Associate Patient Care Coordinator - Fullerton, United States - Optum

Optum
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Fullerton, United States

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Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives.

The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources they need to feel their best.

Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities.

Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale.

Join us to start
Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Optum's Pacific West region is redefining health care with a focus on health equity, affordability, quality, and convenience.

From California to Oregon and Washington, we are focused on helping more than 2.5 million patients live healthier lives and helping the health system work better for everyone.

At Optum Pacific West, we care. We care for our team members, our patients, and our communities. Join our culture of caring and make a positive and lasting impact on health care for millions.


Schedule:
Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM


Location:1501 W. Commonwealth, Fullerton, CA


Primary Responsibilities:


  • Provide exceptional service to all customers
  • Complete checkin and checkout tasks to include insurance verification and copy required documents
  • Collects copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles and issues receipts
  • Answers phones and schedules specialty appointments as necessary, verifying referrals and authorizations
  • Answer telephone calls, redirect calls as appropriate, assist callers with questions or concerns, and take messages as needed
  • Handling a daily average of 100 incoming calls ranging from patients, healthcare facilities, pharmacies, etc.
  • Manages medical records (maintains, files/scans, prepares for schedule)
  • Ensures all correspondence is scanned and/or filed, processes requests for medical records release and maintains appropriate logs, etc.
  • Responsible for communicating pertinent information to patients and ensure all patients have been assisted
  • Work with backoffice staff to ensure smooth patient flow
  • Resolve service issues and complaints, and defer to appropriate management or clinical personnel when necessary
  • Assist coworkers and team members with duties when requested, to include but not limited to, floating to other areas
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, employees, and the public
  • Performs all other related duties as assigned

What are the reasons to consider working for UnitedHealth Group? Put it all together - competitive base pay, a full and comprehensive benefit program, performance rewards, and a management team who demonstrates their commitment to your success.


Some of our offerings include:

  • Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays
  • Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account
  • Dental, Vision, Life& AD&D Insurance along with Shortterm disability and Long-Term Disability coverage
  • 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Education Reimbursement
  • Employee Discounts
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employee Referral Bonus Program
  • Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.)


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:


  • High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
  • 1+ years of experience working in customer service or in a medical environment
  • 1+ years of experience with MS Office

Preferred Qualifications:


  • 1+ years of call center experience
  • Previous experience with medical insurance
  • ICD 10 and CPT coding experience
  • Working knowledge of medical terminology
  • Working knowledge of general office procedures
  • At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyoneof every race, gender, sexuality, age, location, and incomedeserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups, and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission._
  • Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
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