
Lead Patient Support Specialist - Afford Svcs
- Whippany, NJ
- $21.50 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provides support in monitoring and assisting the PSS and/or Claims Processing team members with daily responsibilities by acting as the subject matter expert. Keeps track of the team's progress to help ensure that it completes its daily deliverables and updates the Supervisor as necessary to aid in work rebalancing.
- Engages in peer coaching in accordance with supervisor's instructions. Helps and leads training sessions to advance the teams' technical proficiency in relation to Affordability programs.
- Handles escalated patient calls; refers requests for escalation as needed and engages other internal areas such as Program Management, IT, and other contact center teams to resolve issues. Bring forward to management escalated technical issues, process gaps, or other opportunities.
- Coordinates with the Quality and Training departments as the program's subject matter experts and provides feedback and suggestions to improve processes and procedures and team training.
- Performs other projects as assigned
- High School or GED required. Associate/Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)
- 5+ years in health care or case management experience in a high-volume contact center environment
- Must meet all Quality standards
- Experience working in pharmacy benefits, health care insurance, and/or medical billing