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Commonwealth Care Alliance Onboarding Specialist (Hybrid) Lowell and Surrounding Area in Boston, Massachusetts
Why This Role is Important to Us:
The Onboarding Specialist is the primary contact for members as they transition to a CCA health plan. The Specialist contacts new members via telephonic outreach and identifies both the member's existing healthcare services that will continue and new service requests. The Specialist works to ensure that member needs are addressed through liaising with internal CCA providers and external healthcare providers. The Specialist also educates the member on health plan offerings and addresses members' questions or concerns.
What You'll Be Doing:
* This position coversAllston, Arlington, Auburndale, Belmont, Billerica, Brighton, Burlington, Chelmsford, Chestnut Hill, Dunstable, Lexington, Lowell, Medford, Newton, North Billerica, Reading, South Chelmsford,Stoneham, Tyngsborough, Waltham, Watertown, Winchester, Woburn*
Serves as the primary member contact and advocate until their care team is established, both through direct member outreach and inbound call support
Leverages internal and external resources (such as claims, referrals, and pharmacy data) to identify accurate, successful contact information for unreachable or hard-to-reach members
Orients new members to the value of CCA as their health plan, providing education, answering members' questions, anticipating and meeting member needs and concerns
Documents members' current healthcare services and new service requests
Ensures members continue to receive current healthcare services as they transition to CCA through healthcare provider outreach and education
Schedules new members' initial nurse intake visits
Utilizes communication skills such as motivational interviewing to gain agreement from members to participate in the onboarding process, persistently forging trusting relationships and engaging individuals not readily interested in connecting with CCA
Utilizes established workflows and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders and healthcare providers
Provide clinical care to members via telehealth technologies (video, chat, etc.) for a clinically appropriate clinical care and care management services.
What We're Looking For:
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience in call center and/or Medicare/Medicaid plan required
5+ years' experience required
1+ years' experience working in outreach or in the community with individuals who have behavioral, medical, social, or interpersonal complexities impacting their lives required
Demonstrated understanding of the community served required
Experience working in a multi-cultural setting required
Experience using motivational interviewing techniques in a professional setting required
Familiarity with data entry and querying databases to identify key information about members required
Experience identifying unmet healthcare needs and escalating to the appropriate individual preferred
Experience with electronic medical record and care management systems strongly preferred
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey information clearly telephonically and in a culturally sensitive manner required
Strong interpersonal and customer relation skills, including active listening skills, dependability, and responsiveness required
Compassionate, understanding, and patience required
Motivates, empowers, inspires, and collaborates with members while effectively establishing boundaries by clarifying roles, expectations, and deliverables
Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with peers, supervisors, and other organizations
Ability to multitask and ensure all work is completed thoroughly and completely in a fast-paced environment with competing demands
Basic computer skills
Professional, comprehensive, clear documentation
Familiarity with Microsoft Office programs: Outlook, Calendar, Word
Willing to learn and utilize telehealth technologies (video, chat, etc.), when appropriate, for a variety of clinical care and care management services.
English required, Bilingual preferred
EEO is The Law
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled
Please note employment with CCA is contingent upon acceptable professional references, a background check (including Mass CORI, employment, education, criminal check, and driving record, (if applicable)), an OIG Report and verification of a valid MA/RN license (if applicable). Commonwealth Care Alliance is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.