Claim Health
Prior Authorization Specialist
New York City
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 4 days ago
Product ManagementProcess ImprovementOrganizational Skills
About the role
- Prior authorization is one of the largest operational bottlenecks for agencies.
- You'll combine deep operational knowledge with process improvement, helping us encode payer-specific workflows into software that scales across thousands of authorization requests.
- This isn't a traditional authorization desk role.
Responsibilities
- Partner with product and engineering teams to translate complex payer rules into scalable workflows. Help define escalation logic, documentation requirements, follow-up cadences, and exception handling.
- Create and maintain SOPs covering authorization workflows across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, managed Medicaid, commercial payers, and state-specific requirements.
- Monitor authorization turnaround times, approval rates, denial trends, escalation volume, payer response times, and automation success metrics. Drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to translate complex payer rules into scalable workflows.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Build the future.
Requirements
- Experience obtaining authorizations across multiple payer portals
- Strong understanding of eligibility verification, authorization documentation requirements, and referral workflows
- Experience documenting workflows or SOPs
Nice to have
- RN, LPN, or clinical background
- Experience with Careport, Forcura, Ensocare, or referral management platforms
- Experience working with automation or RCM software vendors
- Knowledge of hospice-specific authorization requirements and Medicaid room & board processes
- Multiply your impact.
- Your expertise becomes automation that processes thousands of authorizations every month.
- Solve hard operational problems.
- Help eliminate one of the biggest administrative burdens in post-acute care.
Benefits
- We're hiring an experienced Prior Authorization Specialist to help build the future of authorization automation for home health and hospice.
- 3+ years of prior authorization experience within home health, hospice, or post-acute care
- Join an early-stage healthcare AI company where your knowledge directly shapes the product roadmap.
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