Integrated Healthcare Services is seeking a travel Occupational Therapist for a travel job in Houston, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Occupational Therapist
• Discipline: Therapy
• Duration: 18 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

To provide prior authorization of outpatient and home physical and occupational therapy services requiring authorization. This process includes using clinical judgement for utilization management, application of product benefits, understanding of regulatory requirements, and verification of medical necessity utilizing evidence-based criteria. In addition, provider education is a component of this process.

Job Responsibilities:
-Utilizes established criteria to appropriately certify requested services within the established timeframe required.
-Consults with physicians and therapists regarding the member’s history and current care needs on an ongoing basis.
-Refers cases failing to meet medical necessity criteria to the medical director or designee for review and disposition.
-Conducts timely entry of information into systems and assigns appropriate length of service per established guidelines, and communicates authorization numbers to providers and members.
-Evaluates benefit coverage and regulatory guidelines pertinent to decision making.

Required Skills & Experience:
-Five (5) years of professional physical therapy and/or utilization management experience.
-Measurement or testing of the function of the musculoskeletal, neurological, pulmonary, or cardiovascular system.
-Rehabilitative treatment concerned with restoring function or preventing disability caused by illness, injury, or birth defect.
-Treatment, consultative, educational, or advisory services to reduce the incidence or severity of disability or pain and enable, train, or retrain a person to perform independent skills and activities of daily living.
-Ability to prevent, identify, correct, or alleviate acute or prolonged movement dysfunction or pain of anatomic or physiologic origin.
-Ability to use a personal computer, general office equipment, and audio/video equipment.
-Ability to communicate effectively.
-Ability to retain confidential patient information.
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
-Highly motivated and able to work independently.
-Ability to work collaboratively with other team members.

Required Education:
-Degree in Physical Therapy.
OR
-Degree in Occupational Therapy.

Required Certifications & Licensure:
-PT - Physical Therapist License issued by the Texas Board of Physical or Occupational Therapy Examiners.
OR
-OT - Occupational Therapist License issued by the Texas Board of Physical or Occupational Therapy Examiners.

QUALIFICATION/LICENSURE
Work Authorization : US Citizen
Preferred years of experience : 2 years
Travel required : No travel required
Shift timings : Day

Integrated Healthcare Services Job ID #36629018. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Utilization Mgmt PT/OT Thr Spc