Behavioral Health Care Manager, Arizona

Primary Responsibilities:

• Engage members that may be transitioning through various levels of behavioral health care
• Complete member assessments and educate on resources and services available to members
• Coordinate and collaborate with providers and treatment teams
• Strategize and solution for any barriers preventing care or delaying services
• Identify ways to add value to treatment plans and consult with facility staff or outpatient care providers on those ideas
• Work from an Integrated Care Management Model to ensure high-risk members receive evidenced-based care and medically necessary services
• Join weekly Interdisciplinary Team Rounds to collaborate with cross-functional teams on high-risk members

Required Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy; or Doctorate-degreed Psychologist
• Active, unrestricted Arizona license as an LCSW, LMFT, LPC or LP
• 2+ years of experience in a related mental health environment
• 1+ years of experience working with local and state community resources in Arizona

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with community behavioral health agencies and/or inpatient facilities
• Dual diagnosis experience with mental health and substance abuse
• Experience working at a managed care organization (MCO) or health insurance company
• Experience working in an environment that required coordination of benefits and utilization of multiple groups and resources for patients
• Demonstrated knowledge of insurance benefits, including Medicaid and Medicare
• Demonstrated knowledge of Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
• Demonstrated knowledge of Arizona's Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)