IVH-L REIMBURSEMENT OFFICER I

​Agency :  Department of Veterans' Affairs

Position Title: Reimbursement Officer I
Closing Date/Time: 12/17/2024
Salary:   $4,766 - $6,632/Monthly; CBA language applies; Anticipated salary $4,766/Monthly  
Job Type:   Salaried
County:   LaSalle 
Number of Vacancies:   1
Plan/BU: RC062

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.
 

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

Posting Identification Number  41253 

 

Why Work for Illinois?
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No matter what state career you’re looking for, we offer jobs that fit your life and your schedule—flexible jobs that provide the gold standard of benefits. Our employees can take advantage of various avenues to advance their careers and realize their dreams. Our top-tier benefits and great retirement packages can help you build a rewarding career and lasting future with the State of Illinois.

Essential Functions

• Investigates and evaluates the financial resources of residents, their estates, and their legally responsible relatives for the effective functioning of a facility engaged in reimbursement of third-party payments.
• Prepares Social Security and Medicare applications and forms for applying knowledge of current laws to assure residents are in receipt of all benefits due, resulting in Medicare Part B reimbursement for the facility.
• Admits residents to the facility.
• Assists in conducting field investigations to acquire data and assembles information from various sources to establish whether a will exists, financial liability, assets, and legally responsible representative of decedent.
• Establishes and maintains a good working relationship with various veterans' organization and Veteran Service Officers to ensure correct benefits are ascertained and donations continue.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college, with courses in accounting, economics, or business administration, preferably including courses in insurance, estate, and probate law.
• Requires one (1) year of work experience in the reimbursement field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years of experience working with principles of hospitalization and life insurance.
• Two (2) years of experience working with legal terminology relevant to the reimbursement of funds.
• One (1) year of experience of the Federal Health Care Law as it pertains to recipients at State facilities.
• One (1) year of experience working with various reimbursement forms utilized by the facility.
• One (1) year of experience of the statutes and departmental policies, rules, and regulations as they relate to the reimbursement of monies to the state for the care and treatment of patients.
• One (1) year of experience working with mathematical calculations relevant to reimbursement funding.
• One (1) year of experience analyzing records, accounts, forms, and legal documents to ascertain financial condition, completeness, accuracy, and sufficiency in compliance with State laws and departmental rules and regulations.
• One (1) year of experience gathering, updating, maintaining and preparing complex reports in relation to