Insurance Verification Representative

Job Description

Responsible for verifying patient eligibility, coordinating benefits, claims and determining patient coverage/responsibility for services including, but not limited to primarily major medical insurance benefits verification, complex insurance plan verification and high volume PBM plans. Also  responsible 
for the coordination of benefits investigation and partnering with patient assistance programs.

Essential Functions:

• Utilizes all available resources to obtain and enter insurance coverage information for ordered services into patient’s file. 
• Verifies patient insurance coverage of medications, administration supplies and related pharmacy services. 
• Facilitates and completes the Prior Authorization process with insurance companies and practitioner offices. 
• Completes a full Medical Verification for all medications, administration supplies and related pharmacy services. 
• Notifies patients, physicians, practitioners and/or clinics of any financial responsibility of services provided and requested services that are not provided by the facility. 
• Facilitates pharmacy and/or major medical claims with insurance companies and practitioner offices and investigates and facilitates prior authorization any other insurance rejections. 
• Provides notification of urgent orders to the Senior level or Group Supervisor and communicates with other departments when an urgent need for filling a prescription or delivery is necessary; Places outbound calls to patients or physicians offices to obtain additional information needed to process the script or to notify of delay in processing script. 
• Manages inbound calls on the Insurance line from patients, clients, physicians, practitioners and clinics regarding inquiries about services provided, financial responsibility and insurance coverage. 

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• 1 year insurance verification and/or pharmacy technician experience OR at least 6 months specialty pharmacy experience.
• Understanding of claims processes
• Understanding the authorization process is a must. 
• At least 1 year experience in obtaining prior authorizations from a pharmacy benefit or medical billing experience
• Needs to have an understanding of Commercial Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid - Please make sure this is on the resume
• Strong Data Entry Skills
• 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) 

Additional Information

Advantages of this Opportunity:

Competitive salary, negotiable based on relevant experience
Benefits offered, Medical, Dental, and Vision
Fun and positive work environment
Monday through Friday 8am-5pm

Company Description

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s an American company which operates as the second-largest pharmacy store chain in the United States.