Location: Orange, CA
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
Overview: **UCI Health** is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County. To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org. Responsibilities: **Position Summary:** The Manager, Admissions & Central Authorization is responsible for the operational leadership, administrative oversight, and daily supervision of both facility admissions and systemwide inpatient central authorization functions within their designated area. The incumbent is accountable for all operational, administrative, and supervisory activities within the assigned programs, ensuring admissions and authorization services are performed accurately, efficiently, and in accordance with regulatory, accreditation, payer, revenue cycle, and health system standards. This role maintains responsibility for the planning, coordination, and evaluation of admissions operations, encompassing patient intake, bed placement coordination, insurance verification, pre-certification, and admitting functions, as well as the timely and accurate procurement of prior authorizations across all supporte