[Remote] Remote Healthcare Customer Service Representative

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. A-Line Staffing Solutions is seeking a Care Coordinator to provide healthcare customer service remotely. The role involves handling inbound and outbound calls, resolving patient inquiries, and ensuring a supportive patient experience while adhering to company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Handling inbound and outbound calls to determine needs and provide one call resolution
• Reporting adverse events within the required timeframe
• Creating and completing accurate referrals and applications, and keeping updated on policy or procedural changes
• Investigating and resolving patient/physician inquiries and concerns in a timely manner
• Entering detailed information into company proprietary software while conversing via telephone
• Placing outbound phone calls for patient follow-ups or confirmations
• Demonstrating superior customer support talents
• Interacting with the patient referral sources to process new applicants
• Stewarding patient accounts from initial contact through final approval/denial
• Prioritizing multiple, concurrent assignments, and working with a sense of urgency
• Maintaining quality and providing an empathetic and supportive experience to the patient by controlling the patient conversation, educating the caller as they provide effective and efficient strategies and processes
• Effectively apply knowledge of job and company policies and procedures to complete a variety of assignments
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge in technical or specialty area
• Apply advanced skills to resolve complex problems independently
• Modify process to resolve situations, as needed
• Work independently within established procedures; may receive general guidance on new assignments
• Provide general guidance or technical assistance to less experienced team members, as needed

Skills

• 1-3 years of relevant professional experience, preferably in customer service, with strong knowledge of practices and procedures commonly used in a call center or customer service environment
• A minimum of a High School Diploma or GED
• Excellent written and oral communication, mediation, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to connect with patients, caregivers, and providers
• Strong people skills that demonstrate flexibility, persistence, creativity, empathy, and trust
• Robust computer literacy skills including data entry and MS Office-based software programs
• This position requires a dedicated, quiet, private, distraction-free environment with access to high-speed internet to work remotely
• Contractors will be responsible for providing high-speed internet
• A secure, hardwired, high-speed, broadband internet connection to your router (DSL, Cable, or Fiber); dial-up, satellite, WI-FI, and cellular connections are NOT acceptable
• A minimum Download Speed of 15MBPS (megabyte per second)
• A minimum Upload Speed of 5MBPS (megabyte per second)
• A maximum Ping Rate of 30ms (milliseconds)
• A surge protector with Network Line Protection for company issued equipment
• Clear knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial Payer Policies and guidelines for coverage
• Knowledge of Diagnostic Medical Expense and Medicare Administrative Contractor practices
• Clear understanding of Medical, Supplemental, and pharmacy insurance benefit practices
• Fluency in both English and Spanish

Benefits

• This is a W2 contract position
• Contractors will be provided you with the computer, technology, and equipment needed to successfully perform their job

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