The Rehabilitation Referral Coordinator plays a vital role in delivering high-quality, cost-effective care to patients undergoing acute rehabilitation. This individual serves as a liaison among patients, rehabilitation teams, and external resources, ensuring seamless coordination of services. They are responsible for conducting pre-admission intake assessments for acute inpatient rehabilitation, ensuring compliance with admission criteria, CMS regulations, and IRF standards. Acting as a primary facilitator for patient referrals to the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), they engage with discharge planners, insurance carriers, physicians, patients, and family members, fostering strong communication and collaboration. The coordinator works closely with leadership to maintain standards, including reporting and interpreting rehabilitation data, preparing required reports, and ensuring compliance with CMS and IRF requirements. As an integral part of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team, they contribute to a collaborative effort aimed at optimizing patient outcomes. Additionally, they maintain the highest professional standards.

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Pre-admission Referrals/assessments

• Acknowledges all referrals to IRU and communicates to team via the consult pending list.
• Is knowledgeable of post-acute levels of care and their admission criteria, i.e. IRU, SNF, LTACH.
• Assures IRU admission criteria in accordance to CMS and CARF regulations are met.
• Conducts pre-admission referral assessment and completes the required documentation in E.H.R.
• Communicates the pre-admission assessment to rehab physician for further review and admission decision.
• Meets referred patient/family to review the IRU program/services and identify goals and discharge plan prior to IRU admission.
• Provides tours of the IRU to families and other stake holders.

Marketing/Referral Relationship development/volume growth

• Foster’s excellent communication between referral sources, physicians, insurance companies, and the interdisciplinary IRU team.
• Participates in performance improvement opportunities related to IRU referral process.
• Assures monthly/quarterly referral tracking data is complete and accurate.

Insurance benefit verification and Preauthorizations

• Verifies that referred patient has IRU benefits and performs all required pre-admission authorizations prior to IRU admission.

Foster Unity

·         Leverage the skills and abilities of each person to enable great teams.

·         Collaborate across departments, facilities, business units and regions.

·         Seek to understand and are open to diverse thoughts and perspectives.

Own The Moment

·         Connect with each person treating them with courtesy, compassion, empathy and respect

·         Enthusiastically engage in our work.

·         Accountable for our individual actions and our team performance.

·         Responsible for solving problems regardless of the origin.

Champion Excellence

·         Commit to the best outcomes and highest quality.

·         Have a relentless focus on exceeding expectations.

·         Believe in sharing our results, learning from our mistakes and celebrating our successes.

Seize Opportunities

·         Embrace and promote innovation and transformation.

·         Create partnerships that improve care delivery in our communities.

·         Have the courage to challenge the status quo.

• Graduate of either an accredited school of nursing-B.S.N. degree preferred or a graduate of a Physical or Occupational Therapy Program.
• Licensed RN, P.T., or O.T. in the state of Iowa.
• Minimum of 2 years in Rehabilitation services
• Computer experience required.  Must be able to use Word.