Bilingual Call Center Representative

The Relationship Coordinator solicits and provides information via telephonic efforts in support of Healthfirsts Medicare Advantage Plan Complete Care (MAP) Managed Long Term Care Plan (MLTC) Senior Health Partners (SHP) and Mainstream/Health and Recovery Plan (HARP) population seeking PCA and/or CDPAS services. This position ensures that referral sources prospective enrollees and/or family members are courteously appropriately and effectively educated on the Long-Term Care enrollment processed through communication and follow-up and clearly articulate each product line to prospective addition the Relationship Coordinator understands how Healthfirst goals relate to sales performance and meet established quotas. Integrated Products is a paperless call center work environment requiring daily hands-on administration of multiple electronic Patient Health Information (PHI) databases and security requirement tools such as encryption. These systems include but are not limited to Salesforce RightFax Virtual Work Platforms (using VPN) SharePoint Sites TruCare and MS Office 365 software (such as Word and Outlook).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Handling inbound and outbound calls to and from customers to address their needs while adhering to internal Service Levels standards.
• Creates and/or follow ups for up to 90 days on Long-Term Care (LTC) Leads and Opportunities entered in Salesforce.
• Create and/or follow ups for up to 30 days on Personal Care services requests for the Mainstream population in Salesforce.
• Answer all calls or complete outbound calls according to approved scripts.
• Searches ePACEs for Medicaid eligibility exclusion and exemption codes.
• Searches in Marx (CMS) for Medicare eligibility enrollments and special elections.
• Achieves daily weekly and monthly growth goals.
• Handle all calls to maximize productivity and optimal operational efficiency.
• Connects consumers seeking personal care/long term care services with the State broker to complete the initial evaluation.
• Schedules all field and tele video conference appointments for SHP Intake Nurses in Salesforce.
• Schedules all field and tele video conference appointments for HF CompleteCare Specialist and Intake Nurses in Salesforce.
• Schedules Entitlement Advocates appointments for SHP and HF Complete Care prospective members with a Medicaid coverage issue or restriction.
• Schedules Clinical Assessors to complete Community Health Assessments for Mainstream/HARP members requesting Personal Care Services at home.
• Documents all incoming/outbound calls under call tracking in Salesforce
• Documents all outcomes in pre-enrollment database system.
• Documents all special instructions in Salesforce
• Coordinates the preparation of fulfillment kits / brochures to prospective members or those requesting addition information in a timely manner.
• Troubleshoots and follows up on LTC enrollment rejections.
• Handles other duties as assigned with the occasional need to work weekends additional hours before or after shift scheduled.
• Engage in mastering the Divisions impact on all Healthfirst Plans and its members.

• Ability to create a positive impression during first contact with prospective members by setting the tone and being able to immediately demonstrate product knowledge and credibility with the goal of maximizing the number of scheduled appointments to achieve daily weekly and monthly goals. Persuasive and able to establish trust.

• Additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Fluency in reading and speaking English and Spanish
• Member / Customer Service experience.
• Availability to work for 8 ½ hours shift based on business needs within our hours of operations: Monday Friday 8:00 AM 8:00 PM and Saturdays 10:00 AM 6:30 PM. 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday -Sunday during open enrollment (October March). Initial Training schedule may vary from permanent assigned schedule.
• Occasional overtime.
• Capability to work in a remote environment with reliable internet connection.
• Tech Savvy computer skills such as Microsoft Office Suites: Outlook Excel Word PowerPoint
• Organized and multi-tasking capabilities and detail oriented.
• Understanding of and sensitivity to cultural differences and needs of the community are essential.
• Adept at working in an environment with fast-past changing priorities including high stress while achieving quota expectations.
• Available to communicate / engage with your leaders via Virtual platforms (emails MS Teams and others)

Preferred Qualifications

• Work experience within the healthcare industry
• Experience with Medicare or Medicaid managed care plan products such as Family Health Plus (FHP) Eastern Benefits System (EBS) and/or Federal Employee Program (FEP). (Preferred)
• Associate degree or higher from an accredited institution.
• Extensive work experience including inbound and outbound call center with telemarketing responsibilities within a healthcare environment.
• Healthfirst product knowledge of Complete Care Senior Health Partners (SHP) or managed long-term care.
• Prior experience engaging / communicating with the frail adult or elderly population.
• A solid understanding of the value of integrated care.
• Experience in health insurance home care environment acute sub-acute long-term care (LTC) setting or managed-long term care (MLTCP).
• Experience managing member information or appointments in a shared network environment using paperless database modules.
• Adept at operating within a multi-cultural work environment and community of Members such as Spanish Chinese Southeast Asian and others.
• Ability to maintain a calm neutral disposition while managing many details in a distracting environment

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.

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Hiring Range*:

• Greater New York City Area (NY NJ CT residents): $48600 - $65960

• All Other Locations (within approved locations): $42200 - $62400

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.

Required Experience:

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