Case Management Assistant

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below:Case Management Assistant

Job Summary and Qualifications

The case management assistant (CMA) will work under the direction of the RN case manager or social worker to assist with facilitating patient discharges requiring post-acute placement or services, and will identify and report barriers to discharges. The CMA will provide administrative support in Case Management functions.

What you will do in this role:

• Coordinates with RN case manager and social worker for support needed. Communicates updates on progress throughout the day. Refers patient questions back to the case manager/social worker.
• Provides clerical support in multidisciplinary rounds, including updating NATE Tempo at direction of team.
• Makes referrals through the web-based referral system (nH Discharge/other) to the specific post-acute care (PAC) providers requested. Includes sending the appropriate packet of information from the medical record required for the level of care.
• Monitors patients with PAC referrals and intervenes to expedite discharge.
• Prioritizes workload to ensure a timely contact and intervention with PAC providers.
• Sends additional information to PAC provider when requested.
• Communicates with RN case managers/social workers regarding the status of PAC referrals, bed availability, and other barriers that cannot be resolved.
• Communicates results of PAC referrals with the patient, including having the Patient Choice letter signed.
• Monitors Medicare patient’s planned discharge dates and delivers the Important Medicare Message (IMM) to the patient per facility policy.
• Delivers the Beneficiary Notice to patients identified as being in the BPCI-A program (Bundle Payment hospitals only).
• Obtains physician signature on required Case Management documents and forms.
• Based on facility practice; sets up transportation/sends information to Transfer Center and generates discharge packets for PAC transfers.
• Utilizes Case Management systems, standards, and processes.
• Maintains knowledge of and actively develops relationships with PAC providers.
• Demonstrates knowledge of regulatory requirements, HCA Ethics and Compliance policies.
• Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” and “Mission and Value Statement.”

What qualifications you will need:

• High School Graduate / GED - Required
• Associate Degree - Preferred
• Medical Knowledge and Terminology
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in healthcare
• Social Work Knowledge Preferred

Benefits

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital is a 267-bed hospital. We are a top-performing quality hospital. We have over 300 of the most respected and qualified physicians in the area. We offer an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and a Cancer Care Center. Our services include open-heart surgery and a wide range of specialties. We give advanced care to critically ill patients. We offer emergency services at our main emergency room (ER). We also have a pediatric ER and two freestanding ERs. Together, our team has an unwavering conviction to improve more lives in more ways.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Case Management Assistant opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.