Senior UM Review Nurse at Oscar Health

Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Senior UM Review Nurse to join our Utilization Review team.

Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full stack technology platform and a relentless focus on serving our members. We started Oscar in 2012 to create the kind of health insurance company we would want for ourselves—one that behaves like a doctor in the family.

About the role:

You will leverage clinical knowledge, judgment, and established criteria to determine the medical appropriateness of healthcare services. Senior nurses work as individual contributors completing reviews, and act as subject matter experts (SME). You will interact regularly with peers, Oscar medical providers, and other internal teams to successfully fulfill their role.

You will report into the UM Nurse Manager.

Work Location:This is a remote position, open to candidates who reside in: Arizona; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Iowa; Kansas; Michigan; Missouri; Nebraska; New Jersey; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; or Virginia. While your daily work will be completed from your home office, occasional travel may be required for team meetings and company events.

Pay Transparency: The base pay for this role is: $40.21 - $52.77 per hour. You are also eligible for employee benefits and monthly vacation accrual at a rate of 15 days per year.

Responsibilities:

Gather relevant medical information (via internal resources, ticket, and document review) and complete medical necessity and level of care reviews using clinical judgment and the Plan's clinical guidelines

Meet required decision-making timeframes, including promptly triggering escalations requiring physician review

Write clear and concise reviews of inpatient & lower level of care admissions, as well as outpatient and specialty service requests

Comply with department performance and quality metrics, and adhere to training and remediation requirements

Support nurse supervisor & managers in daily queue oversight including identifying and flagging clinical trends/issues

Effectively use Oscar tools to investigate and perform utilization reviews, and to support queue oversight and staffing

Acts as a clinical resource and escalation point for peers, assists in precepting of newly hired nurse reviewers, and serve as continual champions of the Oscar mission

Contribute to root cause analysis and process improvement initiatives

Use working knowledge and familiarity with applicable utilization management regulatory and accreditation requirements on a day to day basis to ensure accurate reviews

Act as subject matter experts and support the supervisory team in that capacity

Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations

Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

Active, unrestricted RN licensure from the United States and in the state of hire, OR, active compact multistate unrestricted RN license as defined by the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)

Associate Degree and/or Bachelors of Nursing from an accredited school of nursing

2+ years of utilization review experience at a managed care plan or provider organization

2+ years healthcare experience

MCG Experience

1+ years of clinical practice in an acute care setting

Bonus points:

Bachelors of Nursing (BSN) degree

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Pay Transparency: Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education, and experience. Full-time employees are eligible for benefits including: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, paid sick time, paid parental leave, 401(k) plan participation, life and disability insurance, and paid wellness time and reimbursements.

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Senior UM Review Nurse

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