How Do I Find Utilization Review Jobs?
When I started my search for Utilization Review (UR) jobs in 2021, it was a frustrating experience. Very few companies that hire therapists actually use the term "Utilization Review." How then can you find the job you want if you don't know the job titles or companies to search for? If you are unfamiliar with UR, I give a brief introduction to it in the "What is a Pre-Service Coordinator?" blog post. I hope that this blog post will help shed some insight from on my own experiences to save you time and reduce your frustration when applying for UR jobs.
1) Know what terms to search
Of the 18 Utilization Review applications I submitted, only 1 actually said "Utilization Review" in the title. Only 3 companies I submitted applications for used the word "review" in it. Even the current job I have doesn't have the word "Utilization" or "Review" in the title. That made it difficult to know what to search for because I would have to try multiple phrases for each company.
Common job titles for Utilization Review jobs include:
A. Pre-Service Coordinator
B. Skilled Inpatient Care Coordinator
C. Home Health Care Coordinator
D. Appeals and Denials Coordinator
E. Cross-Market Care Coordinator
F. Service Coordinator
G. Clinical Reviewer
H. Care Review
I. Care Coordinator
There may be more titles, but I ultimately learned to just search coordinator or review because that covered the majority of all titles.
2) Know what companies hire
"Where should I apply?" is a common question asked by those who want to go nonclinical. There are a lot of different companies out there. If you are a nurse, you have a lot more flexibility for UR jobs than a therapist. If you are an assistant, you have the least flexibility for UR jobs, unfortunately. The company that I got hired with is naviHealth, and they are one of the most popular companies for UR. I can go into more detail about naviHealth as a company in a future blog.
For those interested in the names of companies that hire for Utilization Review jobs, click the button below to obtain a document I created! It contains an alphabetized list of companies with hyperlinks to each company's careers page!
3) Search for job posts at minimum once per week
If you are serious about applying for a job in Utilization Review, you need to:
A. Go directly on the company's website
B. Search it at least 1x per week
Why? Since the market is very competitive, the recruiters rarely need to use other job search websites to get applicants. Many of the companies post new jobs every few days, so I would highly recommend searching every 48-72 hours. An additional caveat to using job search websites would be that many of these companies are contract/temp agencies, based on my experience.
If you decide to use job search websites such as Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn, Monster, or Zip Recruiter, you are able to search multiple companies at once and create notifications for new job postings. I am sure there are people who got their Utilization Review job in 2021 through a job search website, but I don't personally know anyone who has.
Again, if you would like a list of the different companies that hire positions for Utilization Review, click the link to download a document containing an alphabetized list of companies with hyperlinks to their careers page!
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