C&S DSNP Escalation Advocate - National Remote

Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: East Hartford
Posted on: November 20, 2022

Job Description:

$1,500 Sign On Bonus For External Candidates

You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

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The DSNP Escalation Team SME position is responsible for providing expertise and customer service support to coworkers in the Advocate 4 Me Role and Navigator Role within DSNP Government Operations to ensure their ability to maximize the value members receive from their health benefits program, connect members with quality care providers, and advocate for resolution of any issues or barriers that arise.

Positions in this function are responsible for providing expertise and customer service support to internal and external customers, members, and/or providers. Direct phone-based customer interaction to answer and resolve a wide variety of inquiries.

This position is full-time, Monday - Friday. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our 8-hour shift schedules during our normal business hours of 7:00am - 4:30pm CST. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime and/or weekends. Training will be conducted virtually from your home.

All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Acts as a champion of issue resolution for the plans supported; responsible for any follow-up work needed to resolve member/provider issues; anticipate member needs to reduce member effort
• Service may be provided to coworkers, members, customers, and/or providers. Support is provided via multiple channels (phone, written, in-person) in order to answer and resolve a wide variety of inquiries.
• Acts as a champion for all Advocate for Me and Navigator processes and metrics (i.e., Gaps in Care, HRA, and Appointments
• Partners with Supervisor, Business Managers, and Associate Directors to ensure escalated member issues are addressed
• Demonstrate leadership by complying with all current policies/procedures/workflows; empowered and expected to request updates to out of date processes and procedures for plans supported
• Meet member experience, quality, productivity, and attendance requirements
• Mentors and acts as a resource for others
• Maintain proficiency in all technical applications (technical skills and system knowledge)
• Works independently, plans, prioritizes, organizes, and completes work to meet established objectives
• Intervene and handle escalated member calls through transfers from Benefit Advocates handling inquiries for any products including Medicaid, Medicare, and others.
• Support advocates with complex questions/inquires
• Support production calls as required
• Other ad-hoc task as assigned by leadership
• May act as Point of Contact in absence of leadership
• Assists with social media, Health Plan, Sales and Executive escalations/complaints
• Assists with Members In Distress project, NPS closed loop project, and various other duties as assigned for operational account management for the DSNP populations.
  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 office or UHG Customer Service experience analyzing and solving customer problems
  • 1+ years of current or prior work experience in call center environment
  • Familiarity with computers and Windows PC Applications (this includes the ability to learn new and complex computer system applications)
  • Ability to work Monday - Friday, 8-hour shifts during business hours of 7:00am - 4:30pm CST, with flexibility to work weekends and overtime as needed, and the individual will participate in a shift bid
    Preferred Qualifications:
    • 1+ years of DSNP experience
    • Experience with CSP Facets and MIIM/Maestro
    • Experience using the COSMOS and ISET platforms
    • Experience in Microsoft Word (creating and editing documents)
    • Intermediate or higher-level experience in Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables, formulas, VLOOKUPs, formatting)
      Telecommuting Requirements:
      • Required to have a dedicated work area established that is separated from other living areas and provides information privacy
      • Ability to keep all company sensitive documents secure (if applicable)
      • Must live in a location that can receive a UnitedHealth Group approved high-speed internet connection or leverage an existing high-speed internet service
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