Benefits Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of one (1) year experience working in the health care field
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in program eligibility or related health and human-services work
• Medical program application completion and enrollment experience
• Bilingual English/Spanish language skills are a definite plus

Responsibilities

• Provides non-biased information regarding available coverage options and benefits
• Fills out or helps to fill out appropriate application
• Verifies documents and information gathered telephonically by Program Advisors when patient presents for face-to-face appointments
• Receives scheduled and unscheduled calls through Patient Navigation Center and face-to-face encounters at clinical and other settings to conduct various Program Registration functions
• Performs program registration thoroughly to ensure highly accurate screening and enrollment outcomes for the federal Health Insurance Marketplace, health care safety net programs, and LSCC Sliding Fee Scale assignment
• Accurately identifies programs for which patient may be eligible
• Using VeritySource, Athena, and available insurance verification programs and other automated tools, maintains all patient documentation necessary to complete assignments and certify clients/patients in the appropriate programs
• Acquires and maintains knowledge and expertise in eligibility, enrollment, and program specifications of the federal Marketplace and other programs such as Medicaid and CHIP

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• LSCC paid Life insurance
• LSCC paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 403b Employee Retirement Plan