Client Benefits Assistant - New York, United States - Odyssey House
Description
Position is a part-time position, on average 21 hours per workweek
Our Mission:
Since 1967, Odyssey House has gone beyond helping individuals beat drugs and alcohol. We help rebuild lives. There's more to recovery than just getting clean.
We help individuals get healthy again, too, with medical and dental care, fitness programs, support for your mental health and more.
Individuals can stay with their children while in treatment, while learning new life skills, so they can stay together and repair other broken relationships in their lives.
We provide educational and work skill trainings, outpatient services and available housing assistance, so individuals can step back into real life with a real future.
If that sounds different than other treatment programs, you're right. Because Odyssey is where recovery gets real.Hourly Rate Range:
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MAJOR FUNCTIONS:The
Client Benefit Assistant maintains a working relationship with the Department of Social Services/Medicaid Office/Expedited and Marketplace to ensure Medicaid Managed Care guidelines. This position reports directly to the Entitlements Director.
SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Conduct interviews on new admit for HRA/SSI/SSD/DSS
- Navigate eMedNY (Epaces) / STARS / AWARDS / Manage Care portal systems
- Daily Data Entry of Medicaid/Managed Care/Medicare/Private Insurance/MAT in AWARDS and E-Lab
- Assist consumers with the selection of a Managed Care and NY State Market Place
- Communicate with consumers regarding insurance coverage, restrictions, and disenrollment (Medicaid/Managed Care, and Medicare)
- Process restrictions through the Managed Care System (MCS)
- Prepare weekly status of consumers' Medicaid/Managed Care/Medicare/Private Insurance status
- Review weekly consumers' Medicaid Managed Care coverage and dropped coverage
- Prepare biweekly Medicaid Manage Care Reports to reflect current coverage
- Performs related or similar duties assigned by Director
REQUIREMENTS:
- High School Diploma/GED Equivalency required, Associate degree highly preferred.
- Proficiency in Awards and Microsoft Software Package. such as Excel, Word, and Outlook required.
- Experience with Medicaid and Managed Care and in Human Service Field highly desired.
- Background with HRA benefits, Recertifications, Medicaid, managed care plans, highly desired.
- Demonstrated effective communication, proficient with Excel, computer skills, organization and multitasking skills
- Odyssey House is an equal opportunity employer maintaining a nondiscriminatory policy on hiring of its personnel. Odyssey House, and its operational divisions, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizen status in all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, training, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment._
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