Medi-Cal Eligibility Technician-CalAIM

Wellpath; Dublin (CA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition assistance

EAP

Life insurance

HSA

Wellness program

Bank partnership

Job summary

Wellpath in California is seeking a Medi-Cal Eligibility Technician to identify and screen incarcerated individuals for Medi-Cal eligibility and support discharge planning. The role involves coordinating with DSS, processing applications, renewals, and reactivations to ensure coverage upon release.

The position requires a high school diploma, healthcare admin experience, CPR certification, and willingness to work alternate weekends with a team of peers.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in healthcare administrative work preferred.
• Experience in a correctional facility or healthcare environment preferred.
• Must maintain CPR certification and any contract-required certifications.

Responsibilities

• Identify and screen incarcerated individuals for Medi-Cal eligibility.
• Support submission of new applications, renewals, and reactivations for individuals in custody.
• Verify required documentation and collaborate with DSS to process pre-release applications to ensure coverage upon release.
• Work with discharge planners to ensure the job aid code is activated in the JI reentry portal.
• Enter CIN numbers into CorEMR for billing purposes.

Skills

Administrative skills

Education

High school diploma

Tools

CorEMR

DSS

JI reentry portal

Job description

Join Us And Find a Career That Supports

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Perks And Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans
• Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to Always Do The Right Thing!, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Medi-Cal Eligibility Technician identifies and screens incarcerated individuals for Medi-Cal eligibility while working alongside discharge planners. The role supports new applications, renewals, and reactivations, verifies required documentation, and collaborates with DSS to ensure coverage is active upon release. The position coordinates aid code activation in the JI reentry portal and enters CIN numbers into CorEMR to support billing and continuity of coverage.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and screen incarcerated individuals for Medi-Cal eligibility.
• Support the submission of new applications, renewals, and reactivations for individuals in custody.
• Verify required documentation and collaborate with DSS to process pre-release applications to ensure coverage upon release.
• Work alongside discharge planners to ensure the job aid code has been activated in the JI reentry portal.
• Enter CIN numbers into CorEMR for billing purposes.

Additional Details

$34.48 - $40.38 /hour

Will need to alternate working weekends with other 2 techs.

Qualifications & Requirements

Experience in Administrative work in a healthcare setting preferred

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Experience

• Experience in a correctional facility or healthcare environment preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

• Must maintain CPR certification, and any other certifications (such as First Aid) required by contract.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We are an Affiantive Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.