Care Manager

Care Manager

Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

About the Family & Social Services Administration :

The Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning (OMPP) is a division within the Family and Social Services Administration, which receives around 18 percent of the state's budget to ensure vital health care coverage to approximately 1 in 4 Hoosiers. OMPP strives to build programs and processes that enable Hoosiers to live in fully engaged communities and reach their greatest emotional, mental, and physical well-being. Our mission is to support individual and community well-being with effective and efficient programs, remarkable collaborations, measurable impact on individuals and communities, and an energized staff that is fully engaged with this mission.

Role Overview :

Indiana Medicaid currently provides health coverage for over 2-million Hoosiers including children and adults with complex medical and social needs. Critical to helping these individuals and their families reach their greatest emotion, mental, and physical well-being is care management. Care managers provide a personal connection to Medicaid members helping them get needed services. Indiana Medicaid is looking for a visionary leader to help us ensure that the complex and chronic care needs of Hoosiers are met. Included in this work is overseeing care management activities performed by Indiana's five Medicaid managed care entities and assuring that best practices are being used throughout all our Medicaid programs. This leader will also be key to work Medicaid is doing to transform how we care for aging Hoosiers-work that will assure more Hoosiers can age at home. We are looking for a clinical professional leader experienced in care management and dedicated to serving our most vulnerable neighbors.

Salary Statement :

The salary for this position traditionally starts at $59,800.00 but may be commensurate with education or work experience.

A Day in the Life :

The essential functions of this role are as follows :

• Establish and monitor program objectives, KPIs, and actions to achieve them.
• Direct, plan, or implement policies, objectives, or activities of organizations or businesses to ensure continuing operations, or to increase productivity.
• Interpret and explain policies, rules, regulations, or laws to organizations, government or corporate officials, or individuals.
• Recommend and implement corrective action plans to solve program problems.
• Prepare reports for approval, including those for funding or implementation of services.
• Direct or coordinate the financial or budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, or increase efficiency in the specified program.
• Ensure program requirements meet federal and state policies and grants compliance.
• Develop, train employees or agency consultants on program requirements and usage.
• Coordinate and deliver communication plans and communications.
• Serve on boards of directors and management committees.
• Serve on management committees or other governing boards.
• Recruit, select, onboard, and train employees to ensure role responsibilities and expectations are clearly understood while providing opportunities to continue professional development.
• Set expectations, measure progress, provide ongoing feedback, and evaluate the performance of employees. Ensure work adheres to quality standards, deadlines, and proper procedures.

The job profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

This position is exempt from overtime compensation for additional work hours which may be required to complete essential functions or other assigned work. Exempt employees may work more than 75 hours in a pay period without additional compensation and must report a minimum of 75 hours per pay period of work hours and / or paid leave taken to receive their base biweekly salary.

What You'll Need for Success :

The ideal candidate in this role should minimally have either :

You must meet the following requirements to be considered for employment :

Supervisory Responsibilities / Direct Reports :

This role may serve as a team lead for an assigned work group.

Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana :

The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees which includes :

Equal Employment Opportunity :

The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruiting, selecting, developing, and promoting employees based on individual ability and job performance. Reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process as well as perform the essential functions of a role. If you require reasonable accommodations to complete this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at jobs@spd.IN.gov.