Job Description: Works with Regional Medical Directors to make sound, evidence based clinical decisions regarding the requested cases (treatments and procedures) for IP/OP and performs retrospective clinical reviews utilizing criteria set forth by the client and Medicare (CMS-Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and perform outbound calls to providers.
Responsibilities: Performs clinical review of cases received from the specialist team or other departments within CCR, determines if additional clinical information if required, makes a clinical decision to approve or deny a case based on plan coverage, criteria and / or guidelines or pend / refer it to the Regional Medical Directors for further review for medical necessity, and coordinates a peer to peer (doctor to doctor case discussion) review as applicable.
