Part Time Dental Consultant, California - Temporary

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Avesis is seeking a California-Licensed, Part-Time, Temporary Dentist (DDS/DMD) to assist with adjudications and support Dental Program Management efforts to build and maintain network relationships in California. This individual will review Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and commercial dental claims, authorizations, grievances, and appeals along with other inquires in accordance with dental policy and standard of dental practices within contractual benefits.

Work Setting:
• Monday thru Friday
• 4 hours minimum per day
• Working hours between 6 am to 12 pm, Pacific Time
• Travel: Required for in-office audits

Core Competencies:

• Collegiality: building strong relationships on company-wide, approachable, and helpful, ability to mentor and support team growth.
• Initiative: readiness to lead or take action to achieve goals.
• Communicative: ability to relay issues, concepts, and ideas to others easily orally and in writing.
• Member-focused: going above and beyond to make our members feel seen, valued, and appreciated.
• Detail oriented and thorough: managing and completing details of assignments without too much oversight.
• Flexible and responsive: managing new demands, changes, and situations.
• Critical Thinking: effectively troubleshoot complex issues, problem solve and multi-task.
• Integrity & responsibility: acting with a clear sense ownership for actions, decisions and to keep information confidential when required.
• Collaborative: ability to represent your own interests while being fair to those representing other or competing ideas in search of a workable solution for all parties.

Essential Job Functions:

Claim Review and Utilization Management

• Pre-Authorization Review 

Processes and/or adjudicates treatment authorization requests that require professional review; reviews supporting documentation and adjudication by applying dental standards using company approved resources and California’s requirements for each plan. Reviews Pre-treatment authorization services for determination of medical necessity within plan guidelines. Consultant will access queues on Avēsis HIPAA compliant platform for online adjudication. Consultant will regularly monitor queues for claims and prior authorizations in need of timely adjudication. Consultant must consistently meet California required turnaround times (TAT) specific to that state contract. Consultant will be aware of the need to confirm eligibility for provided services and limitations based on plan guidelines.

• Post Service Reviews - Claims

Reviews services requiring post-treatment review to determine compliance with plan and clinical guidelines.

• Appeals

Reviews appeals as directed by State Dental Director. Provider appeals committee attendance as requested by State Dental Director, or as needed.

• Audits/FWA

State required in office audits using CADP tools and requirements. Consultant will review audit cases opened by compliance. Consultant will interact with control of fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA/SIU) activity under Compliance’s leadership and the Quality division within the company’s state-sponsored dental programs along with other government and commercial plans.

• Peer-to-peer through Quality Department

Performs peer-to-peer reviews by calling dental offices and dentists to discuss denials and their issues from claim submissions when required by the state or plan.

Support Functions

• State Fair Hearings

Support State Dental Director by reviewing scheduled Dental (STATE) Fair Hearing cases prior to the scheduled Fair Hearing Meeting, as directed by State Dental Director. Support State Dental Director by providing clinical review and justification at the Fair Hearing Meetings, as directed by State Dental Director. Assist relevant departments in coordinating any determination decisions made from the Fair Hearing Meetings, as directed by State Dental Director.

• Support for UM and FWA

​ Support the Dental Director in review of Utilization Management, such as authorization, appeals, and claim reviews. Assist in case reviews for clinical vendor oversight programs as well as clinical chart audit reviews. Review investigatory audits as directed by FWA/Compliance. Provide support in tracking and trending provider activity and providing alerts to Avēsis concerning unusual practice patterns or potential abuses.

• General Support

Support the Dental Director in Clinical and Quality programs and initiatives. Serve as a clinical advisor to Avēsis committees including but not limited to the Quality Improvement Committee, Dental Medicaid Utilization Management Committee, Dental Advisory Committee, Provider Appeals Committee, and others. Provide support to the Dental Director for any state meetings or meetings with external advocacy groups or clients.

•  Clinical Calibration

Assist with review of Policies and Procedures, guidelines, and clinical protocols relative to the Dental programs, at least annually. Participate with monthly state meetings chaired by the State Dental Director to bring line of sight on potential obstacles with the pre-authorizations, post reviews and/or appeals. Participate with in-state Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) chaired by the State Dental Director to ensure continued adjudication calibration.

• Interaction with Avēsis Provider Relations Field Staff

Support office audits with Avēsis Provider Services Field Representatives, as needed. Available to support fraud and abuse investigations with the FWA department. Assistance with decisions regarding referrals and to whom referrals should be made.

Minimum Requirements:

• Dental Degree from a U.S.-accredited Dental School.
• DDS or DMD; holder of an active, unrestricted CA dental license.
• Active CADP Quality Assurance Certificate – REQUIRED.
• Resides in the state of California – REQUIRED
• 5+ years’ experience in Microsoft Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word)
• 5+ years’ experience in effective project management
• Should possess 2-3 years diverse level of knowledge and experience in the dental benefits industry, adjudication, and dental program management.
• As this role is a remote role, you are required to maintain internet service that allows you to complete your essential job duties without issue. Rates of 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload while hardwired and not on a VPN are sufficient.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in delivery of dental care; knowledge of government and commercial plan designs and administration.
• Possess the clinical background to render consistent opinions on emerging dental trends, utilization review, dental plan coverage, claims policy, and standards of care is a plus.
• Knowledgeable in the CDT code sets and descriptors is a plus.
• AADC certification is a plus.
• Completion of credentialing process following NCQA guidelines.

FLSA Status: Part Time / Hourly / Non-Exempt

Salary Range: $100/hour + $4/Review

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We Offer

• Meaningful and challenging work opportunities to accelerate innovation in a secure and compliant way.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Excellent medical, dental, supplemental health, life and vision coverage for you and your dependents with no wait period.
• Life and disability insurance.
• A great 401(k) with company match.
• Tuition assistance, paid parental leave and backup family care.
• Dynamic, modern work environments that promote collaboration and creativity to develop and empower talent.
• Flexible time off, dress code, and work location policies to balance your work and life in the ways that suit you best.
• Employee Resource Groups that advocate for inclusion and diversity in all that we do.
• Social responsibility in all aspects of our work. We volunteer within our local communities, create educational alliances with colleges, drive a variety of initiatives in sustainability.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Avēsis, We See You.  We celebrate differences and are building a culture of inclusivity and diversity. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants and does not discriminate against any person based on ancestry, age, citizenship, color, creed, disability, familial status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic.  At Avēsis, we believe that, to operate at the peak of excellence, our workforce needs to represent a rich mixture of diverse people, all focused on providing a world-class experience for our clients.  We focus on recruiting, training and retaining those individuals that share similar goals.  Come Dare to be Different at Avēsis, where We See You!

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