Western Missouri Medical Center
Location
Warrensburg, Missouri
The Population Health Coordinator serves as a primary advocate and resource for patients, coordinating care between families, providers, and community resources. They are responsible for monitoring patient health needs, maintaining patient registries, and facilitating access to specialty care.
Candidates must hold a current Certified Medical Assistant certification or be a Licensed Practical Nurse, along with BLS certification. Two years of experience in a clinical or community health setting is preferred, with a focus on chronic disease management.
Responsible for assisting in coordinating team-based care, to provide health services to individuals, through effective partnership with patients, their caregivers/families, community resources and members of the Care Team.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS · Serve as the contact point, advocate, and informational resource for patients, care team, family/caregiver(s), payers, and community resources. · Work with RN’s and payers to plan and monitor patient care. · Assess patient’s unmet health and social needs. · Facilitate patient access to appropriate medical and specialty providers. · Educate patient and family/caregiver(s) about relevant community resources. · Facilitate and attend meetings between care team, payers, and community resources, as needed · Assist with the identification of “high-risk” patients (the chronically ill and those with special health care needs), and add these to the patient registry (or flag in EHR) · Follow up and monitor patients via payer work lists to assist in scheduling and following patient chronic care diagnosis. · Attend all Care Coordinator training courses/webinars and meetings · Display knowledge of preventative health requirements · Maintain regular and predictable attendance · Perform other essential duties as assigned
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS · Current Certified Medical Assistant certification or licensed practical nurse Two years’ experience as a CCMA or LPN required · BLS · Previous experience in caring for chronic disease patients preferred · Two years’ experience in clinical or community health setting preferred · Previous Care Coordination, Case Management or Home Health experience preferred · Must be self-motivated and have the ability to work within the established policies, procedures and practices prescribed by the hospital/clinic.
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