Title: Competency Assessment: (U2 M4) Promoting Patient Navigators
Course: SkillsCom CMA 200 15.0 > Section: Unit 2 Module 4

Scenario:

You are a Coding and Reimbursement Specialist for a 10 physician practice.  You have been hearing about Patient Navigators in the news and so you have been doing a little bit a research on your own.  You found a job description for a Community Resource Navigator which gives you some insight into the job responsibilities.

Based on what you have learned, you think that the use of Patient Navigators in the practice could improve the efficiency of the practice which would also increase the number of patients seen which could ultimately increase revenue.

You have an office meeting coming up and you want to share the idea with the rest of the staff.  In preparation for this meeting, you are going to create the presentation that will sell everyone on the idea.  Here are the things you must cover:

- Define “patient navigator”.
- Discuss the purpose, function, and utility of Patient Navigators to the patients.
- Discuss the purpose, function, and utility of Patient Navigators to the Organization.
- Describe how Patient Navigators can increase the efficiency of scheduling
- Describe how Patient Navigators can increase the efficiency of reimbursement.
- Interviews with patients
- Use visuals.

You want to practice your presentation before you give it to your co-workers, so Video tape yourself giving the presentation.