Admissions Counselor - Treatment Center
Job Summary
Full Time; Day 8:30am - 5pm; Monday - Friday; REQUIRES: Bachelors Degree; previous admissions experience strongly preferred
Job Duties
Responsible for providing patient evaluations and assessments to ensure the pre-admission process results in the appropriate level of care set by the patient placement criteria of ASAM.
- Responsible for providing the biopsychosocial evaluation and assessment to determine appropriate level of care using ASAM level of care index and diagnostic tools.
- Identifies appropriate discharge planning to patients after intake and evaluation process and refers to appropriate level of care.
- Supplies pertinent information gathered in clinical assessments to multidisciplinary treatment team.
- Serves as initial contact person for referrals.
- Completes all pre-certification reviews with managed care companies identifying clinical diagnosis, level of care and ASAM and DSM IV criteria, and initial problems that need to be addressed along with tentative discharge date.
- Assists in maintaining current admission and discharge census as needed.
- Responsible for evaluating and assessing family dynamics.
- Begins to involve family with treatment program.
- Gathers preadmission intake information, verifies insurance information and compiles chart to begin medical record.
- Completes all releases of information, informs patients of their rights and patient confidentiality.
- Coordinates payment arrangements with insurance company or financial agreement with patient or responsible parties.
Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.
Position Details
Caring for your health and well-being.
- Full benefits (health, dental and vision) starting on day one
- Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents
- Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution
- Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contribution
- Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly
- Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
- MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive
- Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay and a free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care. Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more
- Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life and pet and legal insurance
Education
Bachelor's Degree-Social Sciences (Required)Skills
Patients Rights; Intake AssessmentsAbout Geisinger
Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Our Vision & Values
Everything we do is about making better health easier for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.
KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.
Our Benefits
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.
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