ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SPECIALIST

New York City, NY • Manhattan, NY

127d

About The Position

The Office of Revenue Management and Development (ORMD)/The Bureau of Case Integrity & Eligibility Verification's (BCIEV) mission is to identify system enhancements to improve claiming and to avoid overpayments, as well as working with program areas to prevent potential errors by reviewing records of Cash Assistance and Medical Insurance and Community Services Administration (MICSA) cases and analyzing their contents for material that might retroactively identify Federal and State obligations that had not previously been recognized. Bureau of Case Integrity and Eligibility Verification (BCIEV) is recruiting one (1) Principal Administrative Associate II to function as an Eligibility Verification Specialist in its Eligibility Verification Division.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience, one year of which must have been in an administrative capacity or supervising staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty.
• An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience.
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience.
• Education and/or experience equivalent to the above, with all candidates required to possess one year of administrative or supervisory experience.

Nice To Haves

• Medical Assistance Program (MAP) Job Center, or HIV/AIDS Service Administration (HASA) experience.
• Knowledge of Welfare Management System (WMS), Paperless Office System, HRA One Viewer, and Electronic Medicaid of New York (E-MedNY).

Responsibilities

• Work on various Medical Assistance Program (MAP) projects including reviewing and analyzing MAP duplicate Client Identification Numbers (CINs) for potential recovery of duplicate payments to New York State.
• Initiate corrective actions for invalid MAP Social Security Numbers to minimize risk of audit disallowances.
• Evaluate Information Technology Services (ITS) computer printouts relating to MAP reimbursement claims.
• Perform quality assurance and Welfare management System (WMS) look-ups for MAP cases identified through Enterprise Warehouse (EDW) and Electronic Medicaid of New York (E-MEDNY) queries.
• Conduct surveys and special assignments on MAP related issues.

Benefits

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility.
• Potential for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees