Scheduling Specialist Home Health
Optum · Renton, WA · 2 days ago
Project Management$18.45–$27.65/hrFull-time
About the Role
Explore opportunities with Renton Assured Home Health, a part of LHC Group and the Optum family of businesses. We provide home health, hospice, and community-based services, helping people receive quality care at home. This position is on-site, Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. As a Scheduling Specialist, you’ll manage patient referrals and visit schedules, assign patient assessments, and collaborate with the Team Leader to match clinicians with patient needs.
Responsibilities
- Utilize an automated scheduling system to maintain a calendar of services for episodic and per-visit customers.
- Process workflow for scheduled, missed, rescheduled, reassigned, declined, and delivered visits.
- Monitor pending referrals daily and assign licensed professionals and case managers for start-of-care visits.
- Communicate daily with field staff to resolve unaddressed visits in late, pending, or incomplete status.
Requirements
- High school education or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- 1+ years of scheduling experience in a healthcare setting using an online scheduling system.
- Exceptional organizational, customer service, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Working knowledge of state and federal regulations governing OASIS visits, supervisory, and reassessment visits.
Pay
The hourly pay for this role ranges from $18.45 to $27.65 per hour based on full-time employment. Pay is based on factors including local labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Incentive and recognition programs.
- Equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (subject to eligibility requirements).