Healthfirst

The Retention Advocate Team Lead oversees the activities of the Sr Retention Advocate team who are responsible to provide Healthfirst members support in obtaining financial entitlements for which they are eligible. This enables members to maintain the highest level of independence both at home and within their communities. The SRA team provides education within our lines of business, assists our members in applying and continuous follow up to eligibility. They are responsible for a longer cycle of work. Healthfirst has a paperless work environment requiring daily hands-on administration of multiple proprietary and packaged electronic databases including security requirement tools such as encryption. These systems include, but are not limited to, Salesforce, Trucare, Outlook, MS Office, e|fax, Interaction Client, VoIP, Virtual Work Platforms (using VPN), and scanning.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Supervises Retention Advocates- This includes observing staff in the field (travel within NYC, Westchester and Nassau counties) and conducting customer phone audits to ensure all activities are completed in accordance with Company protocols and State regulations
• Coordinates a synchronized workflow while maintaining the integrity of member confidential information, as well as proprietary business information in collaboration with staff in Marketing, Relationship Coordinators, Growth Team, and Referral Sources
• Tracks the designated application process and outcomes, to meet department enrollment conversion goals
• Addresses patterns of appointments outcomes: Not interested, re-scheduled or cancelled members
• Conducts monthly audits established by yearly Goals in the areas of Medicaid, Medicare and Customer Service surveys, tracking of all applications/documents
• Directs the Entitlement process by explaining features to callers, entering activities into proprietary Employee Medical Records system, responding to questions from enrollees/significant others and resolving daily routine problems including complicated cases
• Prepares monthly summary reports for Manager/Director/VP Operations to show status of applications and Conversions
• Keeps up to date on product laws and changes. Shares all updated information with Team members as appropriate
• Contribute to continuous performance improvements, this includes but not limited to, monitoring staff effectiveness based on productivity, conversions, documentation, accuracy of data entry, and overall timeliness of the intake, assessment, and application process
• Ability to multitask and remain focused in an environment with distractions
• Follows protocols and use common sense to escalate situations to management or other Healthfirst teams appropriately
• Handles other duties as assigned with the occasional need to work weekends, on-call, additional hours before or after shift schedule and/or from other HF site locations
• Additional duties as necessary

  

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Prior experience with Medicaid /Medicare/MSP applications
• Experience supervising and delegating to others
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Organized, detail oriented, and able to adapt to procedural and other business information changes
• Strong data entry skills, must be able to maintain monthly spreadsheets for tracking and statistical purposes
• Must be able to travel throughout the 5 boroughs, Westchester, Orange, Sullivan, Rockland, and Nassau County.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Monitors and acts on feedback to ensure Member/Client satisfaction
• A solid understanding of the value of integrated care.

Compliance & Regulatory Responsibilities: Noted above

License/Certification: N/A

Hiring Range*:

• Greater New York City Area (NY, NJ, CT residents): $68,900 - $99,620

• All Other Locations (within approved locations): $61,300 - $89,440

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, licenses and certifications, and any other factors Healthfirst deems pertinent to the hiring decision.

In addition to your salary, Healthfirst offers employees a full range of benefits such as, medical, dental and vision coverage, incentive and recognition programs, life insurance, and 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Healthfirst believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package wherever its employees work and live.

*The hiring range is defined as the lowest and highest salaries that Healthfirst in “good faith” would pay to a new hire, or for a job promotion, or transfer into this role.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. HF Management Services, LLC complies with all applicable laws and regulations. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, disability, genetic information, domestic violence victim status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, military status, veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, height and weight, familial status, marital status, or unemployment status, as well as any other legally protected basis. HF Management Services, LLC shall not discriminate against any disabled employee or applicant in regard to any position for which the employee or applicant is otherwise qualified.