Responsible for the day-to-day management of staff to ensure effective resolution of member or provider/practitioner post-service appeals. Responsible for organization and development of high performing teams to ensure timely, customer focused response to appeals. Facilitates effective interfaces among team members, as well as, other business units. Responsible for day-to-day implementation of Aetna's appeals policies and procedures. Identifies trends and issues; reports on and recommends solutions. Accountable for meeting the financial, operational, and quality objectives of the unit. Manages team's productivity and resources, communicates productivity expectations and balances workload to achieve customer satisfaction through prompt/accurate handling of customer concerns. Serves as a content model expert and mentor to team regarding Aetna's policies and procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements. Manages to performance measures and standards for quality service and cost effectiveness and coaches the team/individuals to take appropriate action. Select staff using clearly defined requirements in terms of education, experience, technical and performance skills. Build strong functional teams through formal training, diverse assignments, coaching, mentoring and other developmental techniques. Assesses developmental needs and collaborates with others to identify and implement action plans that support the development of high performing teams and individuals. Ensures work of team meets federal and state requirements and quality measures, with respect to letter content and turn-around time for appeals handling. Ensures all appeals units are utilizing the National tracking tool to ensure reporting consistency and trend analysis. Holds individuals/team accountable for results; recognize/reward as appropriate. Lead change efforts while managing transitions within a team. Identifies trends involving non-clinical issues and reports on and recommends solutions.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager