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Job Description

At Kindred Healthcare, our mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND) is a healthcare services company, based in Louisville, Kentucky, with annual revenues of over $4 billion. At March 31, 2008, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 646 locations in 40 states. Kindred’s 52,900 employees are committed to providing high quality patient care and outstanding customer service to become the most trusted and respected provider of healthcare services in every community we serve. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Drug Free Workplace. About the Opportunity: 
Coordinates clinical operations to ensure compliance with Medicare guidelines and managed care case management policy.
 
Essential Functions:
Identifies Medicare entitlement and eligibility for prospective residents.
Completes weekly chart audits to assess documentation support for skilled Medicare coverage.
Monitors MDS documentation and charting requirements that support services provided to meeting billing requirements.
Charts MDS and pertinent narrative data to optimize case mix scores.
Conducts daily assessments of Medicare patients and coordinates therapy, care mapping and discharge planning.
Conducts weekly Medicare/case management meetings to review plan of care.
Performs other tasks as assigned.
Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the standards set out in the Company's Code of Business Conduct, its policies and procedures, the Corporate Compliance Agreement, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable professional standards.
 
For more information, or to set up an interview, please contact Kyan Wei at 801-302-0089!

Job Requirements

Qualifications:
Education: 
Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.
Licenses/Certification: 
Valid RN license in the state employed.
 
Experience:
Three years of nursing experience in a long term care environment preferred.
 
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 
Ability to work cooperatively as a member of a team.
Ability to communicate effectively with residents and their family members,  and at all levels of the organization.
Knowledge of Medicare regulations
Ability to be accurate, concise and detail oriented.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
 
*Kindred Healthcare proudly supports Affirmative Action. Drug-free work environment.