Utilization Management Nurse, Senior

The Utilization Management team manages accurate and timely prior authorization and inpatient stays reviews for our members and correctly applies the guidelines for nationally recognized levels of care for our Shared Services department including concurrent review, transplant and NICU/HROB. The Utilization Management Nurse, Senior will report to the Manager, Utilization and Medical Review. In this role you will be supporting the department by supporting the clinicians who perform first level determination approvals for members using BSC evidenced based guidelines, policies, and nationally recognized clinical criteria across lines of business or for a specific line of business such as Commercial, Medi-Cal or Medicare. Successful RN candidate reviews authorization requests for medical necessity, coding accuracy and medical policy compliance. Clinical judgment and detailed knowledge of benefit plans used to complete review decisions is required.