Insurance Authorization Specialist
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Insurance Authorization Specialist verifying patient eligibility and benefits, interpreting clinical records, and creating insurance authorizations. Remote healthcare administration role supporting fluctuating authorization workloads.
Responsibilities:
- Verify patient eligibility and benefits
- Read and understand clinical notes and/or patient charts
- Create authorizations if needed
- Perform daily insurance authorization specialist tasks
- Initiate authorizations using Cerner when applicable
Requirements:
- Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
- Must be detail oriented and able to follow through on issues to resolution
- Must be able to act both independently and as a team member
- Minimum of two years’ experience in authorization department/insurance billing/or similar department
- Effective interpersonal and management skills
- Knowledge of and adherence to regulations set by HIPAA
- Knowledge and skills necessary to meet individual needs based on physical, psycho-social, educational, safety and other criteria appropriate for each individual patient
- Organizational and prioritization skills and ability to use time effectively
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient computer skills
- Must be able to work in a seated position for extended periods of time
- Must be able to focus on and read a computer screen for prolonged periods
- Flexibility to handle a workload that fluctuates and grows with time
- Preferred: Experience with Cerner initiating authorizations
Benefits:
- Work remotely with a work/life balance approach
- Robust benefits offering, including 401(k)
- Generous time off allotments
- 10 paid holidays annually
- Employer-paid short term disability and life insurance
- Paid Parental Leave
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