Who We Are
Evergreen Nephrology partners with nephrologists to transform kidney care through a value-based, person-centered, holistic, and comprehensive approach to kidney care. We believe patients living with kidney disease deserve the best care. We are committed to improving patient outcomes and improving quality of life by delaying disease progression, shifting care to the home, and accelerating kidney transplants.
We help nephrologists focus on the right patients at the right time across the full care spectrum. We do this by providing them with the best-in-class interdisciplinary clinical resources, analytical insight and tools, and services to patients. We listen to the needs of our patients, our employees, and our client partners, continually working to push beyond the status quo in which the care system manages patients today.
Who You Are
You are devoted, compassionate, and enjoy being on the front lines of healthcare, changing the lives of patients by supporting them and the team by focusing on customers. You're excited about being part of a team that is building a healthcare delivery model that ensures the highest possible quality of life and best outcomes for those in our care. You believe people living with kidney disease deserve the best person-centered, holistic, comprehensive care and want to influence the healthcare system to drive towards that. You thrive in innovative and evolving environments with high rates of change.
Your Role
The Evergreen Chronic Care Management (CCM) Medical Assistant (Care Coordinator) supports proactive care coordination services for patients with complex chronic conditions, including chronic kidney disease (CKD), hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and related comorbidities. Working under Evergreen's clinical supervision, the Care Coordinator conducts patient outreach, creates, maintains, and reinforces established care plans, supports documentation compliance, and coordinates communication between patients, providers, and healthcare partners.
This role is outreach-driven and operationally focused, requiring strong organization, patient communication skills, and the ability to manage a high-volume patient panel. Experience supporting nephrology or CKD patient populations is strongly preferred.
The program uses SMS as the first-line channel for patient engagement, with phone outreach used when appropriate.
While this position is fully remote, you must be able to work 8:00am – 5:00pm in the central time zone.
Role Responsibilities
Some responsibilities may vary based on specific patient programs, but this role's primary duties include the following:
- Patient Enrollment & Eligibility
- Support CCM patient enrollment and onboarding activities.
- Verify eligibility based on Evergreen and payer program guidelines.
- Ensure patient consent documentation is completed prior to outreach.
- Proactively maintain patient engagement regularly.
- Identify inactive or non-engaged patients and escalate appropriately.
- Patient Outreach & Engagement
- Conduct text & telephonic outreach to enrolled CCM patients weekly.
- Achieve required engagement time standards aligned with Medicare CCM billing requirements.
- Support achievement of required engagement time for billing compliance.
- Reinforce provider-directed care plans during patient interactions.
- Identify barriers to adherence including medication access, transportation, or social needs.
- Expected activities include:
- High-volume outbound patient calling and texting.
- Follow-up outreach attempts.
- Documentation & Billing Compliance
- Document patient interactions accurately within the CCM patient management platform and EHR systems.
- Track engagement time consistent with Medicare CCM billing requirements.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation standards.
- Ensure HIPAA and PHI compliance.
- Patient Care Coordination & Clinical Workflow
- Facilitate patient access to their referring provider and clinical staff.
- Support care transitions following hospitalizations or ED visits.
- Coordinate referrals and follow-up appointments.
- Escalate symptom concerns or medication issues to licensed clinical staff.
- Preferred experience includes:
- Chronic kidney disease patient populations.
- Dialysis patient coordination.
- Medication adherence monitoring.
- Kidney transplant or specialty referrals.
- Technology & Communication
- Utilize CCM platform and EHR systems daily.
- Manage patient messaging workflows.
- Collaborate with remote clinical and operational teams.
Required Qualifications
- Certified Medical Assistant
- 1–3 years healthcare experience
- Chronic disease or nephrology experience is preferred.
- Strong clinical assessment, communication, and documentation skills.
- Comfortable working in two systems (EHR + CCM platform) simultaneously.
- Ability to manage a structured, metric-driven workflow with reliability.
- Intermediate skills with MS Office Suite of products including Outlook and Teams
- Able to work effectively in a primarily remote environment:
- Home internet must support a minimum download speed of 25 Mbps and upload speed of 10 Mbps. Cable, Fiber, or DSL connections hardwired to the internet device are recommended
- Evergreen will provide remote employees with telephony applications and equipment to meet the business requirements for their role
- Employees must work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in chronic disease management
- Prior work in virtual care, remote nursing, or telehealth programs.
- Familiarity with CCM regulatory requirements.
- Strong patient education and motivational interviewing skills.
Compensation
The pay range for this role is $45,000 to $52,000 annually. Exact pay is determined based on experience, education, demand for the role, and other role-specific factors.
This role is also eligible for a bonus.
Benefits
Evergreen Nephrology's total rewards program is designed to support you in and outside of work. You can expect:
- Paid time off starting at 4 weeks for full-time employees
- 12 paid holidays per year
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance, including an HSA with employer match
- Reimbursement for continuing medical education for eligible roles
- A 401(k) program where Evergreen matches up to 4% of contributions after six months of tenure
- Paid parental leave
- A robust training and development program that starts with onboarding and continues throughout your career with Evergreen Nephrology
Evergreen Nephrology is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any other protected category under local, state or federal laws.
If you are an applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please contact us for assistance at [email protected].
