Insurance Authorization Specialist Senior

Inova Health; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Education assistance

Student loan assistance

Mental health support

Retirement match

Job summary

Inova Health is seeking a dedicated Insurance Authorization Specialist Senior to join our team. This full-time, hybrid role operates on a day shift (Mon-Fri, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.).

The position emphasizes complex authorization workflows, payer policies, and collaboration with clinical teams to ensure timely financial clearance before services. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years in healthcare revenue cycle or related areas and a High school diploma or GED.

Qualifications

• 4 years of healthcare revenue cycle, patient access, authorizations, or related healthcare operations.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a subject matter expert for complex authorization and preservice financial clearance workflows across multiple specialty service lines.

Skills

Healthcare revenue cycle

Patient access

Authorizations

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Epic scheduling

Job description

Inova is looking for a dedicated Insurance Authorization Specialist Senior to join the team. This role will be Full-time Day Shift: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Hybrid Position |

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

Job Responsibilities

• Serves as a subject matter expert for complex authorization and preservice financial clearance workflows across multiple specialty service lines.
• Manages high-complexity authorization cases including advanced procedural services, radiation oncology, infusion services, and other high-acuity specialty programs.
• Performs advanced payer medical policy interpretation to ensure compliance with payer authorization requirements and prevent denial, including handling complex payer scenarios, including escalations, specialty program requirements, and non-standard authorization pathways.
• Coordinates peer-to-peer reviews, payer escalations, and complex authorization resolution activities when clinical review is required.
• Collaborates closely with physicians, clinical teams, schedulers, and operational leadership to ensure clinical documentation and medical necessity requirements are met prior to service.
• Supports denial prevention strategies by proactively identifying authorization and medical policy risks that may impact reimbursement.
• Provides advanced financial readiness support by reviewing insurance coverage, verifying financial clearance requirements, and supporting revenue risk mitigation.
• Reviews and resolves complex estimate scenarios while identifying opportunities to improve estimate accuracy and automation.
• Maintains expert-level knowledge of payer authorization requirements, insurance plans, and specialty service-line policies.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements

• Experience - 4 years of healthcare revenue cycle, patient access, authorizations, preservice financial clearance, or related healthcare operations
• Education - High school diploma or GED

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual proficiency (Spanish) to support a diverse patient population
• Experience working with Primary Care, including scheduling, authorizations, or specialty workflows
• Prior patient scheduling experience in a healthcare, clinic, or hospital setting.
• Experience providing telephonic support to patients, including handling high call volumes and navigating sensitive conversations.
• Proficiency with Epic (EPIC) scheduling modules, including appointment scheduling, registration updates, and navigation of patient records.
• Ability to multitask, manage competing priorities, and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to patient confidentiality and HIPAA compliance.