Senior Customer Service Representative - Phoenix, AZ

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When you are in the business of health care, you're in the business of people. At UnitedHealth Group we want every customer experience to be distinctly personal. The challenge is complex. When people call us for help, their focus is on getting the best care possible. We help them understand their benefits and their options. This part of their lives matters a lot to them and it matters just as much to us. Our customer service teams have a serious responsibility to make every contact informative, productive, positive, and memorable for what it says about how much we care.
 
As a Senior Customer Service Representative you're responsible for providing expertise and customer service support to members, customers, and/or providers. You'll provide direct phone-based customer interaction to answer and resolve a wide variety of inquiries.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide excellent customer service
• Constantly meet established productivity, schedule adherence, and quality standards
• Respond to complex customer calls
• Resolve customer service inquiries which could include:
• Benefit and Eligibility information
• Billing and Payment issues
• Customer material requests
• Physician assignments
• Authorization for treatment
• Explanation of Benefits (EOB)
• Extensive work experience within own function.
• Work is frequently completed without established procedures.
• Works independently.
• May act as a resource for others.
• May coordinate other's activities.

Please note:
This job is located at: Deer Valley Office 20414 N 27th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85027

Requirements:

• High School Diploma/GED
• Authorization to work in the United States
• Work Shift: Monday thru Saturday between the hours of 6:00 am to 9:00 pm (Available to work 40 hours per week anytime within the operating hours of the site, which may include weekends and holidays )
• The ability to work in a Windows based environment (including Word, Excel, Outlook) is required
• 2+ years call center and or customer service experience are required

Assets:

• Associate degree 
• Knowledge of HMO/PPO/Medicare Plans/benefits and medical terminology is preferred
• Bilingual in English and Spanish a plus

There
are several steps in our hiring process - it's a thorough process
because we want to ensure the best job and culture fit for you and for
us. In today's ultra-competitive job market, the importance of putting
your best foot forward is more important than ever. And you can start by
completing all required sections of your application. (i.e. profile,
history, certifications and application/job questions). Once you submit
your resume, you'll receive an email with next steps. This may include a
link for an  on-line pre-screening test  that we ask you to complete as
part of our selection process.  You may also be asked to complete a
digital video interview, but we will offer full instructions and tips to
help you. After you have completed all of these steps, you can check on
the status of your application at any time, but you will also be
notified via e-mail.


Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.