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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Case Manager - Behavioral Health

Healthcare AdminIncludes callIncludes weekendsPart-Time

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Job Description

It's more than a career, it's a calling OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: · Department: Behavioral Health · Schedule: Part Time, Days · Shift Differentials: Available for night, weekend, and additional shifts · Location: St. Anthony Hospital - OKC Our mission and values put the patient first and helps you to feel valued while respecting teamwork and collaboration.

Our Case Management roles are an integral piece in our care team and we see it as a partnership. This position is scheduled to work 24 hours/week. At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate people like you.

Daily Pay: Get paid daily doing the work you love in a way that fits your life. At SSM Health, we believe you deserve the flexibility to work a schedule that fits your life and to get paid when you need it.

Job Summary: Coordinates systems and services with an organized, trans-disciplinary team approach which delivers quality, cost-efficient care to patients through the continuum of health care services.

Collaborates with the patient, family and other members of the health care delivery team to facilitate appropriate movement through the care continuum.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Assesses data to determine medical necessity and appropriateness of level of care/admission based on approved criteria. Completes insurance verification and authorizations for specific patient population from preadmission through discharge.

Manages patient’s benefits by checking insurance eligibility to optimize payment of services rendered for alternative cost-effective levels of care. Notifies physician, business office, and patient/family of insurance denials.

Attends weekly treatment team meetings with physicians, therapists, and nursing staff to discuss treatment options, benefits, insurance authorizations, and discharge planning.

Collects, records, and maintains clinical information gathered from concurrent or retrospective review and assess for medical necessity criteria. Conducts appropriateness of admission and continued stay reviews concurrently or retrospectively.

Works effectively with internal and external customers and proactively improves case management processes. Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION Bachelor's degree in Mental Health or related field EXPERIENCE Three years' experience PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Frequent reaching, sitting, standing and walking. Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).

Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. Frequent keyboard use/data entry. Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, twisting and gripping. Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

Occasional use of vision to identify and distinguish colors. Occasional driving. Rare repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements and squatting.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 8075000040 Single Point of Entry Scheduled Weekly Hours: 24 Benefits: SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).

Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday. Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members. Explore All

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Key Responsibilities

Coordinates systems and services through a trans-disciplinary team approach to deliver quality, cost-efficient care. Manages insurance authorizations, medical necessity reviews, and discharge planning to facilitate patient movement through the care continuum.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Mental Health or a related field and three years of experience. Must hold a Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) certification from the American Heart Association.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medical Necessity AssessmentClinical DocumentationPatient CoordinationUtilization Review

Healthcare Administration Career Context

Of the 50 active Healthcare Administration listings this role was benchmarked against, 16% are remote, 34% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Oklahoma is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Oklahoma clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution31 jobs

14
<$60k
6
$60k-75k
7
$75k-90k
4
$90k-105k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks28 jobs

401k / retirement match
100%
Sign-on bonus
14%
Loan repayment
14%
CME allowance
14%
PSLF eligible
7%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 5.1
Better work-life than 60% of Healthcare Administration listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,157 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Oklahoma City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$211k
Typical market rent
$1,282/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.4
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Oklahoma City, OK metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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