Care Manager RN

Company: Aetna Inc.
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: June 24, 2022

Job Description:

Job Description

Program Overview

Help us elevate our patient care to a whole new level! Join our Community Care team as an industry leader in serving our members by utilizing best-in-class operating and clinical models. You can have life-changing impact on our Community Care members. Community Care is a member centric, team-delivered, community-based care management model that joins members where they are. With compassionate attention and excellent communication, we collaborate with members, providers, and community organizations to address the full continuum of our members' health care and social determinant needs. Join us in this exciting opportunity as we grow and expand to change lives in new markets across the country.

Family Summary/Mission

Facilitate the delivery of appropriate benefits and/or healthcare information which determines eligibility for benefits while promoting wellness activities. Develops, implements and supports Health Strategies, tactics, policies and programs that ensure the delivery of benefits and to establish overall member wellness and successful and timely return to work. Services and strategies, policies and programs are comprised of network management, clinical coverage, and policies.

Position Summary/Mission

Community Care Case Manager use a collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, care coordination, evaluation, and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual's and family's comprehensive health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality, cost effective outcomes.

Fundamental Components & Physical Requirements

* Acts as a liaison with member/client /family, employer, provider(s), insurance companies, and healthcare personnel as appropriate.
* Implements and coordinates all case management activities relating to catastrophic cases and chronically ill members/clients across the continuum of care that can include consultant referrals, home care visits, the use of community resources, and alternative levels of care.
* Interacts with members/clients telephonically or in person. May be required to meet with members/clients in their homes, worksites, or physician's office to provide ongoing case management services.
* Assesses and analyzes injured, acute, or chronically ill members/clients medical and/or vocational status; develops a plan of care to facilitate the member/client's appropriate condition management to optimize wellness and medical outcomes, aid timely return to work or optimal functioning, and determination of eligibility for benefits as appropriate.
* Communicates with member/client and other stakeholders as appropriate (e.g., medical providers, attorneys, employers and insurance carriers) telephonically or in person.
* Prepares all required documentation of case work activities as appropriate.
* Interacts and consults with internal multidisciplinary team as indicated to help member/client maximize best health outcomes.
* May make outreach to treating physician or specialists concerning course of care and treatment as appropriate.
* Provides educational and prevention information for best medical outcomes.
* Applies all laws and regulations that apply to the provision of rehabilitation services; applies all special instructions required by individual insurance carriers and referral sources.
* Testifies as required to substantiate any relevant case work or reports.
* Conducts an evaluation of members/clients' needs and benefit plan eligibility and facilitates integrative functions using clinical tools and information/data.
* Utilizes case management processes in compliance with regulatory and company policies and procedures.
* Facilitates appropriate condition management, optimize overall wellness and medical outcomes, appropriate and timely return to baseline, and optimal function or return to work.
* Develops a proactive course of action to address issues presented to enhance the short and long-term outcomes, as well as opportunities to enhance a member's/client's overall wellness through integration.
* Monitors member/client progress toward desired outcomes through assessment and evaluation.

Required Qualifications

* Minimum 3 or more years clinical practical experience.
* Minimum 2 or more years case management, discharge planning and/or home health care coordination experience.
* Registered Nurse with active MO, KS or CO compact state license in good standing is required.

COVID Requirements

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

CVS Health requires certain colleagues to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any booster shots if required), where allowable under the law, unless they are approved for a reasonable accommodation based on disability, medical condition, religious belief, or other legally recognized reasons that prevents them from being vaccinated.

You are required to have received at least one COVID-19 shot prior to your first day of employment and to provide proof of your vaccination status or apply for a reasonable accommodation within the first 10 days of your employment. Please note that in some states and roles, you may be required to provide proof of full vaccination or an approved reasonable accommodation before you can begin to actively work.

Preferred Qualifications

* Bilingual preferred
* Bachelor's degree preferred.
* Certified Case Manager is preferred.
* Additional national professional certification (CRC, CDMS, CRRN, COHN, or CCM) is preferred, but not required
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
* Effective communications, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to work independently (may require working from home).
* Proficiency with standard corporate software applications, including MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, as well as some special proprietary applications.
* Efficient and Effective computer skills including navigating multiple systems and keyboarding
* Willing and able to obtain multi state RN licenses if needed, company will provide.

Education

Associates degree required, Bachelor's degree preferred

Business Overview

Bring your heart to CVS Health

Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand - with heart at its center - our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.

Our Heart At Work Behaviors support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day.

CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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