Description
Job description:
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. COMPASSIONATE CARE.
Ozarks Community Hospital in Webb City, MO has an immediate opening for a full-time Care Coordinator within our Medical Home Department. This position will require some traveling to our surrounding clinics such as Carthage and Mt Vernon.
ABOUT OUR HEALTH SYSTEM.
Ozarks Community Hospital is a safety-net healthcare provider headquartered in Gravette, Arkansas, serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Ozarks. Our facilities include a hospital located in Gravette, Arkansas and a number of satellite clinics located in Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas.
Ozarks Community Hospital takes great pride in providing patients accredited Patient-Centered Medical Homes through a dozen rural health clinics and as part of a broader range of specialty services located in its two provider-based clinics in Gravette, Arkansas and Springfield, Missouri. Specialty clinic services include Pediatrics, Women’s Health, Diabetes Care, Hepatitis C, Urology, Geriatrics, Pain Management, and the FLAG (Fatty Liver and Goals) Clinic.
Our Mission: Ozarks Community Hospital and clinics are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare and preventive services to all patients in an atmosphere of compassion, respect, and dignity, with a commitment to care for the underserved and to improve access to care.
Benefits include:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Up to 3.5 weeks of possible PTO first year (40 hour work week)
- 401k with company match
Job Summary: Under the Operations Director, this position will be responsible for ensuring that Medicaid beneficiaries are successfully enrolled in the MO DSS Health Home. They will track OCH’s Health Home patient’s ER utilization daily and follow patients’ Medicaid eligibility/coverage. This position will serve as a point of contact for patients enrolled in the Health Home as well as assist self-pay patients in obtaining Medicaid coverage. They will work cooperatively with a patients’ care team to maximize outcomes. Has the ability to perform duties consistent with Standards of Practice, goals and philosophy of Ozarks Community Hospital and the Employee Code of Conduct.
Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum of one (2) year’s medical office experience preferred.
- Previous experience with Medicaid coverage preferred.
- Completion of medical terminology course or equivalent experience preferred.
OCH is an Equal Opportunity Employer