The Health Benefits Specialist assists SCF achieve the goal of increasing the number of customer-owners enrolled with a third party payer.

The Health Benefits Specialist role is to determine whether customer-owner currently has a third party payer, verify/confirm that third party payer information is current and correct. If not currently insured, the Health Benefits Specialist screens and evaluates whether customer-owner may qualify for any known payer sources, i.e. Medicaid, Medicare, Denali Kid Care, VA and/or the Federal Insurance Marketplace; and provides assistance to the customer-owner for the enrollment process.

Minimum Qualifications:

* High school diploma or GED
* Three (3) years prior experience performing administrative and customer service duties with a minimum of one-year of experience performing revenue cycle duties which can include scheduling, registration, health information management, coding, billing, and/or collections experience; or demonstrated proficiency as an Administrative Support III with one-year of revenue cycle duties at Southcentral Foundation
* Certification as a State of Alaska - Certified Application Counselor (CAC) or obtain within 45 days of hire
* Maintain State of Alaska Certified Application Counselor certification

Additional Qualifications for Health Benefits Specialist II: Meets all requirements of Health Benefits Specialist I in addition to the following:

* One additional year as a Health Benefits Specialist, or demonstrated proficiency as a Health Benefits Specialist I at Southcentral Foundation.

Additional Qualifications for: Health Benefits Specialist III. Meets all requirements of Health Benefits Specialist II in addition to the following:

* Bachelor's degree or four (4) years benefits enrollment experience or equivalent combination of education and experience or demonstrated proficiency as a Health Benefits Specialist II at SCF.
* Completion of Department of Veterans Affairs-Tribal Veteran Representative training

Employee Health Requirements:

Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of SCF employment. You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment. Jobs designated as a Health Care Personnel (HCP) position, requires that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, T-dap (Tetanus - Diphtheria - Pertussis), and COVID-19 vaccination is required.

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