Data Collection Coordinator

About Us: We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Overview:

Our Data Collection Coordinator will be responsible for the issuing of the Important Information on Medicare Notification of Hospital Discharge Appeal Rights (CMS – 4105–F) to Medicare beneficiaries, patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage and other Medicare health plans under MA regulations, dual eligibles, and beneficiaries with Medicare as a secondary payer.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Case Management, Physicians, Nursing, Patient Access, and Patient Relations to identify all patients who require an IM.
• Issue (within 2 calendar days of the patient’s admission) an IM to the patient or the patient’s representative and obtain a signature if the patient has not received an IM in the Patient Access Department/Admitting. File a copy of the IM in the patient’s chart/record.
• Call the patient’s representative (if not available) on the hospital telephone, and mail or fax the IM on the same day.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Case Manager to identify patients who will be discharged. Re-issue the IM 48 hours prior to the patient’s discharge.
• Notify the Case Management Department and the Nurse Case Manager of the unit should a patient request an appeal of their discharge.
• Identify and participate in departmental P.I. activities, bringing any discrepancies to the attention of a supervisor.

Qualifications:

• A High School diploma or equivalent.
• A minimum of one (1) year of healthcare or customer service experience.
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Pay Range: USD $27.29 - USD $27.86 /Hr. Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.