UnitedHealth Group Hiring for Senior Appeals Representative Job at Letterkenny , Ireland Full Time

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When a medical insurance claim is denied it can be a time of great stress and anxiety for our members, we offer them the ability to appeal that decision, which is where your role as an appeals coordinator delivering world class customer service begins.

The successful candidate will be responsible for researching, investigating and resolving all types of appeals cases whilst delivering exceptional customer service to our members. The role involves communicating with appropriate parties regarding the issues raised, in order to clearly understand and resolve the reason for the appeal. As part of your duties you will be required, when appropriate, to contact the provider/member by telephone. As an Appeals coordinator you will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of an appeals case. From the initial review through to the final decision of the case you will retain ownership and oversight. Timeliness of case handling and its accuracy will be core responsibilities of the role.

Upon carrying out a full and comprehensive review of the case you will have established that the original decision made by the business was correct or not. As an appeals coordinator, you will be responsible for completing all operational processes to resolve the appeal whilst focused on providing exceptional customer service, cumulating in a phone call to the member, advising them of your decision. A core competency of the role is adherence to the collation and recording of all the required materials that are used to determine the outcome of the case.

Main Responsibilities:

• Analyze/research/understand how a claim was processed and why it is under dispute
• Identify/obtain all necessary medical records for any appeal which requires a clinical review
• Leverage appropriate resources to obtain all information relevant to the claim
• Proactively identifies solutions to non-standard cases.
• Solves moderately complex problems on own.
• Ensures members receive exceptional customer service.
• Plans, prioritizes, organizes and completes work to meet operational performance metrics.
• Document and communicate final determination of appeals using appropriate templates, communication processes in a timely manner to all applicable parties
• Understand and adhere to applicable federal/state laws and regulations
• Maintain confidentiality of member appeals information per HIPPA regulations
• Understand and adhere to applicable documentation handling policies and regulations

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Diploma qualification and / or equivalent work experience in a customer service environment
• Experience in handling customer calls or complaints
• Excellent communications skills both written and verbally
• Proven Computer literacy with office-based applications (e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio etc)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in processing healthcare/insurance claims
• Experience of the USA health system

This will be an office based position.

The successful candidates will be taken through a comprehensive 12 week training course during which the expectation is that PTO will not be available for the duration.

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

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