Senior Insurance Authorization Specialist

Inova Fairfax Hospitall is looking for a dedicated Insurance Authorization Specialist Senior to join the team. This role will be Hybrid FT 8a-5:30p w/ rotating Saturday and rotating holidays

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.

Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities. (only include “remote and hybrid career opportunities” if your position is eligible for remote/hybrid options).

Insurance Authorization Specialist Senior Job Responsibilities:

Serves as a subject matter expert for complex authorization and preservice financial clearance workflows across multiple specialty service lines.

Manages high-complexity authorization cases including advanced procedural services, radiation oncology, infusion services, and other high-acuity specialty programs.

Performs advanced payer medical policy interpretation to ensure compliance with payer authorization requirements and prevent denial, including handling complex payer scenarios, including escalations, specialty program requirements, and non-standard authorization pathways.

Coordinates peer-to-peer reviews, payer escalations, and complex authorization resolution activities when clinical review is required.

Collaborates closely with physicians, clinical teams, schedulers, and operational leadership to ensure clinical documentation and medical necessity requirements are met prior to service.

Supports denial prevention strategies by proactively identifying authorization and medical policy risks that may impact reimbursement.

Minimum Qualifications:

High School or GED

4 years Healthcare revenue cycle, patient access, authorizations, preservice financial clearance, or related healthcare operations

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.