Patient care coordinator vs unit coordinator

Differences between patient care coordinator and unit coordinator duties and responsibilities

Patient care coordinator example responsibilities.

• Communicate with insurance companies on a continuous basis to ensure hospital reimbursement and attain authorization for home and rehabilitation services.
• Manage caseload by providing care coordination to individuals with a primary intellectual/developmental disability diagnosis all of whom receive community-base waiver services.
• Check in, check out patients, and do EKG's.
• Gain knowledge relate to bundle payments for orthopedic patients and the rules and regulations set forth by CMS.
• Respond to telephone inquiries, providing quality service to customers, PSR's and insurance representatives inquiring about patient accounts.
• Prepare patients prior to MRI exam, obtain safety check lists and assist with the daily operations of the MRI department.
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Unit coordinator example responsibilities.

• Manage inpatient transfers to rehabilitation and medical facilities, along with preparing and monitoring outpatient billings insurance verification and referrals.
• Demonstrate care and compassion toward all patients and family members at all times.
• Receive all incoming phone calls; triage calls from the hospital emergency room.
• Display ability to identify and prioritize degree of urgency via assignment of triage.
• Review all patients EMR to ensure all appropriate power plans and quality measure consoles have been initiate.
• Coordinate the daily events in an ICU setting and all other secretarial duties, including but not limit to maintaining equipment.
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