Home Health and Hospice Prior Authorizations Specalist
- Salary
- $23–$28/hr
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- United States
- Work type
- Hybrid
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Join Our Team as an Insurance Prior Authorization Specialist at Alpha Home Health & Hospice. On-site in our office located in Mount Vernon, WA or remote in PST or MST time zones only.
Benefits:
- $23-28 per hour, DOE
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Free health concierge services
- FSA and HSA accounts
- Paid Life and AD&D insurance
- Paid Sick, Holidays, and PTO
- STD, LTD, and other voluntary insurance plans
- Company-wide celebrations of your great work & accomplishments
- Support for your professional growth and development
- Room for advancement
- AMAZING teammates & leaders who are supportive, inclusive, and fun!
What Do We Require of a Prior Authorization Specialist?
- MUST have at least 1 year of insurance authorization/billing experience in home health/hospice.
- Experience with Home Care Home Base is required
- Prefer onsite but will consider remote if candidate lives in PST or MST time zones
- Demonstrated cooperation and excellent customer service skills
- Ability to multi-task and stay on task in a fast-paced office
- Excellent team-oriented, verbal, and written communication skills
Key Responsibilities:
- Verify insurance coverage, including primary and secondary payors
- Use UGS/DDE and EDS programs to verify Medicare/Medicaid eligibility
- Obtain visit authorization via payor by providing appropriate medical records
- Perform accurate data entry in patient records within HCHB
- Maintain payor files with up-to-date requirements to obtain/initiate appeals for denied authorizations
- Interface with contract, clinical, and office staff to foster collaboration and positive working relationships
- Prepare patient co-pay estimates and notify scheduling of authorized visits
- Provide excellent customer service to patients, referral sources, and community contacts with questions regarding payor prior authorizations and medical guidelines
- Enter, audit, and follow up on authorized and unauthorized visits within HCHB
Why Alpha Home Health & Hospice?
At Alpha Home Health & Hospice, we pride ourselves on our quality of care and ethical business practices, guided by our foundational Core Values of CAPLICO:
- Customer Second (Employee First!)
- Accountability
- Passion for Learning
- Love One Another
- Intelligent Risk Taking
- Celebration
- Ownership
The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.
At Alpha Home Health, we believe in making sure that we have the right team in place. Our team is skilled and passionate about providing care that exceeds expectations. We have created a culture of teamwork and support for our staff that is unlike any in the industry. This allows our talented team to focus on what they do best.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.
