Our vision: Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world.

Benefits include:

• Generous Paid Time Off and holiday schedule. 4 weeks paid vacation per year to start and 12 paid holidays.
• More than 19 Federal healthcare plans. Plans for employee, employee plus one, and employee plus family available. ANTHC covers 80% of all health insurance premiums and 100% of Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, and AD&D.
• 401(a) retirement plan; ANTHC will contribute 3% of your annual compensation to the plan account each year, with up to an additional 5% match. 6-year vesting schedule.
• 403(b) retirement savings plan pre-tax and Roth options. Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care and Dependent care are also available.
• Onsite Child Care in a brand new education facility.
• Onsite free gym access. Additional gym, rock climbing wall and salt-water pool available at the Alaska Pacific University for a small fee per semester. Steep discounts on outdoor equipment rentals available for your Alaskan adventures!
• Tuition reductions for employees and their eligible dependents at the Alaska Pacific University.
  

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium has a hiring preference for qualified Alaska Native and American Indian applicants pursuant to P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Act.

Summary:
Under general supervision, will coordinate travel for patients being referred to the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) for medical care in Anchorage or outside of Alaska. Will review the provided documentation and assist the patient, clinic and service unit with the completion of travel for beneficiary and Medicaid travel.

Responsibilities:

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES

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Coordinates travel arrangements, to include but no limited to; air and ground transportation, lodging and meals) for patients and their escorts (if applicable) referred for medical care by ANMC to medical clinics in and outside the State of Alaska. Must be able to determine medically necessary travel while ensuring patient appointments, travel arrangements, lodging, transportation, and other logistical aspects of the patients’ medical travel are completed.

Must be able to work collaboratively with other members of the team/department, as well as outside agencies, to ensure the ANMC Travel Rules and Regulations are being met while also serving as an advocate for the patient and referring provider. Must understand and make every attempt to honor patient travel preferences and be able to inform patients about other services and resources that are available to them. Will assist in coordinating extended or rescheduled travel bookings in real time with the appropriate tribal travel agencies and relative accommodations.

Must be able to work closely with Prior Authorization staff to coordinate and book patient travel within the authorized parameters of the given Medicaid Travel Authorization. All requests must be in accordance with, and reviewed against, ANMC policies and procedures as well as regulations governing Alaska State Medicaid Prior Authorization to verify eligibility for travel benefits.

Must be able to utilize multiple computer systems to gather information and communicate with ANMC, Tribal Health Partners as well as other healthcare providers and clinics. Must complete the credit card reconciliation and billing process for all booked itineraries and provide necessary documentation for all reservations and purchases. Must be able to research travel reservations, process needed refunds and provide accurate invoices at the completion of each itinerary.

Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Purchased Referred Care (PRC) Travel Specific:

Must prepare and submit invoices/claims and other documentation for travel reimbursement for customers with alternate health resources.

Must processes patient reimbursement requests by entering purchase orders through specified computer programs while completing check requests through the ANTHC purchasing system. Must monitor reimbursement requests until completed.

Must provide a monthly accounting report and reconcile all purchases that were made, providing supporting documentation in the form of folios and receipts. Must be able to research, gather and analyze all purchase orders to ensure that payments are accurate and received in a timely manner.