Northwell Health

Claims Management Counsel

Northwell Health$92K — $110K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor degree required.
  • 1-3 years of relevant claims management experience.
  • Familiarity with insurance coverage and claims processes.
  • Knowledge of related legal principles and practices.
  • Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Monitors and manages non-workers' compensation claims for the organization.
  • Ensures timely reporting of claims to insurance carriers and performs coverage analyses.
  • Evaluates responses from insurance carriers regarding coverage and reserves.
  • Oversees third-party claims management, including expenses and case reserves.
  • Conducts expert reviews focusing on claims exposure and severity.
  • Monitors trial cases and determines appropriate resolutions when necessary.
  • Identifies trends in claims data to collaborate on loss control initiatives.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with opportunities for professional growth.
  • Supportive management that encourages independent decision-making.
  • Access to resources for continuing legal education and training.
  • Opportunity to work closely with various stakeholders in the health system.
  • Involvement in strategic initiatives impacting claims management and risk assessment.
Full Job Description
Participates in the management of a Claims Management Program. Prioritizes and monitors claims filed, evaluates insurance coverage, ensures reporting of claims to primary and excess insurance, conducts and/or monitors claims audits; evaluates and monitors reserves; oversees defense counsel.

Job Responsibility

  • Monitors a comprehensive, integrated system for managing non-workers' compensation claims for the organization and its affiliates; assists in managing a caseload of assigned claims.
  • Ensures reporting of claims to insurance carriers; conducts insurance coverage analyses.
  • Reviews and evaluates insurance carrier coverage responses including reservation or rights and coverage denials; evaluates loss runs to ensure adequate reserving of claims at all layers of primary and excess coverage.
  • Oversees third party claims and defense counsel in the management of all aspects of assigned claims including day-to-day management, case reserves, expenses and motion practice; maintains current claim information in the database.
  • Ensures appropriate expert reviews; evaluates claims focusing on exposure, severity, reserves, and trial dates.
  • Monitors cases on trial and attends trials, when necessary; identifies cases requiring early/pre-trial resolution.
  • Collects and reviews claims data to identify trends and opportunities for loss control; collaborates with risk management to recommend loss control initiatives.
  • Serves as a liaison between the organization, Third Party Claims Administrator and Insurance Broker in all aspects of claims management; monitors claims impacting on the health system's Insurance Captive Insurance company, Self Insurance Program and/or deductibles, Reviews insurance and related provisions of written agreements.
  • Operates under general guidance and work assignments are varied and require interpretation and independent decisions on course of action.
  • Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.


Job Qualification

  • Juris Doctor required.
  • 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.


*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

About Northwell Health

Northwell Health is a non-profit healthcare organization that provides clinical care, research, and medical education in New York. It is the largest healthcare provider and private employer in the state of New York, with over 72000 employees. Northwell Health has 23 hospitals and more than 700 outpatient facilities, as well as a medical school and a research institute. The organization was founded in 1997 as North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System and changed its name to Northwell Health in 2015.
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72,000 employees
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Founded
1997

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