About this role
A full-time Managed Care Officer role based in Port Harcourt, Rivers, for a growing multi-specialist healthcare group. The role focuses on managing day-to-day interactions with HMOs and retainership schemes, handling verifications, authorisations, referrals and claims to support enrollee care and timely reimbursements.
What you would do
- Prepare, submit, track and reconcile claims and follow up on rejections and outstanding payments.
- Respond to enrollee enquiries and complaints and escalate as needed.
- Coordinate with clinical teams to ensure care aligns with scheme rules and is well documented.
- Maintain accurate managed-care records and produce regular activity reports.
- Verify enrollee eligibility and process pre-authorisations and referral requests within scheme terms.
- Liaise with scheme partners on authorisations, queries and disputes.
What they are asking for
- First degree or HND in a relevant field (e.g., Health Sciences, Nursing, Public Health, Business Administration or related).
- Completion of NYSC or valid exemption where applicable.
- At least 4 years of experience in managed care, health insurance, HMO operations or hospital claims/billing.
- Experience handling authorisations, claims and enrollee queries.
- Experience working with clinical teams to deliver care within scheme rules.
- Knowledge of HMO and retainership processes, authorisations and claims.
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