[Hiring] Director of Appeals and Grievance @Sentara Health

Role Description

The Director of Appeals and Grievance will plan, develop, and direct the department services and activities for all existing and new business opportunities. This includes setting strategic long-term goals for Commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare business. This role assumes leadership for the program development and strategic planning of the Appeals and Grievance Department in all Sentara Health Plan’s (formally known as Optima Health) lines of business and markets.

• Develops policies, workflows, and compliance documents, which meet all contractual, regulatory and accreditation requirements for new and existing business product lines.
• Provides oversight for complaints, appeals and grievances reporting and analysis, and interfaces with Member Services on ongoing key performance indicators.
• Oversees staff in their efforts to resolve and coordinate resources effectively to solve any needs for ad hoc requests and ongoing projects relative to appeals and grievances, state, federal, and accreditation requirements.
• Works closely with the Medical Directors to identify trends in Appeals and make recommendations to change Medical Criteria and Benefit covered items.
• Accountable for ensuring compliance with contractual agreements, SHP policies and procedures in addition to Federal, State and Accreditation regulations and standards.
• Responsible for all external audits of Appeals and Grievance: NCQA, EQRO, CMS, DMAS and BOI.
• Responsible to meet department SLAs and work with other departments to ensure full compliance with targets.
• Responsible for effective management of work inventories and establishing and maintaining working relationships with other departments.
• Responsible for the outcomes of the Appeals and Grievance department.
• Supports inquiries from Compliance and Internal Audit including development and execution of corrective action plans with a focus on issues recurrence avoidance.
• Other tasks as needed for the success of the department and Sentara Health Plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)

Requirements

• Minimum five years of experience with Healthcare Complaints/Appeals.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.