Appeals and Grievances - RN, Senior

Appeals And Grievances Rn Senior

The Appeals and Grievances team is responsible for clinically reviewing member appeals and grievances that are the result of either a preservice, post-service or claim denial. The Appeals and Grievances RN Senior will report to the Manager of the Appeals and Grievances team. In this role you will perform accurate and timely clinical review of member-initiated appeals or appeals initiated by someone qualified to speak on behalf of the member. The RNs perform first and second level appeal reviews for members utilizing Evidence of Coverage, BSC evidenced based guidelines, policies, and nationally recognized clinical criteria. The successful RN candidate will review both medical and pharmacy member appeals for benefits, medical necessity, coding accuracy and medical policy compliance.

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Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Assist with telephone inquiries regarding member appeals
• Identify issues, and with assistance, execute corrective action
• Triage and prioritize cases to meet required regulatory turn-around times
• Prepare and submit clinical case reviews to the Medical Director (MD) for MD collaboration and medical necessity determination
• Communicate determinations to members and providers in compliance with state, federal and accreditation requirements
• Ensure proper procedure codes and diagnosis codes are reviewed for submitted procedures/claims appeal
• Initiate referrals for members to Case Management as needs are identified
• Adherent to individual contribution expectations for quality and production metrics based on team goal improvements, business performance, company initiatives and operational changes.

Qualifications

In this role, you will need:

• Associate's in Nursing required
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred
• Requires a current, active California RN License
• Requires at least 5 years of prior relevant experience, with Managed Care experience preferred.
• Proficient skills with Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of CPT, ICD-10, HCPCS and billing practices
• Knowledge of Medical policy and benefit reviews
• Demonstrate the ability to act independently using sound clinical judgement
• Solid communication skills
• You will be required to work 8 hour shifts Monday-Friday excluding company recognized holidays. You may be required to come into the office on certain days to offset holiday coverage based on business needs.

This role allows employees to work virtually full-time, however employees will be expected to come to the office based on business need.

About Us

Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.

At Blue Shield of California, our mission is to create a healthcare system worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:

• Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, showing empathy by understanding others' perspectives.
• Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Our Workplace Model

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.