Job Summary
This role focuses on delivering high-quality customer service for health care clients through responsive case handling and accurate documentation while working from home during day shifts. The position involves using MS Excel to track appeals and grievances efficiently supporting process transparency and continuous improvement that enhances member satisfaction and contributes to more reliable health care outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for reviewing and adjudicating pharmacy appeals submitted through an external portal in accordance with state-specific requirements and guidelines.
- Validates claim and adjudication details, including drug/NDC information, quantity, pricing, and supporting documentation to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Investigates and resolves exceptions such as invoice discrepancies, NDC mismatches, incomplete submissions, and corrupted or missing documentation through direct communication with pharmacies.
- Determines appeal outcomes by granting or denying requests based on established criteria and supporting evidence.
- For approved appeals, creates adjustment requests and cases with detailed instructions to facilitate claim reversal and reprocessing, ensuring pharmacies receive accurate reimbursement.
Daily Responsibilities:
- Handle incoming customer inquiries with calm and structured communication ensuring that each interaction is documented accurately and resolved within agreed timelines while working from home during day shifts.
- Manage case records in MS Excel by maintaining detailed logs of customer requests appeals and grievances enabling clear visibility of case status for internal teams and contributing to reliable reporting.
- Update and organize spreadsheets with standardized formats for customer service metrics such as response times and resolution rates supporting data driven decisions that improve service quality.
- Collaborate with internal operations and clinical support teams through virtual channels to clarify case details align on next steps and ensure every customer concern is addressed thoroughly and consistently.
- Escalate complex service issues using defined procedures providing clear written summaries that help specialist teams evaluate appeals or grievances efficiently and fairly.
- Monitor daily work queues and prioritize cases based on urgency and impact ensuring that time sensitive appeals and grievances are handled promptly to protect member trust and satisfaction.
- Verify completeness of customer information and supporting documents in MS Excel trackers reducing errors and rework while helping the organization meet compliance and audit expectations in the health care domain.
- Provide follow up communication to customers about case progress offering realistic timelines and empathetic explanations that reduce uncertainty and support a positive overall service experience.
- Contribute to continuous improvement activities by identifying recurring customer issues summarizing patterns in Excel reports and recommending practical changes that simplify processes for members and internal stakeholders.
- Adhere to defined customer service standards and regulatory guidelines relevant to health care appeals and grievances helping safeguard data privacy and ethical handling of sensitive member information.
- Support knowledge sharing across the customer service team by documenting best practices and frequently asked questions in structured formats enabling quicker onboarding and more consistent responses.
- Participate in virtual training and coaching sessions to strengthen skills in MS Excel communication and case management ensuring ongoing growth and readiness to handle evolving customer needs.
- Assist in generating simple daily and weekly Excel based summaries of customer service performance helping management understand service levels and identify areas where process refinement can benefit members and society.
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
- AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
