Patient Relations Liaison Irvine CA

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that is improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation is not about another gadget; it is about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There is no room for error. If you are looking for a better place to use your passion and your desire to drive change, this is the place to be. It's an opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

In office or community involvement within the Associate Marketing Specialist role.  This position supports the Optum division by branding and discussing the Optum benefits for current and prospective members in the community.  Must love helping people and healthcare.  UnitedHealth Group is working to create the health care system of tomorrow.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Consistently exhibits behavior and communication skills that demonstrate Optum’s commitment to superior customer service, including quality, care and concern with each internal and external customer
• Partners with the front office and care teams to drive completion of new patient orientations and awareness of services
• Executes new patient onboarding, gives new patients a tour of the facility and explains benefits, forms, and guidelines
• Implements best practices related to patient experience and partners with site team to implement processes to maximize patient retention
• Conducts patient outreach for new, termed, and transitioned patients
• Coordinates service recovery activities at the site with Supervisor, Patient Relations, and site management
• Supports provider transition action plan and membership retention efforts
• Manages and conducts prioritized outreach list and tracks outcomes related to SEP, age-ins, FFS conversion to managed care plans and working beneficiaries
• Partners with site management to address trends impacting patient retention
• Provides support including training on Medicare Madness, in-clinic processes for SEP and FFS conversion and site-specific initiatives that impact the site operations team (i.e., Patient Appreciation Day)
• Coordinate’s patient retention efforts related to M&A activities
• Plans and organizes retention events (e.g., thank you events for patients and caregivers, provider transition, open house, meet and greets, “Refer a Friend” classes, etc.) as well as in-clinic OEP/SEP/AEP and marketing events
• Develops, manages, and maintains relationships with brokers, agents, and community partners to expand base for prospective members
• Partners with marketing team to plan external marketing events and represents the organization at those events as needed
• Uses, protects, and discloses Optum
• Other duties as assigned

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Degree or GED
• 1 years of healthcare experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft office suite including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance

Preferred Qualification:

• 2 years of sales experience, quota driven environment

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment.

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.