Healthcare Program Coordinator - Full-time / Part-time

Aerotek is currently hiring Program Coordinators in the Austin, TX area on a full-time contract to hire opportunity.

These Program Coordinators MUST have at least 2.5 years of healthcare experience and MUST be able to type at least 50 WPM.

This is a Call center customer service position that will take incoming calls and place outbound calls to healthcare providers. Referral Specialist's will initiate authorization requests for outpatient and inpatient services in accordance with the prior authorization list.

*Authorizations are essentially requests from a doctor's office to the Health Insurance company to verify whether or not the patient/member has the appropriate insurance coverage.

Route to appropriate staff when needed. Verify eligibility and benefits. Answer phone queues and process faxes within established standards. Data enters authorizations into the system. Some days, they may spend the majority of their day on the phone (say, 6-7 hours); other days, it may be about half. Typically, it's about half the time on the phone.

About Aerotek:

Aerotek, headquartered in Hanover, Md., is a leading provider of technical, professional and industrial staffing services. Established in 1983, Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group, the largest provider of staffing services in the U.S. Aerotek operates a network of more than 200 non-franchised offices throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. For more information, visit .

Aerotek is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.