Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first
Humana is looking for a Field Care Manager, Behavioral Health to join the IL Medicaid team. In this position, you will report to the Manager, Care Management and connect with members both face-to-face and telephonically. The Field Care Manager serves as the primary point of contact, providing integrated care to ensure members receive timely, high-quality, and coordination services that meet their needs. You will employ a variety of strategies, approaches, and techniques to manage a member's health issues and resolve barriers that hinder effective care. Using a holistic, person-centered approach, you will enhance behavioral health outcomes, reduce care gaps and support Illinois' FIDE population through comprehensive, integrated behavioral health care management.
EARN A $3,000 HIRING BONUS! $1,500 is paid after 6 months (180 days) of employment and $1,500 is paid after 1 year (365 days) of employment. You must be employed until those dates to be eligible to receive the payment.
Position Responsibilities:
- Utilize high-quality, evidence-based behavioral health services through personalized care coordination, crisis intervention, peer support, and strong collaboration with medical and behavioral health providers.
- Provide comprehensive, integrated support to members experiencing behavioral health conditions, including children, adolescents, adults with serious mental illness (SMI) and serious emotional disturbance (SED), Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and justice-involved members.
- Engage members in their own communities, meeting them face-to-face whenever possible to build trust and facilitate meaningful care coordination.
- Coordinate behavioral health and medical services, ensuring appropriate provider engagement and adherence to treatment plans.
- Improve member's health literacy while simultaneously addressing health related social needs to positively impact member's healthcare outcomes and well-being.
- Serve as the driver of the member's interdisciplinary care team (ICT), overseeing care planning, transitions, and service delivery.
- Facilitate ICT meetings, ensuring communication among providers, Service Coordinators, and Care Management Extenders.
- Proactively support transition of care efforts.
- Will work with autonomy but reach out when support is needed.
- Collaborate with internal departments, providers, and community-based organizations to link to appropriate services and create a seamless, culturally competent care experience that respects the members' preferences and needs.
- Follow processes and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA).
- Other job responsibilities as assigned
Use your skills to make an impact
Required Qualifications
- This role is regionally based in Joliet, IL. Must reside in Joliet or a surrounding city (New Lenox, Lockport, Crest Hill, Shorewood, Frankfort, Preston Heights, Rockdale, Fairmont, Ingalls Park)
- Active Illinois licensed LCSW, LMFT or LCPC (No supervisees or provisional licenses)
- 2+ years of post-degree clinical experience in behavioral health setting.
- Case management experience working with complex SMI, SUD, SED population.
- Ability to travel to region-based facilities and homes for face-to-face assessments.
- Ability to use a variety of electronic information applications/software programs including electronic medical records.
- Intermediate to Advanced computer skills and experience with Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel.
- Valid driver's license, car insurance, and reliable transportation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Case Management Certification (CCM)
- 3+ years of in-home assessment or care coordination experience.
- Experience working with Medicare, Medicaid and dual-eligible populations
- Field Case Management Experience
- Knowledge of community health and social service agencies and additional community resources
- Previous managed care experience
- Bilingual
Additional Information
- Workstyle: This is a remote position that will require you to travel.
- Travel: Up to 75% of the time for collaboration and face-to-face meetings and field interactions with staff, providers, members, and their families.
- Workdays and Hours: Monday – Friday; 8:00am – 5:00pm Central Standard Time (CST).
- This role is considered patient facing and is part of Humana's Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB.
- This role is part of Humana's driver safety program and therefore requires an individual to have a valid state driver's license and are expected to maintain personal vehicle liability insurance. Individual must carry vehicle insurance in accordance with their residing state minimum required limits, or $25,000 bodily injury per person/$25,000 bodily injury per event /$10,000 for property damage or whichever is higher.
WAH Internet Statement
- To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees' ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria:
- At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested.
- Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership.
- Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.
- Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.
Interview Format
As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we will be using an interviewing technology called HireVue to enhance our hiring and decision-making ability. HireVue allows us to quickly connect and gain valuable information from you pertaining to your relevant skills and experience at a time that is best for your schedule.
Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Pay Range
The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.
$65,000 - $88,600 per year
This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.
Description of Benefits
Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.
About us
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
