Description and Requirements

The Complex Care Manager plans and manages behavioral and/or physical care and works collaboratively with the members and their health care team across the continuum of care. This role will support a wide variety of areas including chronic disease management, Hospice/Palliative care, Transitions of Care and medically complex members. The Complex Care Manager is responsible for applying care management principles when engaging members and addressing coordination of their health care services by providing an excellent member experience, addressing barriers, addressing care gaps, and improving health outcomes.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advocates, informs, and educates beneficiaries on services, self-management techniques, and health benefits.
• Conducts assessments to identify barriers and opportunities for intervention.
• Develops care plans that align with the physician's treatment plans and recommends interventions that align with proposed goals.
• Generates referrals to providers, community-based resources, and appropriate services and other resources to assist in goal achievement and maintenance of successful health outcomes.
• Liaise between service providers such as doctors, social workers, discharge planners, and community-based service providers to ensure care is coordinated and care needs are adequately addressed.
• Coordinates and facilitates with the multi-disciplinary health care team as necessary to ensure care plan goals and treatment is person-centered and maximizes member health outcomes.
• Assists in identifying opportunities for alternative care options based on member needs and assessments.
• Evaluates service authorizations to ensure alignment and execution of the member's care and physician treatment plan.
• Contributes to corporate goals through ongoing execution of member care plans and member goal achievement.
• Documents all encounters with providers, members, and vendors in the appropriate system in accordance with internal and established documentation procedures; follows up as needed; and updates care plans based on member needs, as appropriate.
• Occasional overtime as necessary.
• Additional duties as assigned.

• NYS RN

• Strong interpersonal and assessment skills, especially the ability to relate well with seniors, their families, and community care providers, along with demonstrated ability to handle rapidly changing situations.
• Fluency in Spanish, Korean, Mandarin, or Cantonese.
• Knowledge and experience with the current community health practices for the frail adult population and cognitive impaired seniors.
• Experience managing member information in a shared network environment using paperless database modules and archival systems.
• Experience and knowledge of the relevant product line
• Relevant work experience preferably as a Care Manager
• Demonstrated ability to manage large caseloads and effectively work in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient with simultaneously navigating the Internet and multi-tasking with multiple electronic documentation systems
• Experience using Microsoft Excel with the ability to edit, search, sort/filter and other Microsoft and PHI systems