Experience

• Three years of experience in nursing
• Must have knowledge of medical privacy and confidentiality (Health Insurance
• Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA]), and accreditation standards of
• Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
• Must have a working knowledge of computer applications/software to include Diagnostic Related Grouping (DRGs).
• Must be able to collect clinical data from inpatient and outpatient sources; provide documentation for appeals or grievance resolution; apply critical thinking skills and expertise in resolving complicated healthcare, social, interpersonal, and financial patient situations;

Licensure/Registration: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse.

Job Responsibilities.

• Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals.
• Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the MTF.
• Direct and supervise care provide by other healthcare professionals
• Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
• Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes.
• Develops and implements a comprehensive Utilization Management plan/program in accordance with the facility's goals and strategic objectives.
• Performs data/metrics collection on identified program areas; analyzes and trends results, including over- and underutilization of healthcare resources. Identifies areas for improvement and cost containment.
• Reports utilization patterns
• Analyzes medical referrals/appointments and general hospital procedures and regulations by monitoring specialty care referrals for appropriateness, covered benefits, and authorized surgery/medical procedures, laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy.
• Performs medical necessity review for planned inpatient and outpatient surgery; and performs concurrent review to include length of stay (LOS) for the facility's inpatients using appropriate criteria.
• Reviews previous and present medical care practices for patterns; trends incidents of under or over- utilization of resources incidental to providing medical care.
• Acts as referral approval authority for designated referrals
• Verifies eligibility of beneficiaries using Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System (DEERS).
• Obtains pertinent information from patients/callers and updates data MHS Genesis, local referral database, and other office automation software programs.

Make a Difference Where It Matters

Join Central Care Incorporated at Lackland AFB and make a difference - one patient at a time.

About Central Care Inc.

Central Care Incorporated is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply.