Bilingual Claims Customer Service Advocate II

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina•Columbia, SC

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Provides prompt, accurate, thorough and courteous responses to all customer inquiries. Inquires may be non-routine and require deviation from standard screens, scripts, and procedures. Performs research as needed to resolve inquiries. This position is full-time (40-hours/week) Monday-Friday in a typical office environment. The work hours for this role are from 8AM-4:30PM, lunch will be from 11:30AM-12:30PM. Training will take place on-site at 4101 Percival Rd, Columbia, SC 29229 for 6 weeks and you will be required to stay in house for 6 months. You will be given the opportunity to work remote based upon your performance.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent
Must be able to speak Spanish and English fluently
2 years of customer service experience including 1 year claims or appeals processing OR Bachelor's Degree in lieu of work experience.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Strong customer service skills.
Good spelling, punctuation and grammar skills.
Basic business math proficiency.
Ability to handle confidential or sensitive information with discretion.
Microsoft Office.

Nice To Haves

Customer Service Experience, call center, and a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

Ensure effective customer relations by responding accurately, timely, and courteously to telephone, written, web, or walk-in inquiries.
Handles situations which may require adaptation of response or extensive research.
Identifies incorrectly processed claims and processes adjustments and reprocessing actions according to department guidelines.
Examine and process claims and/or non-medical appeals according to business/contract regulations, internal standards and examining guidelines.
Enters claims into the claim system after verification of correct coding of procedures and diagnosis codes.
Ensure claims are processing according to established quality and production standards.
Identify complaints and inquiries of a complex level that cannot be resolved following desk procedures and guidelines and refer these to a lead or manager for resolution.
Identifies and reports potential fraud and abuse situations.