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Behavioral Health Care Manager II

Behavioral Health Care Manager II

CompanyElevance Health
LocationDenver, CO, USA
Salary$68400 – $85500
TypeFull-Time
DegreesMaster’s
Experience LevelMid Level

Requirements

  • MA/MS in social work, counseling, or a related behavioral health field or a degree in nursing
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience with facility-based and/or outpatient psychiatric and substance abuse or substance abuse disorder treatment
  • Current active unrestricted license such as RN, LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, LPC, LBA, LMFT, or Clinical Psychologist
  • Previous experience in case management/utilization management with a broad range of experience with complex psychiatric/substance abuse cases
  • Prior managed care experience

Responsibilities

  • Uses appropriate screening criteria knowledge and clinical judgment to assess member needs to ensure access to medically necessary quality behavioral healthcare
  • Refers cases to Peer Reviewers as appropriate
  • Performs psychiatric and substance abuse or substance abuse disorder assessment coordination, implementation, case planning, monitoring, and evaluating
  • Promotes quality member outcomes to optimize member health benefits and to promote effective use of health benefits and community resources
  • Serves as a resource to other BH Care Managers
  • Assists with more complex cases and may participate in inter and intradepartmental teams, projects, and initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

  • Board Certified Behavioral Analyst (BCBA) acceptable if performs UM approvals only, reviews requests for Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) services only, and there is licensed staff supervision