Contract Administrator - Social Services Placements

State-of-South-Carolina; South Carolina; On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long-term disability

Life insurance

15 days annual leave

15 days sick leave

13 paid holidays

Paid parental leave

State retirement plan

Deferred compensation

Job summary

South Carolina Department of Social Services is seeking a Contract Administrator to manage procurement of therapeutic services for the Midlands Region, ensuring payments align with DSS, State Procurement, and DHHS rules.

The role entails processing placements, authorizations, and CAPSS entries; handling special payments and recoupments; safeguarding PII and supporting emergency shelter duties as needed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma and two years of experience in business management, public administration or administrative services.
• Associate Degree or higher may be substituted for the required work experience.

Responsibilities

• Manages a regional process for the procurement of therapeutic services and obtains authorization for payment in accordance with DSS, State Procurement and DHHS requirements and procedures.
• Completes Select Health Notification forms, and send to MCO/CPA for all TFC admissions, change in LOC, change in provider and annual continued stay reviews.
• Issues DHHS RBHS authorization for non MCO enrolled youth and enters residential services in CAPSS to generate the EZ100 form for all therapeutic placements.
• Issues special pay in CAPSS to residential providers and researches and issues recoupments for over payments.
• Resolves Medicaid eligibility issues with Statewide Medicaid Liaison and resolve billing issues for providers.
• Prepares and disseminates regional reports as needed or requested.
• Completes placement changes for all LOC in CAPSS, to include Emergency Placements and completes file fixes for CWS staff as needed.
• Enters Emergency Placement Information including linking EPI forms and forwarding forms to State Finance for processing payment.
• Ensures that Personal Identifying Information (PII) is properly used, accessed, gathered, shared and disposed.

Education

High School Diploma

Associate degree or higher may substitute for required experience

Job description

South Carolina Department of Social Services is seeking a Contract Administrator to manage procurement of therapeutic services for the Midlands Region, ensuring payments align with DSS, State Procurement, and DHHS rules.

The role entails processing placements, authorizations, and CAPSS entries; handling special payments and recoupments; safeguarding PII and supporting emergency shelter duties as needed.