Antibiotic Insurance Coordinator

Metro Infectious Disease Consultants is seeking a Full-Time Insurance Coordinator who will be responsible for verifying benefits and obtaining insurance approvals with insurance plans for antibiotic medications. Your daily tasks will include verifying benefits, sending prior authorizations to insurance plans, checking status of submitted authorizations, communicating with nurses the patient’s benefits/patient’s responsibility for services, completing patient’s financial responsibility forms when necessary.

This role would be located in-person at the corporate location in Burr Ridge, IL.

Specific Duties (examples)

• Perform benefit investigations for new and existing patients.
• Submitting prior authorizations via portals, fax, or phone
• Checking status on prior authorizations with insurance providers or extending existing authorizations already on file
• Working directly with nursing on the patients benefits/coverage
• Answering phone calls regarding status checks, insurance coverage questions, and other patient questions
• Other duties and tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• Medical Insurance experience preferred
• Must have good multitasking skills and the ability to work well with others.
• Strong oral and interpersonal skills
• Organizational skills required
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• CPR+ experience preferred
• Proof of current vaccinations, including recommended boosters, commonly required for those working with immunocompromised patients, including measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A & B, influenza, and COVID-19.
• Requests for accommodations/exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis, consistent with applicable laws.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• $80,000-$90,000/year ($22/hour + a monthly bonus)