Member Advocate

American Health Plans; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

American Health Plans in Erie, PA is seeking a Member Advocate with a strong healthcare background to support local service areas. You will coordinate with Insurance Producers, follow up with members and families, and act as the primary contact to answer questions and provide periodic plan updates.

You will build relationships with nursing facilities in your region, ensure CMS compliance, manage calendars and reports, and travel as needed to facilities within the region.

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare delivery setting with elderly patients preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to work independently and in a team.
• Ability to collaborate with nursing homes, doctors, and administrative staff.
• Must adhere to CMS regulations regarding Medicare Advantage Plans.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Insurance Producer to ensure seamless enrollment and customer service success.
• Follow up with members and families to answer questions and provide periodic plan updates.
• Serve as front-line support for members, partner facilities, and integrated care teams.
• Develop and maintain relationships with network providers/facilities in the assigned region.
• Meet with members or families monthly and track issues and reporting.
• Ensure all member interactions comply with CMS regulations.
• Travel to facilities within the assigned region with reliable transportation.

Skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Healthcare experience

Communication

Education

Associates degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

American Health Plans- Erie, PA
Erie, PA, USA

Description

American Health Advantage needs a customer-service focused leader to support local service areas.

Responsibilities

After member is enrolled, coordinate with Insurance Producer to ensure seamless transition between enrollment/customer service success is achieved.

Once member is enrolled, follow up member to ensure that any questions are answered, act as a point of contact if the member or their family needs assistance with the plan, or provide them with periodic updates about the plan;

Act as front-line support as needed with the member, partner facility and integrated care team to ensure the needs of the Member and Plan are met;

Develop and maintain relationships with key network providers/facilities within assigned region; support continued regional network development activities necessary to meet network adequacy requirements;

Meet with the member and/or their family at least monthly;

Follow up on any items that the members are dissatisfied with and report to plan accordingly;

Develop and maintain reporting to include but not limited to managing member status, daily/weekly/monthly facility calendar, issues tracking/management;

Ensure that ALL interactions with the member are compliant with CMS regulations;

The Member Advocate will be responsible for a group of nursing facilities; the Member Advocate is responsible for ensuring that the above services are carried out for each of the members in your assigned group of facilities;

Other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications/ Requirements

Experience successfully working in a healthcare delivery setting with elderly patients as either a clinician, social worker or caregiver. Nursing home experience is preferred.

Exceptional interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work independently as well as with a team; must be a good listener to understand feedback raised by the family;

Ability to work well with staff at each of the nursing homes in the assigned region to include nursing staff, doctors and administration staff;

Ability to deliver outstanding customer service with a proven track record;

Compliant, at all times, with CMS regulations regarding Medicare Advantage Plans

Exceptional organizational skills

Strong written and verbal communication and clear-thinking skills with the ability to synthesize complex issues into simple messages

Willingness and ability to travel to facilities within your assigned region; have dependable transportation, a current driver’s license, a clean driving record, and proof of insurance;

Strong proficiency in computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite products;

Have suitable home work spaceallowing for productive office environment.

Insurance or Insurance Customer Service License is preferred; however, not required.

Preferred

Associates or better.

Licenses & Certifications

Driver License

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