RN Case Manager

Overview

About us: Fallon Health is a company that cares. We prioritize our members—always—making sure they get the care they need and deserve. Founded in 1977 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Fallon Health delivers equitable, high-quality, coordinated care and is continually rated among the nation’s top health plans for member experience, service, and clinical quality. We believe our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, and unique capabilities allow us to better serve our members.

We embrace and encourage differences in age, race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and other characteristics that make people unique. Today, guided by our mission of improving health and inspiring hope, we strive to be the leading provider of government-sponsored health insurance programs—including Medicare, Medicaid, and PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly)— in the region. Learn more at fallonhealth.org or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Brief summary of purpose: The RN Nurse Case Manager (NCM) is an integral part of an interdisciplinary team focused on care coordination, care management and improving access to and quality of care for NaviCare members. The NCM seeks to establish face-to-face and telephonic relationships with the member/caregiver(s) to better ensure ongoing service provision and care coordination, consistent with the member specific care plan developed by the NCM and Care Team.

Responsibilities may include conducting in-house face-to-face visits for members identified as needing face-to-face visit interaction and care planning with the goal of coordinating and facilitating services to meet member needs according to benefit structures and available community resources. NCMs are responsible for completing all Transition of Care Assessments, which may be done both in person and telephonically. The NCM is responsible for reconciling all medications at time of transition. The NCM creates all initial care plans, updates care plans as needed and executes care planning activities for medically complex members.

The NCM collaborates with Navigators on the care of all members to address medical concerns and to provide holistic and comprehensive case management.

Responsibilities

Primary Job Responsibilities Member Assessment, Education, and Advocacy Assess and manage a member panel through in-person and telephonic outreach. Complete medication reconciliations and care transition assessments. Educate members on benefits, rights, disease management, medications, and preventive screenings. Ensure members and authorized representatives participate in and approve care plans. Support member self-management through coaching and health education. Care Coordination and Collaboration Develop and update individualized care plans based on assessments. Coordinate services and authorize care according to program and regulatory standards…

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