**Job Summary**

The Utilization Review Coordinator ensures efficient and effective management of utilization review processes, including denials and appeals activities. This role collaborates with payers, hospital staff, and clinical specialists to secure timely authorizations for hospital admissions and extended stays. The Utilization Review Coordinator monitors and documents all authorization activities, assists with process improvement initiatives, and serves as a key liaison to reduce denials and optimize patient outcomes.

**Essential Functions**

+ Submits initial assessments, continued stay reviews, and payer-requested documentation, ensuring compliance with policies, regulations, and payer requirements to establish medical necessity.
+ Communicates with commercial payers to provide concise and accurate information to secure timely authorizations and reduce potential denials, utilizing input from the Utilization Review Clinical Specialist.
+ Monito...