Patient Benefits Specialist

Option Care Health•Springfield, IL

1d•$21 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

Extraordinary Careers. Endless Possibilities. With the nation’s largest home infusion provider, there is no limit to the growth of your career. Option Care Health, Inc. is the largest independent home and alternate site infusion services provider in the United States. With over 8,000 team members including 5,000 clinicians, we work compassionately to elevate standards of care for patients with acute and chronic conditions in all 50 states. Through our clinical leadership, expertise and national scale, Option Care Health is re-imagining the infusion care experience for patients, customers and team members. Join a company that is taking action to develop an inclusive, respectful, engaging and rewarding culture for all team members. At Option Care Health your voice is heard, your work is valued, and you’re empowered to grow. Cultivating a team with a variety of talents, backgrounds and perspectives makes us stronger, innovative, and more impactful. Our organization requires extraordinary people to provide extraordinary care, so we are investing in a culture that attracts, hires and retains the best and brightest talent in healthcare.

Requirements

High School Diploma with 2 years of experience in patient registration or revenue cycle management
1 year of similar experience with an Associate’s Degree, LPN or Pharm Tech license.
Basic level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: opening a workbook, inserting a row, selecting font style and size, formatting cells as currency, using copy, paste and save functions, aligning text, selecting cells, renaming a worksheet, inserting a column, selecting a chart style, inserting a worksheet, setting margins, selecting page orientation, using spell check and/or printing worksheets).
Basic level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: opening a document, cutting, pasting and aligning text, selecting font type and size, changing margins and column width, sorting, inserting bullets, pictures and dates, using find and replace, undo, spell check, track changes, review pane and/or print functions).

Nice To Haves

LPN, RD or Pharm Tech licensure and/or experience
Previous Infusion Medical Billing/Collections or Intake/Admissions Experience.

Responsibilities

Performs Insurance Verification of benefit coverage on all of patient's insurance plans for each service being provided.
Obtains and documents in the system all information related to coinsurance, copay, deductibles, authorization requirements, etc.
Creates documentation required to service the patient per policy and payer guidelines.
Determines estimated patient financial responsibility using insurance verification information and payer contracts and/or self-pay guidelines.
Obtains initial authorization prior to admitting the patient for all services for any insurance plan that has authorization requirements.
Obtains reauthorization as necessary, reviews physician orders from pharmacy to determine if authorization is required on changes / additions to therapy for patients that are already on service.