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AlohaCare is a local, non-profit health plan serving Hawai`i's low-income residents with free Medicaid and dual Medicare health insurance coverage. Our members include children, seniors and adults residing on all islands. We provide comprehensive benefits and managed care services with an emphasis on healthy living habits and preventive primary health care. Our approach is to meet the whole-person health and social needs of members. Through our community partnerships we offer innovative services such as connection to social service agencies, Native Hawaiian healing services and in-home primary care for qualified members. Our mission is to serve in the true spirit of aloha by ensuring and advocating for access to quality health care for all. We are Hawaii's third-largest health plan and offer a wide network of quality primary care, specialists, hospitals, pharmacies and among many other providers across the state.

The primary role of the Dual Eligible Special Need Plan (D-SNP) Care Navigator is to assess and assist actively enrolled low-risk and unengaged D-SNP members with understanding their health care benefits and accessing providers and services. The majority of the D-SNP Care Navigator's time is spent telephonically reaching out to members to ensure they have access to care from in-network providers, community resource providers and plan benefits under the direction and in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Care Team.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform initial outreach to complete welcome calls for newly enrolled D-SNP members.
• Schedule and complete required initial and annual telephonic health risk assessments (HRA) for D-SNP members as required by regulatory agencies.
• Create initial and update Care Plan for D-SNP members after HRA completion as required by regulatory agencies.
• Engage members/providers to participate in the assessment process and collaboratively develop a person-centered Care Plan for each D-SNP member as required by regulatory agencies.
• Implement Care Plan by executing planned intervention(s) as directed, which include but are not limited to facilitating timely access to services, addressing barriers to care and medications, identifying and providing transportation assistance, if needed, etc., on behalf of the member and provider.
• Conduct Care Plan or Health Action Plan reviews with members as required to monitor and document the Member's progress of goals and services in their Care Plan or Health Action Plan.
• Assist with completion of eligibility forms required for Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) services.
• Meet operational and compliance with due dates for assessments, care plans, and all regulatory required activities. Provide telephonic support for inbound routine and complex calls received from D-SNP members and providers via call transfer.
• Provide D-SNP member education and assist with referral coordination and prior authorizations per member needs and eligibility.
• Document in an electronic care management system all assessment information and care management activities.
• Review prior assessments and historical claims to identify any signs of health status changes to assess D-SNP member's level of care and/or prior to completing new assessment.
• Coordinate, collaborate, and participate with the interdisciplinary care team members including providers, family members, caregivers and community agencies to support members in maintaining or improving their current health status.
• Coordinate and collaborate with the appropriate internal departments as required per D-SNP member's needs (e.g., Medical Management, Transition of Care, Disease Management, Care Coordination, Service Coordination, Travel, etc.) and in-network physicians/providers and community resource providers to facilitate timely access to available and approved services.
• Perform member outreach calls for care management related to D-SNP member's routine health screenings and outcome that may include but is not limited to data collection for HEDIS, STAR measures, and other D-SNP member health plan events.
• Assist the member with accessing translation services when needed and requested.
• Connect members with Social Determinates of Health (SDoH) needs with any Community Resources in their neighborhood or area or utilizing the Unite Us tool.
• Performs tasks that align with and support departmental and organizational objectives.
• Generate daily if not weekly Excel reports for daily work assignments and prioritize assigned duties.
• All other duties assigned.
• Adhere to regulatory compliance and quality guidelines as well as AlohaCare policies and procedures.
• Responsible for maintaining AlohaCare's confidential information in accordance with AlohaCare policies, and state and federal laws, rules and regulations regarding confidentiality. Employees have access to AlohaCare data based on the data classification assigned to this job title.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years of work experience in a customer service role, call center environment, and/or with customer facing responsibilities.
• Ability to establish rapport/relationship with members via a telephonic interview which includes gathering information about their medical history and/or socio-economic needs.
• Ability to establish rapport with a multi-cultural - diversified population and experience with cultural sensitivity.
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Strong, effective, and precise written and oral communication skills; speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations.
• Professional telephonic etiquette skills.
• Strong active listening skills for telephonic member assessments.
• Ability to solve problems, analyze, think critically and make good judgment.
• Strong customer service skills and be able to work in a diverse, demanding and evolving environment with strong conflict and problem resolution skills.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Able to effectively work in a fast-paced and changing environment, manage multiple projects and priorities across multiple teams/projects and in a matrixed environment.
• Possesses excellent time management and organizational skills; is dependable, enthusiastic, self-starting, and self-motivated. Uses time effectively, reacts professionally under pressure.
• Intermediate skills using Microsoft Programs: Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Experience in the operation of general office equipment to include PC, fax/copy machine and phone system.

Preferred Requirements:

• Associate's degree or equivalent training in health care, insurance or medical practice or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to speak and read fluently in other languages.
• Knowledge of available community resources.
• Prior experience in care coordination, outreach or customer service in a managed care environment.
• Experience utilizing EMR or care management system to complete tasks.

Mental, Physical and Environmental Demands:

• Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• In office working environment.
• May require prolonged sitting- up to 4 hours.
• Requires prolonged operation of a computer workstation, including the ability to type for extended periods of time on a keyboard during the scheduled workday.

Salary Range $19.75 - $25.75 an hour

AlohaCare is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants in accordance with sound practices and federal and state laws. Our policy prohibits discrimination and harassment because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity or expression), pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, arrest and court record, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, domestic or sexual violence victim status, credit history, citizenship status, military/veteran status, or other characteristics protected under applicable state and federal laws, regulations, and/or executive orders.