Insurance Verification Specialist

AdaptHealth, LLC•Bridgewater, PA

About The Position

AdaptHealth Opportunity – Apply Today! At AdaptHealth we offer full-service home medical equipment products and services to empower patients to live their best lives – out of the hospital and in their homes. We are actively recruiting in your area. If you are passionate about making a profound impact on the quality of patients’ lives, please click to apply, we would love to hear from you. Insurance Verification Specialist Insurance Verification Specialists are responsible for learning and understanding the entire front-end process to ensure successful service for our patients. The Insurance Verification Specialists works in a fast-paced environment answering inbound calls and making outbound calls. Maybe responsible for obtaining, analyze, and verify the accuracy of information received from referrals, create orders, and or schedule the patient to receive equipment as ordered by their doctor. Insurance Verification Specialists should educate Patients of their financial responsibility when applicable.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent
One (1) year work related experience in health care administrative, financial, or insurance customer services, claims, billing, call center or management regardless of industry.
Senior level requires two (2) years of work-related experience and one (1) year of exact job experience.
Exact job experience is considered any of the above tasks in a Medicare certified HME, Diabetic, Pharmacy, or home medical supplies environment that routinely bills insurance.

Nice To Haves

General knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial health plan methodologies and documentation requirements preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain working knowledge of current products and services offered by the company.
Review all required documentation to ensure accuracy.
Maintains an extensive knowledge of different types of payer coverage and insurance policies.
Responsible for verifying patient insurance coverage, to ensure necessary procedures are covered by the individual’s insurance accurately.
Complete insurance verification to determine patient’s eligibility, coverage, co-insurances, and deductibles.
Obtain pre-authorization if required by an insurance carrier and process physician orders to insurance carriers for approval and authorization when required.
Resolves any issues with coverage and escalates complicated issues to a Manager.
Completes accurate patient demographic and insurance entry into EMR databases.
Responsible for entering data in an accurate manner, into EMR databases. To include payer, authorization requirements and coverage limitations and expiration dates as needed
Position requires staff to spend extensive amounts of time on the phone or on payer websites with insurance companies.
Position requires representative to provide pertinent information regarding patient’s coverage.
Must be able to navigate through multiple online EMR systems to obtain applicable documentation.
Communicate with Customer Service and Management on an on-going basis regarding any noticed trends with insurance companies.
Verify insurance carriers are listed in the company’s database system, if not request the new carrier is entered.
Responsible for contacting patient when documentation received does not meet payer guidelines to provide updates and offer additional options to facilitate the referral process.
Meet quality assurance requirements and other key performance metrics.
Facilitate resolution on customer complaints and problem solving.
Pays attention to detail and has great organizational skills.
Actively listens to patients and handle stressful situations with compassion and empathy.
Flexible with the actual work and the hours of operation
Utilize company provided tools to maintain quality. Some tools may include but are not limited to Authorization Guidelines, Insurance Guidelines, Fee Schedules, NPI (National Provider Identifier), PECOS (the Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System) and “How-To” documents