Workplace Accommodation Coordinator

🌟 Workplace Accommodation Coordinator (Remote - Anywhere in the U.S.)

The Workplace Accommodation Coordinator serves as the liaison between employees, employers, and healthcare providers to support successful return-to-work outcomes. This role manages accommodation cases, reviews medical documentation, and ensures compliance with ADA, state, and client requirements.

Key Responsibilities

✅ Manage workplace accommodation cases and work status updates
✅ Review medical documentation and physician recommendations
✅ Coordinate with employees, employers, and healthcare providers
✅ Ensure compliance with ADA, state regulations, and client policies
✅ Maintain accurate case records and timely follow-up
✅ Support employees in returning to work safely and efficiently

Qualifications

🎓 Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred
📋 Experience in accommodations, disability management, leave administration, HR, or case management
💬 Strong communication and organizational skills
💻 Ability to work independently in a remote environment
⚖️ Knowledge of ADA and return-to-work processes preferred

🌎 Work remotely from anywhere in the U.S. while making a meaningful impact on employee well-being and workplace success.

• Assists in facilitating light duty accommodations and assisting employees in transitioning to full duty and provides alternative work solutions if unable to return to light or full duty.
• Reviews claim data with clients using various reports and tools to articulate, administer, and manage processes for updating claims across systems.
• Collaborates with technical operations to maintain and update the business requirements for enhancing the tools leveraged in the RTW service model.
• Serves as a liaison between the employer, employee, and treating physician to facilitate workplace accommodations. This results in lower out of workdays and other associated positive outcomes on the claim.

• High School Diploma/GED
• 2 + years of STD/LTD claims adjudication.
• Experienced in the TPA or self-administration services is desired
• Experience with FMLA/State leave claims is a plus
• Aptitude for learning medical terminology and conditions, as well as interpreting procedures and regulations
• Ability to work independently while assimilating various technical resources
• Demonstrated ability to gather and analyze information, determine a course of action and implement the selected course of action.
• Effective interpersonal skills capable of dealing with external sources and all levels of employees.
• Strong ability to identify, analyze and solve problems.
• Capable of quickly learning new tools.
• Experience with excel at least at a beginner level is required.
• Ability to interpret and manipulate tables of data to draw conclusions and identify trends.
• Excellent logic; creative and critical thinking skills; solutions-focused.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Highly organized thinking, writing, and presenting so that key points are delivered powerfully and clearly.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Related experience in claim services preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• PC literate, including Microsoft Office products
• Analytical and interpretive skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good negotiation skills
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to meet or exceed Performance Competencies
• Internal: Client Services, Sales, Claim Operations, Consultative Analytics
• External: Risk Management, Safety, Finance, Human Resources
• Receives and reviews accommodation requests
• Conducts initial employee interview per process guidelines.
• Informs claimants of documentation required to process claims, required time frames, and claims status either by phone, written correspondence and/or claims system.
• Reviews medical information to determine if the claimant meets the requirements under ADA, state, and/or client requirements for a qualifying condition.
• Makes claim determinations to approve non-complex ADA claims or makes a recommendation to team lead to deny claims based on the ADA, state, and/or client requirements. Processes ADA claims ensuring compliance with duration control guidelines, ADA and state regulations, and/or client-specific process provisions.
• Determines accommodation options; makes timely claims referrals for appropriate disability or federal/state leave of absence eligibility reviews where applicable.
• Maintains professional client relationships.
• Supports the organization's quality program(s).