RN Utilization Review
Bend, Oregon
Health system employer
Utilization Management
Posted Jul 23 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 8-hour
- Unit
- Utilization Review
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Term
- Per Diem
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 3+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Oregon is $50/hr, across 239 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
The Utilization Management Registered Nurse (RN) has well-developed knowledge and skills in areas of utilization management, medical necessity and patient status determination. The UM RN supports the UM program by developing and/or maintaining effective and efficient processes for determining the appropriate admission status based on the regulatory and reimbursement requirements of various commercial and government payers. The UM RN is responsible for performing a variety of concurrent and retrospective UM-related reviews and functions and for ensuring that appropriate data is tracked, evaluated and reported.
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“EXPERIENCE Required: Three (3) three years acute care clinical nursing experience Preferred: Five (5) years clinical experience in acute care facility Two (2) years Utilization Management experience, o” · from this posting
Requirements
- RN
- RN License
- Bachelor's degree in nursing
- 2 years experience
- Inpatient experience
- Acute care experience
- Utilization management
- Medicare regulations
- CMS regulatory compliance
Place
- City
- Bend, Oregon
- Median rent
- $1,883/mo
- Local household income
- $96,394/yr
- Metro price level
- 4% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Bend area index 103.6, where 100 is the national average.
Bend sits along the Deschutes River in Central Oregon's high desert, where the Cascade Range frames daily life. Outdoor recreation defines the culture—skiing, hiking, and mountain biking are minutes from downtown. A growing healthcare sector and laid-back mountain-town atmosphere make it appealing for RNs seeking an active, outdoorsy lifestyle.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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You are looking at St. Charles Health System in Bend, a community nonprofit hospital system founded in 1918 whose Bend campus opened in 1975. It is the area’s primary level-two trauma option, ONA-represented at the Bend medical center, with a…
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