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Talented Case Manager adept at handling high caseloads without sacrificing quality of care. Operates in high-pressure environments while recommending best resources and courses of action to benefit patient needs and return each to optimal quality of life.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Disability Case Manager

Anthem, Inc.
Marietta, GA
02.2020 - Current
  • Evaluates treatment plans against individual goals and healthcare standards.
  • Informally mentored new case managers and service coordinators, answering questions, offering opportunities to shadow and observe and explaining basic information about company procedures.
  • Work closely with manager to ensure all performance guarantees are captured timely.
  • Interact with team as initial point of contact for all questions on various subject matters.
  • Serve as initial point of contact for attendance when manager is out of office.
  • Interacts with Account executive to ensure all claims are processed according to plan statute.
  • Address Social Security Overpayment payment letters as identified by our financial department.
  • Maintain a current case load of ongoing claims with special emphasis on social security updates

Disability Case Manager

Broadspire Services Inc.
City, STATE
06.2019 - 02.2020

● Independently reviews and interprets long term disability plan provisions and/or documents to determine claim liability.

Independently manages risk and resources on complex claims

● Consults and reviews clinical information with nurses and Medical Directors to establish the appropriate length of certification given contractual provisions and regulatory requirements.

● Ensures appropriate and detailed claim documentation to meet risk management, regulatory and accreditation requirements.

● Ensures liability is accurately established by maintaining accurate claims data and identifying applicable policy provisions, and claim offsets.

● Complies with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations, and Broadspire policy and procedure.

● Utilize Vocational Rehab, IME and Peer to Peer reviews for complex claim decisions.

● Communicate in writing with claimants, employer and account executives regarding claim and plan status.

Long Term Disability Case Manager

Aetna Life Insurance Company
City, STATE
03.2014 - 02.2017
  • Referred clients to appropriate team members, community agencies and organizations to meet treatment needs.
  • Independently reviews and interprets long term disability plan provisions and/or documents to determine claim liability.

● Independently manages risk and resources on moderately complex claims.

● Develops implements and revises comprehensive disability benefit management strategy based on factors such as claimant’s medical condition, vocational options, applicable policy provisions and limitations, actual or potential offsets, etc.

● Determines appropriate utilization of resources such as clinical, vocational rehabilitation, behavioral health, peer to peer review, referral to Complex Claim Investigation, social security vendors, etc.

● Works with claimants, treatment providers including physicians and therapists, policyholders, and/or attorneys to update claim management strategy as appropriate.

● Works with attorneys and insurance carriers regarding 3rd party litigation and/or subrogation issues.

● Effectively utilizes risk management tools to determine appropriate length of certification and timing of referrals for other income offset opportunities.

● Consults and reviews clinical information with nurses and Medical Directors to establish the appropriate length of certification given contractual provisions and regulatory requirements.

● Independently identifies claims that are appropriate for lump sum payout based on ethical and financially sound business practices.

● Ensures appropriate and detailed claim documentation to meet risk management, regulatory and accreditation requirements.

● Ensures reserve liability is accurately established by maintaining accurate claims data and identifying applicable policy provisions, and claim offsets.

● Complies with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations, and Aetna policy and procedure.

● Reviews and determines preliminary legal decisions and gathers information for response to department of insurance complaints.

● Gathers information and drafts response to department of insurance complaints or inquiries.

● Mentored new case managers after training

Short Term Disability Case Manager

Aetna Life Insurance Company
City, STATE
12.2008 - 03.2014

● Verifies Short Term Disability coverage.

● Initiate new claims.

● Case manage claim from initiation through closure or transition to long term disability.

● Evaluates information received, calculates, adjusts and pays benefits according to plan / state provision.

● Identifies other income sources and applies offsets appropriately.

● Communicates with and educates employees, employers, and physicians to set appropriate expectations both verbally and in writing.

● Documents claim decisions/actions.

● Enters data into appropriate claim processing systems.

● Utilize ICD-10, HCPCS, and CPT coding.

● Mentored new STD case managers on the floor

Education

Associate of Science - Nursing Practice

Kaplan University
Davenport, IA
03.2012

Bachelor of Science - Health Administration

University Of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ
05.2008

Certified Medical Assistant - Medical Assisting

Miami Lakes Educational Center And Technical College
Hialeah, FL
06.1997

Skills

  • Documentation proficiency/EMR / EHR
  • Treatment planning
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills in a multicultural environment
  • Excellent multi-tasking abilities, understanding of ICD-10-Ccoding, CPT requirements and procedures

Timeline

Senior Disability Case Manager

Anthem, Inc.
02.2020 - Current

Disability Case Manager

Broadspire Services Inc.
06.2019 - 02.2020

Long Term Disability Case Manager

Aetna Life Insurance Company
03.2014 - 02.2017

Short Term Disability Case Manager

Aetna Life Insurance Company
12.2008 - 03.2014

Associate of Science - Nursing Practice

Kaplan University

Bachelor of Science - Health Administration

University Of Phoenix

Certified Medical Assistant - Medical Assisting

Miami Lakes Educational Center And Technical College