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Customer Service Rep I for Sentara Patient Accounting

Role overview

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or Equivalent REQUIRED
  • 2 years of Customer Service experience REQUIRED
  • Previous Data Entry Experience REQUIRED
  • Call center experience highly preferred

Responsibilities

  • Handle incoming calls to address issues related to member eligibility and claim payment
  • Update billing information and establish payment plans
  • Resolve payment inquiries and patient scheduling
  • Provide quality service and customer satisfaction through effective communication

Key facts

Other skills

  • Customer Service
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Sentara Healthcare

Hospitals & Health Care

Sentara Health celebrates a 130-year history of innovation, compassion, and community benefit. Based in Norfolk, VA, Sentara is a diverse not-for-profit family of 12 hospitals, an array of integrated services, and a team of nearly 30,000 strong on a mission to improve health every day. This is pursued through a disciplined strategy to achieve Top 10% performance in key measures through shared best practices, transformation of primary care through clinical integration and strategic growth that adds value to the communities we serve in Virginia and North Carolina. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sentarahealth Follow us on Instagram at @SentaraHealth

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryHospitals & Health Care
Company size10001

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Job description

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

Multiple shifts available

Overview:

Sentara Health is hiring a Customer Service Rep I for Sentara Patient Accounting!

Status: Full-Time permanent position (40 hours)

Standard working hours: 8am to 430pm EST, M-F

Location: Remote in Virginia


Overview

Responsible for all areas of customer service as it pertains to research and resolution of telephone inquiries from members or patients. Primarily responsible for handling incoming calls to effectively address issues related to either member eligibility, plan prescription benefits, and claim payment issues or patient services needs such as updating billing information, establishing payment plans, resolving payment inquiries, or patient scheduling. Provide quality service and customer satisfaction through effective communication and education. (Billing questions, claims)

Education

  • High School Diploma or Equivalent REQUIRED

Certification/Licensure

  • No specific certification or licensure requirements

Experience

  • Customer Service- 2 years REQUIRED

  • Previous Data Entry Experience REQUIRED

  • Call center experience highly preferred

  • Healthcare background preferred (pre-authorization, insurance eligibility, referrals, billing, claims)

  • EPIC experience is a plus

Sentara Overview:

    Sentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system, celebrates more than 130 years in pursuit of its mission - "we improve health every day." Sentara is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, and among the top 20 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, with 30,000 employees, 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, and the Sentara Health Plans division which serves more than 1 million members in Virginia and Florida. Sentara is recognized nationally for clinical quality and safety, and is strategically focused on innovation and creating an extraordinary health care experience for our patients and members. Sentara was named to IBM Watson Health's "Top 15 Health Systems" (2021, 2018), and was recognized by Forbes as a "Best Employer for New Grads" (2022), "Best Employer for Veterans" (2022, 2023), and "Best Employer for Women" (2020).

    Our success is supported by a family-friendly culture that encourages community involvement and creates unlimited opportunities for development and growth. 

    Be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!

    To apply, please go to www.sentaracareers.com and use the following as your Keyword Search: JR-100762

    Keywords: Call Center, Customer Service, Medical Billing, Medical Terminology, Insurance, Claims, Member Eligibility, Remote, Virginia

    Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
    Medical, Dental, Vision plans
    • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
    • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
    • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
    • Emergency Backup Care
    • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
    • Life Insurance
    • 401k/403B with Employer Match
    • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
    • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
    • Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
    •Pet Insurance 
    •Legal Resources Plan
    •Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

    Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.


    In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

    For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

    Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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