What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Intake Coordinator position at Trinity Hospice?
Job Description
Job Description
Salary :
Hospice Intake Coordinator Job Summary :
The primary function of the Hospice Intake Coordinator role is to facilitate the referral intake process, coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team and the patient and their family, and the referral source.Any questions? Contact Director of Talent Acquisition Blake Thiess at bthiess@trinityhospice.com!
What You Will Do Every Day :
- Receives and appropriately documents new referrals in a timely manner
- Verifies Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance benefits timely
- Ensures all physician orders, H&Ps and transfer documentation have been provided from referral source and ensures clinical documentation is reviewed by the DON and / or PCMs for clinical approval
- Creates patient chart in EMR software (Consolo)
- Notifies clinical team of pending admissions
- Ensures all physician orders, H&Ps, transfer documentation, and intake forms have been uploaded to the patients chart
- Maintains referral log and sends out the End of Day report daily
- Verifies benefits for private insurance patients monthly
- Assists in ordering equipment as directed by the DON and / or PCMs
- Attends weekly and monthly marketing and all staff meetings
- Prepares consent and admission packets
- Provides effective communication to patients / clients, staff members, other health care professionals and referral sources.
- Participates in the Agencys QAPI program.
Education, Experience, and Certifications Needed :