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UnitedHealth Group / Optum Req #UHG-SURG-88192

Asynchronous Surgical Pre-Certification Auditor (No-Phones)

Prior Authorization eNLC Compact Multi-State No-Phones / Async
Verified Pay Scale $46.00 โ€“ $57.50 / hr $95,680 โ€“ $119,600 / yr
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Role Overview & Clinical Scope

UnitedHealth Group offers a quiet, asynchronous chart review schedule without live phone queues. Review imaging reports, physical exam findings, and prior conservative therapy trials for complex spinal fusions, joint replacements, and bariatric surgeries. Ensure full compliance with commercial health plan clinical pre-certification criteria.

Essential Clinical Competencies & Knowledge Standards

Spine & Orthopedic Pre-Cert Asynchronous Clinical Audit Conservative Care Trial Audit No-Phones Environment

Operational & Licensure Specifications

Primary Specialty Prior Authorization
Schedule & Shift No-Phones / Async
Compact Licensure Required (eNLC 41 States)
Eligible States All 41 eNLC Compact States
Required Bedside Exp 3+ Years Acute Care
Posting Expiration 2026-12-31

Clinical Onboarding Advisory & Remote Practice Standards

Transitioning from acute bedside care into remote clinical practice requires mastering asynchronous medical review workflows, high-speed electronic health record documentation, objective clinical criteria analysis, and stringent patient data protection protocols. Candidates selected for remote healthcare roles undergo comprehensive enterprise onboarding covering utilization criteria (such as InterQual or MCG guidelines), case coordination milestones, and telephonic patient communication standards.

Under federal HIPAA Security Rule standards (45 CFR ยง 164.530), remote clinical employees must maintain a dedicated private home workspace free from unauthorized visual or acoustic observation. Enterprise employers provision encrypted corporate laptops, hardware authentication keys, and secure virtual private network conduits. Registered Nurses holding multi-state compact licensure (eNLC) must verify that their primary state of residence remains current with their respective State Board of Nursing before initiating out-of-state patient interactions.

Compensation parity across remote nursing specializations reflects acute clinical experience, specialty board certifications (such as CCM, CDIP, or CPUR), and jurisdictional multi-state flexibility. Shift differential premiums, comprehensive health benefits, retirement matching, and dedicated continuing education allowances are administered under standard enterprise healthcare employer compensation schedules to ensure equitable, competitive non-bedside nursing career mobility.

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