Specialist, Insurance II

AbbVie; Illinois; On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Insurance Specialist II to be the primary contact for health care providers and patients, addressing complex access questions and providing accurate explanations of benefits, coverage and funding options.

The role supports AbbVie’s Patient Access and Access Support teams, maintaining privacy standards while driving timely resolutions and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of commercial and government pharmacy benefits, prior authorization and appeals processes.
• Experience handling insurance questions, patient access complexities, and alternate funding resources.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary contact for Health Care Providers and patients to resolve access challenges.
• Provide insurance verification, prior authorization information, and alternate funding options.
• Educate customers on insurance results and process changes as needed.
• Document information accurately in the system of record.

Skills

Insurance knowledge

Prior authorizations

Customer service

Communication skills

Analytical

Education

High school diploma or GED

College degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Purpose

The Insurance Specialist II acts as the primary point of contact for Health Care Providers (HCPs) and patients when addressing complicated patient access challenges. This position will be a subject matter expert in insurance, prior authorizations, best-in-class customer service, and alternate funding options . The position addresses issues and concerns to provide HCPs and patients with accurate explanations of patients’ medical and/or pharmacy benefits, financial assistance, and access questions. Additionally, this position enables the productivity of the broader access team by building, maintaining and providing access to the insurance intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise and best-in-class customer service for all inbound and outbound customer calls to drive first call resolution. Provide insurance coverage, verification details prior authorization statues and alternate funding options for existing and newly launched products. Provide offices with current plan forms, portals, and websites for prior authorizations and appeal submissions. Clearly communicate and educate customers on results of the investigation
• Investigate and problem solve for patients experiencing escalated issues such as disadvantaged or complex access, savings card/copay card challenges or non-preferred formulary issues. Where necessary, complete a benefit investigation, contact the HCP and/or patient or potentially the filling pharmacy or payor.
• Quickly learn and execute business process and system changes for all drugs and channel sources as applicable. Maintain an understanding of current business procedures, deviations, and case processing for all brands and channel sources for Insurance Specialist I role to support as needed.
• Documents information in the appropriate system of recordand formats. Accurately communicate insurance details to HCP and patients via phone, other electronic communication methods and fax, as per established policies and procedures.
• Identify potential Adverse Event situations for reporting to Pharmacovigilance ensuring AbbVie meets FDA regulations.
• Support changing business priorities by being flexible in executing or overseeing completion of specific tasks to support the patients, products, or services we provide for all current and new products.
• Work cross-functionally to identify and share opportunities for process and productivity improvements. Liaise between healthcare providers, insurance companies, AbbVie Patient Access Support field rep.s, Ambassadors, filling pharmacies and patients to administer the Patient Support Service programs. Educate healthcare providers, AbbVie Patient Access Support field representatives, filling pharmacies, and patients on access processes specific to their patient's insurance plan.
• Meet or exceed department standards relative to performance metrics. Maintain a work environment that upholds privacy standards required by law and AbbVie policy.
• Act as a resource for the Training department including providing support for training curriculum and new hires. Provide side by side coaching and assistance for Insurance Specialist Level 1s. Successfully complete role based training requirements, including passing certifications and competency assessments prior to conclusion of training period.
• Understand and comply with all required training, including adherence to federal, state, and local laws, SPII policies and guidelines, and the policies and procedures of AbbVie Access Support and AbbVie. Perform additional tasks, activities, and projects as deemed necessary by management.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required. Degree preferred.
• 2-4 years of work experience in a healthcare or reimbursement setting; previous experience in a call center environment, healthcare office, or specialty pharmacy preferred.
• Understanding and knowledge of commercial and government pharmacy and medical insurance programs, billing, alternate funding resources, reimbursement processes, prior authorization and appeal filings, and specialty pharmacy operations preferred.
• Experience and knowledge in Medicare Part D, Medicaid and alternate funding resources, private payers, pharmacy benefits, and medical benefits preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and participate within a team, manage multiple priorities and meet associated timelines while maintaining accuracy. Proven leadership skills.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Ability to maintain a positive service image at all times even when dealing with challenging issues and unsatisfied customers.
• Demonstrated strong, accurate technical skills. Must be detail oriented.
• Proven organizational and problem-solving skills, elevating to management when appropriate.
• Skilled with the use of the Microsoft Office suite, and the ability to use and effectively learn and navigate other computer systems.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this roleat thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors including geographiclocation,andwemay ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may bemodified in thefuture.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

• This job is eligible toparticipate in our short-term incentiveprograms.Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount isearned, vested, anddeterminedby the Company's sole andabsolute discretion unless and until paid andmay bemodified at the Company’s sole andabsolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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