Health insurance specialist [h1.location_city]

Job Description

Job Description

Hawai’i Health & Harm Reduction Center (HHHRC) provides harm reduction-focused services to marginalized populations in Hawai’i, including people living with and / or affected by HIV, hepatitis, substance use, homelessness, and the transgender, LGBQ, and the Native Hawaiian communities. HHHRC bridges gaps and helps individuals access essential resources such as housing, health care, entitlements, and treatment. We foster health, wellness, and systemic change in Hawai’i and the Pacific through outreach, care services, advocacy, training, prevention, education, and capacity building.

Primary Purpose :

The Insurance Navigation Specialist is responsible for providing health insurance navigation services to the uninsured Oahu population through outreach, targeting marginalized populations including people living with and / or affected by HIV, hepatitis, substance use, houselessness, the LGB&T community, and the unsheltered and recently released prison population.

Reporting Relationship :

Reports to : HIV Program Director

Supervises : N / A

Essential Duties & Responsibilities :

• Complete all training and submit all paperwork required by Department of Human Services (DHS), Med-QUEST Division (MQD), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM).
• Attend meetings as required by funder and MQD.
• Assure timely compliance with all contract responsibilities.
• Travel to consumers in the target communities and provide information on affordable health insurance and direct assistance and guidance through the enrollment process.

Submit mileage and expense reports monthly.

Submit data monthly to the HIV Program Director for tabulation and reporting.

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H awai ʻ i Health & Harm Reduction Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.