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WellPoint
Location: Westchester, IL 60154 Document ID: AA052-2L0G Posted on: 2016-02-0202/02/2016 Job Type: RegularJob Schedule:Full-time
Minimum Education: Not Specified2016-03-03
Referral Specialist I
COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Anthem, Inc. is the nation's leading health benefits company serving the needs of approximately 28 million medical members nationwide.
DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Referral Specialist will be responsible for providing support to a clinical team in order to facilitate the administrative components of clinical referrals for various AIM services.
Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:
- Initiates and manages clinical referrals for pre-authorization.
- Acts as a liaison between hospital, health plans, physicians, patients, vendors and other referral sources.
- Reviews referrals for completeness and follows up for additional information if necessary.
- Assigns escalated referrals to staff as appropriate.
- Verifies insurance coverage and completes pre-authorization process for radiology and other imaging exams (CT, MRI, MRA, PET, et.) following established process and procedures.
- Responds to inbound calls initiating exam requests following established processes, meets quality and production standards.
- Contacts physician offices as needed to obtain demographic information or related data.
- Enters referrals, documents communications and actions in system.
EOE.M/F/Disability/Veteran
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Required:
- High School diploma or GED
- 1-3 years of experience in a high-volume,interactive customer service or call center environment, with working knowledge of medical terminology or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
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