[Hiring] Quality Specialist II @Premera Blue Cross

Role Description

Join the Provider Contact Center Quality Program as a Quality Specialist II and help shape quality across our offshore operations. You’ll partner with teams to identify opportunities, strengthen quality practices, and drive improvements that make a measurable difference. The Quality Specialist II is responsible for overseeing Premera's compliance with corporate audit programs such as the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) Member Touchpoint Measures (MTM) and Licensee Desk Level Audit (LDLA) and the Federal Employee Program (FEP) audit, along with ensuring compliance with state and federal laws, contracts and the achievement of corporate objectives.

The Quality Specialist II performs daily examination and verification of Premera transactions, such as claims processing, customer inquiries, group and member enrollment and electronic data exchange. The Quality Specialist II monitors all quality standards for selected claims, inquiries, enrollments and/or electronic transactions for accuracy, completeness and timeliness to judge the degree of adherence to the criteria set forth by the BCBSA, FEP and corporate policy requirements. The Quality Specialist II will work in conjunction with stakeholders to identify opportunities for quality improvement throughout the company.

What you will do:

• Conduct audits in a professional, ethical and objective manner using and interpreting applicable standards/requirements.
• Effectively plan, develop, and communicate an audit within a defined scope, including resource scheduling. Conduct necessary meetings in performance of the audit.
• Maintain in-depth working knowledge of procedural changes, audit techniques, and plan automated systems, subsystems, and reference materials for assigned audit functions.
• Responsible for a wide variety of quality auditing tools and techniques. Verify, document and communicate audit results, develop an audit report, and evaluate the effectiveness of corrective action/follow-up.
• Resolve conflict directly and respectfully, engaging in challenging and important conversations to resolve audit findings.
• Identify trends and the root cause of errors and recommend improved procedures/guidelines to Operations proactively.
• Assist in consulting with external departments to help resolve high impact key business issues surrounding quality assurance.
• Help individuals and the team become stronger by actively participating, leading and facilitating team meetings and work groups regarding Quality Review & Reporting initiatives and incentives.
• Understand quality principles as they relate to business processes and explain the importance of aligning the audit function to the organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED. (Required)
• Three (3) years of claims, customer service or enrollment work experience, which includes one (1) year of quality audit, quality control, or quality assurance experience. (Required)
• May require bilingual proficiency in a particular language (English/Spanish) with the ability to articulate messages and information clearly and accurately. (Preferred)
• Quality 101 certification. (Preferred)

Requirements

• Build expertise in quality auditing and compliance standards.
• Strengthen data analysis and root-cause problem-solving skills.
• Partner across teams to drive quality improvements.
• Gain experience communicating audit findings and recommendations.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
• Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.
• Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs.
• Generous paid time off to reenergize.
• Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
• Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.
• On-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.
• Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.
• Free convenient on-site parking.
• Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.
• Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.
• Complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.
• Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.

Company Description

Premera is committed to being a workplace where people feel empowered to grow, innovate, and lead with purpose. By investing in our employees and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous development, we’re able to better serve our customers. It’s this commitment that has earned us recognition as one of the best companies to work for.