Inbound/Outbound Queue Associate

Posted:
8/21/2024, 2:10:59 PM

Location(s):
Illinois, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level

Field(s):
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary

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Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

Position Summary

Supports comprehensive coordination of medical services including intake, screening, and referrals to Aetna Better Health.
- Promotes/supports quality effectiveness of Healthcare Services.
- Performs intake of calls from members or providers regarding services via telephone, fax, EDI.
- Utilizes Aetna system to build, research and enter member information.
- Screens requests for appropriate referral to medical services staff.
- Approve services that do not require a medical review in accordance with the benefit plan.
- Performs non-medical research including eligibility
verification, COB, and benefits verification.
- Maintains accurate and complete documentation of required information that meets risk management, regulatory, and accreditation requirements.
- Promotes communication, both internally and externally to enhance effectiveness of medical management services (e.g., claim administrators, Plan Sponsors, and third party payers as well as member, family, and health care team members respectively)
- Protects the confidentiality of member information and adheres to company policies regarding confidentiality.
- Communicate with Aetna Case Managers, when processing transactions for members active in this Program.
- Supports the administration of the precertification process in compliance with various laws and regulations and/or NCQA standards, where applicable, while adhering to company policy and procedures.
- Places outbound calls to providers to provide information or obtain clinical information for approval of medical authorizations.
- Uses Aetna Systems such as MedCompass,  QNXT, ProFAX and ProPAT.
- Communicates with Aetna Nurses and Medical Directors when processing transactions for members active in this Program.
- Sedentary work involving significant periods of sitting, talking, hearing, and keying.
- Work requires visual acuity to perform close inspection of written and computer-generated documents
as well as a PC monitor.



Required Qualifications
- 1-2 years’ experience working as a medical assistant, office assistant or other clinical/equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

- Call center experience is preferred, 1-2 years

- Prior authorization experience, 1-2 years


Education

- Associates degree, preferred
- High School Diploma, GED or equivalent experience.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$17.00 - $31.30

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. 
 
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities.  The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.  Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees.  The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners.  As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.  
 
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 09/02/2024

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.