# Claims Specialist / Contract

> Greenlife Healthcare Staffing · Albany, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-05

**Salary:** Up to USD 91,000

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Lisa

## Description

**Claims Specialist / Contract - Jericho or Albany, NY (#25349)**  

**Location:** Jericho, NY or Albany, NY  
**Employment Type:** Full-time, Temporary/Contract (Monday to Friday)  
**Hourly Rate:** $44/hr

**About Greenlife Healthcare Staffing:**

Greenlife Healthcare Staffing is a leading nationwide recruitment agency dedicated to connecting healthcare professionals with top-tier opportunities. We partner with hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, multi-specialty groups, and private practices to match talented individuals with roles that align with their skills and career goals.

**Position Overview:**

Greenlife Healthcare Staffing is currently seeking a Claims Specialist to fill an opening with a Non-profit organization located in Jericho or Albany, NY. This assignment is ideal for a detail-oriented professional with a background in healthcare, business, or digital studies who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment managing appeal and dispute adjudication programs.

## Requirements

**Qualifications:**

-   **Education:** Must have a bachelor's or advanced degree in healthcare, business, management, digital studies, or a related field.
-   **Experience:** 2 years of collaborative project support is preferred; however, new graduates will be considered.
-   **Technical Skills:**

-   Knowledge and experience with collaborative project management software, electronic documents, and design.
-   Familiarity with commercial off-the-shelf and custom software applications for tracking and case management.
-   Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

-   **Soft Skills:**

-   Must have the ability to problem-solve and work collaboratively with peers, medical, analytical, and administrative support staff.
-   Must have excellent written and verbal skills, including phone manners.
-   Must have the ability to work independently with little supervision.
-   Must have the ability and desire to be flexible, innovative, and creative while multi-tasking.
-   Must have the ability to meet deadlines in a time-sensitive environment.

**Key Responsibilities:**

-   Act as point-of-contact for appeal/dispute adjudication programs.
-   Liaise with healthcare plans, providers, patients, and clients to coordinate requests, correspondence, and submission of case documentation, as necessary.
-   Monitor appeal/dispute status and communication received on client portals.
-   Conduct initial eligibility reviews and recommend a course of action to internal team and department management.
-   Track and assign cases using commercial off-the-shelf and custom software applications.
-   Review and provide case documentation to assigned billers/coders, nurses, physicians and clinicians internal teams, and key stakeholders to facilitate clinical and coding reviews.
-   Monitor and measure key performance indicators including, but not limited to, timeliness, adherence to quality and accuracy standards, and deadlines for contract deliverables.
-   Identify barriers and roadblocks in work processes, recommend solutions to solve problems, and execute approved solutions.
-   Routinely present case/project status in huddles and scrums while using an agile, iterative approach to implementation and data presentation.
-   Schedule regular team status meetings and record decisions (e.g., assigned tasks and next steps).
-   Prepare billing invoices at the conclusion of cases, submit them to the Finance department, and liaise with accounting to track and trend payments
-   Mentor and train new staff, at all levels, on process steps and case progression.
-   Other activities as may be deemed necessary

## Benefits

**Why Join Us?**

-   **Competitive Compensation:** Earn a competitive rate of $44 per hour.
-   **Comprehensive Benefits:**

-   1 Week of Paid Vacation
-   6 Major Paid Holidays per year
-   5 Sick Days (40 Hours) subject to the provisions of the NYS Paid Sick Leave Act
-   License Reimbursement after 1 year of employment
-   Health insurance subject to plan eligibility requirements
-   401k Matching eligibility after 1 year of employment
-   Benefits from Paychex, such as Payactiv
-   GLHS is a great company to work for with 93% retention of employees 2 years+, excellent Google reviews, and a strong company culture.

-   **Work Schedule:** Full-time position, Monday to Friday.
-   **Professional Growth:** Gain valuable experience in claims management, appeal adjudication, and collaborative project work within a mission-driven organization.
-   **Impactful Work:** Contribute to a non-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare processes and ensuring accurate claims adjudication that supports providers, patients, and healthcare plans.

## Apply

[Apply at Greenlife Healthcare Staffing](https://apply.workable.com/greenlife-healthcare-staffing-1/j/80ACA347A3/apply)

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