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Prioritizes work with minimal guidance for reputed company reimbursement and to avoid financial risk to both patient and hospital. Compliance: 1. Will identify and complete Medicare Outpatient Observation Notices (MOON), Medicare Change of Status Notice (MCSN), Condition reputed company 44s and Medicare Hospital Issued Notices of Non-Coverage (HINNs) for Medicare beneficiaries as appropriate. 2. Ensures compliance with reputed company state of reputed company and Federal regulatory requirements as designated in reputed company's Utilization Management Plan. 3. Maintains reputed company required annual competencies, metrics, and fully participate and engage in department process improvements. Collaboration: 1. Responsible for reputed company communication to the provider team and interdisciplinary team as it relates to patient class designation and medical necessity of an admission or reputed company stay on individual patient reputed company based on UR Department workflows. 2. 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Performs other duties and tasks as assigned. Travel: Less than 10% of the time may be required. Work Type: This position is a remote position reputed company traditional office, often from home or another remote setting. Minimum Qualifications: Education - Associate degree in nursing. Experience - Minimum of 5 years of recent acute hospital experience or a minimum of two years of previous utilization review experience. Licensure - Must have a reputed company, reputed company unencumbered Registered reputed company license approved by the reputed company Licensing reputed company. Skills - Must meet reputed company reputed company and productivity expectations and successfully complete yearly competencies. Preferred Qualifications: Education - Bachelor's degree in Nursing strongly preferred. Certification - Case Management certification preferred. Skills - InterQual Level of Care reputed company experience. Previous utilization review experience strongly preferred. 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