Mental health program manager vs mental health clinician

Differences between mental health program manager and mental health clinician duties and responsibilities

Mental health program manager example responsibilities.

• Conduct daily clinical documentation audits, manage consumer financial accounts, provide oversight and approval for all treatment and discharge planning.
• Conduct billing and coding through agency reimbursement funding through Medicaid.
• Develop and maintain close liaison with local providers and drug rehabilitation facilities.
• Chair and direct interdisciplinary teams in the development and evaluation of individualize habilitation, rehabilitation and treatment plans.
• Coordinate and provide qualitative and quantitative review of all documentation to insure billing accuracy for Medicaid compliance and federal guidelines.
• Implement process improvements and Medicare department reorganization that establish a foundation for improve member outcomes and satisfaction and increase product margins.
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Mental health clinician example responsibilities.

• Work with children with autism and developmental impairment, providing weekly therapeutic sessions.
• Provide individual and group psychotherapy for adult population with goal of rehabilitation and community reintegration.
• Meet productivity standards comply with all DMH documentation standards and participate in on call crisis intervention rotation.
• Provide psychotherapy with empathy and concern as indicated by supervisory observation and feedback from patients, family and fellow team members.
• Provide clinical therapeutic services to patients, including individual and group therapy and coordination of treatment for participants with co-occurring disorders.
• Assess, diagnose, provide psychotherapy and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill adults, children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbance.
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