Patient Access Associate Representative

Location Kentwood, Michigan, United States of America Category Administrative and Clerical Job Id R221177 Job Type Full time Day (United States of America) REGULAR Remote **Shift and status** -------------------- Patient Access Associate Representative Radiology Scheduling Full time, Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., variable days and weekends Must reside in the state of Michigan **Job Summary** --------------- Assist and educate patients, providers, medical office staff, and/or Health system staff with accessing services, facilitating and resolving problems, understanding navigation questions. Consistently create an exceptional experience with each contact, via inbound and outbound calls, online chat, email, etc. Adheres to established procedure and quality guidelines in support of Patient Access Services Center performance indicators, as well as Corporate values and codes of excellence. **Essential Functions** ----------------------- * Analyzes, evaluates, resolves and responds to service inquires from members, providers, employer groups, colleagues, agents, Elite agents (customers), and others within departmental guidelines. Professional and pleasant interactions are ongoing expectations. * Partnering with internal and external resources, promptly provides customers with information and education concerning benefit clarification, eligibility requirements, verification, authorization, billing and claim status. * Promptly identifies and resolves or escalates customer concerns or complaints to achieve positive outcomes. Places outbound welcome calls to members to educate them on their benefits as needed. Assists walk\-in members and agents if assigned by leadership. * Adheres to established procedure and quality guidelines in support of Priority Health service promise, key drivers, performance indicators, as well as Corporate values and codes of excellence. Identifies potential trends or issues that impact health plan members and works with coworkers and leadership resources to suggest process improvements. * Assists customers with administrative issues, such as submitting enrollment record changes, providing letter explaining coverage or benefits, and obtaining and relaying certain member information to other departments as needed. * Facilitates claims resolution through follow\-up on member calls and correspondence received to appropriate departments. * Effectively tracks and/or documents all service interactions with customers within appropriate systems according to guidelines. * Develops and maintains behaviors of productivity, availability to customers, and adherence to work schedule. * May be trained and then assigned to perform core scheduling duties for other service lines to meet fluctuating business demands. * Actively participates in safety initiatives and risk mitigating measures where appropriate and completes all position and unit safety related competencies and requirements on a timely basis. * Performs oth