About the Role
Ensures all benefits are current for individuals living in residential sites, working with residential teams and Accounts Receivable to resolve benefit and financial issues. Acts as a liaison with outside agencies to solve financial issues related to benefits.
Responsibilities
- Communicates with Social Security, OTDA, Medicaid, and other agencies on financial issues impacting benefits.
- Reports temporary or permanent movement to relevant entities as required.
- Tracks SNAP Eligibility status for the month.
- Notifies residential team and Benefits Director when Benefits have been suspended and follows up with applicable entities.
- Maintains reporting of income in adherence to SSA regulations and supports residential staff with wage/income questions.
- Works with residential teams to obtain paystubs and other income documentation for SSA reporting.
- Reviews monthly wage tracking for proper resolution of overpayments.
- Collaborates with Director of Member Benefits and Eligibility and A/R on statements for underpayment or excess income from benefits.
- Completes Annual Representative Payee Reporting for each person with respective government entity.
- Consults with and facilitates communication with residential teams and care coordinators on financial/benefit issues.
- Oversees overpayment letter process to determine action needed.
- Attends outstanding revenue monthly meetings to assist in resolving billing denials related to residential benefit issues.
- Attends Residential Pre-Move meetings to provide and obtain benefit and Rep. Payee information.
- Completes certification of Medicaid and SNAP on a timely basis.
- Collaborates with AR, residential on Social Security Audits.
- Maintains CEU credits for certification and knowledge.
- Complies with all agency policies and procedures.
- Ensures confidential and sensitive information is processed, maintained, and utilized according to procedures in a strict confidential manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree and 2 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Social Security or Medicaid knowledge preferred.
- Excellent computer skills and working knowledge of MS Office for windows.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating, and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to interact with all levels of personnel.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Skills
- MS Office
- Social Security knowledge
- Medicaid knowledge
Work Type
- Monday-Friday 8:30am-4pm
Experience Level
- 2 years of experience
Education Level
- BA/BS degree
Salary/Compensations
- $20.00-$22.34 per hour
