Branch Coordinator

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As an Accendra Health employee, you have choices to fit your life. Our comprehensive benefits program is designed to meet you where you are — through all of life’s stages. We’ve got you and your family covered with benefits that support your health, finances, and overall wellness.

• Medical, dental, and vision care coverage
• Paid time off plan
• 401(k) Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Basic life insurance
• Short‑and long‑term disability coverage
• Accident insurance
• Teammate Assistance Program
• Paid parental leave
• Domestic partner benefits
• Mental, physical, and financial well‑being programs

The anticipated salary range for this position is $19.60‑$20.96 hourly. The actual compensation offered may vary based on job‑related factors such as experience, skills, education and location.

Our Branch Coordinators positively impact the lives of patients and their caregivers, by phone and in person, delivering excellent customer service during each interaction. Working collaboratively with patients, providers and other team members, Branch Coordinators ensure orders are received and processed timely, efficiently, and accurately. Branch Coordinators play an important role in ensuring Apria is paid for the services we provide by obtaining all necessary documentation required to bill health insurance plans.

• Act as first point of contact to patients arriving in person.
• Answer inbound calls from customers on a multi‑line phone system; provide information to new and existing patients, troubleshoot common issues, work with the branch team and other departments to find appropriate resolutions and, when necessary, escalate queries or concerns.
• Perform processing duties for the branch; including, but not limited to, creating and working with new orders, reviewing multiple systems simultaneously to assist customers, confirming delivery appointments, verifying insurance, obtaining authorization of equipment based on payor guidelines, monitoring incoming faxes, and performing data entry.
• Work with sales team, referrals and/or patients to gather documentation/information needed to meet insurance guidelines. Request health plan authorizations/information as required; either electronically or verbally.
• Review new and recurring patient accounts, obtain all necessary documentation from the referral source to bill the individual health insurance plans, allowing our patients to maximize their available health plan benefits and to receive the much‑needed care as soon as possible.
• Collect credit card payments and billing information, reconcile daily receivables, and submit to the lock box.
• Perform outbound customer satisfaction calls to patients and referrals.
• May conduct downloads of recording devices such as apnea monitors, oximeters, CPAP devices and other respiratory equipment.
• May perform functional tests on certain respiratory equipment.
• Perform other duties as required.

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• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• At least one‑year related work experience.

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• Organizing
• Problem solving / analysis
• Patient focused
• Teamwork
• Time management / multi‑tasking
• Effective communication in person, on the phone and electronically.

• Intermediate to advanced computer skills.
• Proficient working within multiple systems at once.

• English (reading, writing, verbal).

• Intermediate level math skills.

• At least two years’ experience in an office environment, healthcare setting or call center.
• Experience utilizing multi‑line phone system.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee uses hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reaches with hands and arms; stoops, kneels, or crouches; talks or hears.

• The employee uses computer and telephone equipment.
• Specific vision requirements of this job include close vision and distance vision.
• Regularly…