Description
Job Summary:
Professional responsible for managing authorization workflows, technical analysis and reimbursement processes, regulatory and judicial compliance, regulation and auditing, as well as strategy and reporting within the healthcare domain.
Key Highlights:
1. Authorization and Technical Analysis Workflow Management
2. Regulatory and Judicial Compliance in Supplementary Health
3. Development of Management Strategies and Performance Indicators
Description:
Required Qualifications
Education and Technical Knowledge
* Higher Education Degree: Preferably in healthcare-related fields (Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry) or in Law with specialization in healthcare.
* Technical Knowledge: Proficiency in supplementary health legislation, including ANS Normative Resolutions, and especially the ANS List of Procedures and Health Events.
* Systems: Familiarity with health plan operator management systems (authorization, claims, eligibility) and data analysis tools.
Preferred Qualifications
* Postgraduate degree or specialization in Healthcare Management, Supplementary Health Regulation, or Healthcare System Auditing.
* Prior experience working within the Unimed system.
* Experience managing outsourced teams.
Responsibilities and Duties
* Authorization Workflow Management:
* Manage and audit the complete workflow of medical requests (surgeries, therapies, examinations, OPME/Materials, Special Medications).
* Ensure strict adherence to maximum service deadlines established by ANS, both for local clients and those under inter-operator agreements.
* Technical Analysis and Reimbursement:
* Lead technical analysis of reimbursement requests, verifying coverage eligibility, value compatibility, and contractual/regulatory compliance.
* Manage the denial process, ensuring all decisions are legally and contractually justified, with a high rate of successful justification.
* Regulatory and Judicial Compliance:
* Coordinate analysis of cases escalated via ANS Preliminary Mediation Notice (NIP) and Ombudsman channels.
* Prepare technical defenses and ensure timely, accurate responses per regulatory requirements.
* Serve as the focal point for the Legal Department, providing specialized support and expert opinions for complying with or contesting judicial decisions (injunctions), thereby mitigating risks to the Operator.
* Regulation and Auditing:
* Manage key regulatory mechanisms such as Medical Boards and Medical Expertise.
* Develop and implement clear criteria for analysis and decision-making in highly complex or exceptional cases not covered by the ANS List.
* Maintain critical interfaces with Account Auditing, OPME Management, and Inpatient Patient Management.
* Strategy and Reporting:
* Prepare management reports and performance indicators.
* Present and defend Health Technology Assessment (HTA) analysis reports before the Technical-Scientific Committee and the Regulation Committee.
* Evaluate network adequacy based on reimbursement request analysis, proposing action plans jointly with Network Management.
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