Remote Optum Utilization Review Jobs in Houston, TX

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation's leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40 locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Serves as a centralized care navigation and coordination resource within the Medical Management Department, supporting referral completion, home health services, durable medical equipment (DME) requests, call center operations, and continuity of care activities across Kelsey-Seybold Clinic and external providers
• Performs initial review, triage, and validation of clinical and administrative documentation to ensure requests meet foundational criteria for authorization, physician review, and regulatory processing
• Coordinates with physicians, clinics, facilities, home health agencies, providers, members, nurses, medical reviewers, and internal departments to facilitate timely progression of patient care requests and ensure complete communication throughout the continuum of care
• Supports the organization's Closed the Loop program by monitoring and coordinating activities necessary to ensure members receive requested services and that all stakeholders involved in the patient's care remain informed of outcomes and next steps

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications: 

• High School diploma or GED from an accredited program
• 2 years of experience in a managed care, utilization management, referral management, care coordination, home health, durable medical equipment (DME), case management, medical office, hospital, health plan, accountable care organization (ACO), or healthcare operations environment
• Experience interacting with providers, physicians, clinical staff, healthcare facilities, members, and external vendors regarding healthcare services, authorizations, referrals, or care coordination activities
• Experience utilizing electronic medical records (EMR), authorization systems, payer portals, or healthcare information systems
• Proven knowledge of medical terminology, healthcare delivery systems, referral management, authorization processes, and care coordination principles
• Proven knowledge of medical terminology, CPT & ICD 10 coding, and prior authorization processes

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Graduate from accredited medical assistant program
• 5 years of managed care experience either in a physician office or hospital setting health plan, ACO, or other managed care setting
• Experience in creating authorization requests or billing Medicare or private insurance companies

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The hourly pay for this role will range from $18.00 to $32.00 per hour based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.