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Inova is looking for a dedicated Insurance Authorization Specialist Senior to join the team. This role will be Full-time Day Shift: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Hybrid Position | Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation. Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
Job Responsibilities
- Serves as a subject matter expert for complex authorization and preservice financial clearance workflows across multiple specialty service lines.
- Manages high-complexity authorization cases including advanced procedural services, radiation oncology, infusion services, and other high-acuity specialty programs.
- Performs advanced payer medical policy interpretation to ensure compliance with payer authorization requirements and prevent denial, including handling complex payer scenarios, including escalations, specialty program requirements, and non-standard authorization pathways.
- Coordinates peer-to-peer reviews, payer escalations, and complex authorization resolution activities when clinical review is required.
- Collaborates closely with physicians, clinical teams, schedulers, and operational leadership to ensure clinical documentation and medical necessity requirements are met prior to service.
- Supports denial prevention strategies by proactively identifying authorization and medical policy risks that may impact reimbursement.
- Provides advanced financial readiness support by reviewing insurance coverage, verifying financial clearance requirements, and supporting revenue risk mitigation.
- Reviews and resolves complex estimate scenarios while identifying opportunities to improve estimate accuracy and automation.
- Maintains expert-level knowledge of payer authorization requirements, insurance plans, and specialty service-line policies.
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
Additional Requirements:
- Experience - 4 years of healthcare revenue cycle, patient access, authorizations, preservice financial clearance, or related healthcare operations
- Education - High school diploma or GED
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bilingual proficiency (Spanish) to support a diverse patient population
- Experience working with Primary Care, including scheduling, authorizations, or specialty workflows
- Prior patient scheduling experience in a healthcare, clinic, or hospital setting.
- Experience providing telephonic support to patients, including handling high call volumes and navigating sensitive conversations.
- Proficiency with Epic (EPIC) scheduling modules, including appointment scheduling, registration updates, and navigation of patient records.
- Ability to multitask, manage competing priorities, and maintain accuracy in a fastpaced environment.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to patient confidentiality and HIPAA compliance.
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Inova Health System
Aug 25, 2026