Individual Enrollment Oversight & Quality Specialist

Premera Blue Cross

1d•Remote

About The Position

Our purpose, to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better, is far from ordinary. And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare. Premera is committed to being a workplace where people feel empowered to grow, innovate, and lead with purpose. By investing in our employees and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous development, we’re able to better serve our customers. It’s this commitment that has earned us recognition as one of the best companies to work for. Learn more about our recent awards and recognitions as a greatest workplace. Learn how Premera supports our members, customers and the communities that we serve through our Healthsource blog: https://healthsource.premera.com/. We are currently hiring an Individual Enrollment Oversight and Quality Specialist. This position will perform moderate to complex enrollment, eligibility, billing changes and reconciliation, and account research using a variety of methods, systems and platforms. This role is expected to have exceptional customer service skills and interact with internal and external customers in a timely and professional manner via phone, email or written correspondence within established department turnaround times. Must be able to thoroughly explain administrative and regulatory guidelines, their impact and offer alternatives to our members/agents. This position will provide support and coordination to assist in the management and improvement of assigned audit processes. This role will include the development, maintenance and tracking of related audits, procedures, and efficiency work in team and as it relates to our strategic implementation partners.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED. (Required)
Minimum of two (2) years of accounting/finance/bookkeeping experience or two (2) years enrollment processing experience. (Required)

Nice To Haves

Associate’s degree in accounting. (Preferred)
Previous customer service experience. (Preferred)
Health or insurance industry experience. (Preferred)

Responsibilities

Responsible for reviewing plan provisions and applying specific rules inherent to Individual or Group enrollment scenarios.
Apply contractual, state and federal guidelines as appropriate, ensuring work is in compliance with federal and state regulations.
Provide technical support to assigned teams/strategic implementation partners by researching and/or troubleshooting issues related to processing, system, and software applications.
Serve as a resource for customers by researching complex systems issues impacting member eligibility and determining appropriate course of action. Escalate issues or concerns to ensure desired results.
Conduct performance audits to ensure transaction compliance, accuracy and timeliness. Identify, recommend and implement process improvements.
Represent department on cross-functional teams and meet with external customers as required.
Regularly review procedures and training material for in-team and strategic implementation partner training, through partnership with the training and quality coaching teams, to outline and implement improvements for increased efficiency.
Provide back-up and peak-load assistance across Enrollment & Billing as needed; complete special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
Track, monitor, update, and follow-up with strategic implementation partner on audit findings, action plans, and information requests to ensure each item on the action plan is completed in a timely and accurate manner.
Process plan changes, dependent add-ons, direct transfers, transfer accumulators and more challenging types of enrollments.
Update eligibility, enrollment and/or billing of accounts.
Contact customers or Producer agents for enrollment clarification and/or to provide administrative/regulatory guidelines. This may include creating written correspondence regarding complex billing and enrollment issues.
Meet or exceed department production and quality standards and remain current on company/departmental policies and procedures.
Educate agents and members on general membership and billing processes and administrative rules; may include Web portal usage and contract or regulation interpretation.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.
Life and disability insurance.
Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.
Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.
Generous paid time off to reenergize.
Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.
For our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.
Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.
Free convenient on-site parking.
Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.
Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.
Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.
Need a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.