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The Medicaid Member Enrollment Oversight Officer is responsible to coordinate all aspects of Medicaid member enrollment requirements as the Division lead on member enrollment policies and procedures.  This position ensures compliance with member enrollment contract provisions, develops and maintains member enrollment operational standards in compliance with federal and state rules and regulations.

Responsibilities:
As the Division lead on member enrollment and beneficiary support, this position is responsible as the member enrollment policy subject matter expert (SME). Develops and implements oversight processes on member enrollment functions. This key postion will serve as the liason with the Medicaid eligiblity policy team and Member Services Unit staff.  Work in collaboration with the Medicaid contractors and state teams to identify areas of risks and facilitate solutions for improvements. Evaluate and resolve operational problems associated with member enrollment and beneficiary support. Collaborate in member enrollment modernization activities to improve processes for program effeciencies. Provide guidance to management on program processes ensuring federal and state compliance.

For complete job description and application, click here. Application deadline 12/17/24.

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking a full-time employee to review and process incoming appeals to ensure cases are processed in a timely manner based on the Department’s administrative rules and program requirements.

Responsibilities:
Reviews and processes appeals by program. Determines the program and subprogram being appealed, county of residence of the appellant, worker name, worker number and the date the appeal was filed. Obtains case number and state identification number from system databases. Obtains copies of notices of decision (NOD) or notices of action (NOA) from electronic case files; or determines if the notice is not available. Determines parties, legal representatives and addresses for each appeal. Works to obtain an authorized representative’s signature, when needed. Determines if special needs, including translation/interpretation services are needed. Determines what documents need to be generated for all parties to the appeal and the appeal file.

For complete job description and application, click here. Application deadline 12/15/24.

his is a full-time opportunity, Monday – Friday with typical hours being from 8:00 AM- 4:30 PM with overtime as needed. This position may work from the nearest HHS full time office or from their home and will travel on a regular basis to conduct the assessments of allegations within the counties mentioned above. The need for supporting other counties in the area may arise. Mileage is paid at $0.50/mile travelled according to the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) State Accounting Enterprise Procedures. Compensation is commensurate with experience and education.

Responsibilities:
• Assess the ongoing risk to the Dependent Adult, develop safety plans, assess the strengths, and needs of the Dependent Adult and family, and make recommendations to various county attorneys and courts.
• Frequent interaction with law enforcement, medical/mental health community partners, schools, etc.
• This position requires the ability to apply Iowa Code, agency policy, and sound professional judgment to highly complex situations involving crises and or chronic abuse or neglect.
• All cases assigned to persons in this position require home visits, detailed interviews, and thorough narrative documentation.
• Troubleshoots problematic situations to find innovative solutions to present to administration and the supervisor. Confronts crisis situations and high stress situations in a calm and orderly manner maintaining confidential information as required by the agency and assuring safety is a top priority for all in the office.
• Obtain information from a wide variety of sources, including written materials, telephone conversations and through computer databases and to be able to read and interpret the data.
• Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain reasonable facts, data, or other information that analyzes information and correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
• Interacts in a team environment to manage group processes, facilitates, and encourages cooperation pride, trust, and group identity, fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
• Within an office environment, provides Division support to large segment of agency through managing internal and external requests for information and legislative reviews requiring comprehension of request, independent judgment to assign and adherence to agency formatting of timely response or communication. Interact with employees and customers in a positive customer service manner to resolve problems and answer customer inquiries. Customer contacts may include correspondence, telephone, or walk-ins to the local office.
• This position will be required to work or be on standby during nights and weekends on a rotational basis.

For complete job description and application, click here. Application deadline 12/15/24.

This position will be responsible for monitoring contractor progress and performance, delivery, acceptance, reporting, compliance with specifications, and payment approvals for behavioral health, and aging and disability resource center contracts, while adhering to applicable law and administrative rules. This position will work on a cross-functional team, which includes contract specialists, policy, finance, legal, and operations staff. This position will also coordinate monitoring duties across programmatic, fiscal, and organizational monitoring.

Responsibilities:
Duties of this position include:
• Conducting contract monitoring, including analysis of contractor fiscal and administrative performance through desk audits or on-site reviews, adherence to contract requirements and timelines, gathering and interpreting data, overseeing improvement plans, and reporting results.
• Interpreting and communicating contractual requirements and laws/regulations affecting delivery of behavioral health and aging-disability services.
• Acting as a liaison between contractors and state personnel, including program policy staff and leadership. Communicates information between the parties and actively works to identify and resolve issues.
• Performing contracting activities, including issuing, or assisting with competitive procurement activities, contract negotiations, managing contracting documentation, approving claims in accordance with contract terms, and contract close-out activities.
• Participating in reviewing, making recommendations, and assisting with updating HHS contracting processes.
• Participating in reviewing, making recommendations, and assisting with updating programmatic policies related to contract performance or fiscal procedures.

For complete job description and application, click here. Application deadline 12/15/24.

About Environmental Public Health Manager:
This is a highly responsible, professional, administrative, and supervisory position coordinating the activities of the Environmental Public Health Division of Linn County Public Health, which includes three separate branches each headed by a Branch Supervisor: Air & Water Quality; Environmental Quality; and Healthy Homes. Responsibilities also include budget and grant writing for ongoing funding support. Responsible for supervising and instructing the work of three Branch Supervisors. Acts as a working supervisor with a combination of duties, with emphasis on providing technical assistance to staff, other agencies, and the public, to resolve difficult or extensive community problems. Assists Health Director in implementation of environmental health policies, laws and required action.

Essential Functions

• Ensures a comprehensive air and water quality control program that includes permitting, compliance, enforcement, monitoring, and education and outreach.
• Ensures an effective comprehensive food safety program for restaurants and grocers and environmental sanitation program for pools and hotels, environmental vector control, and general public health nuisances affecting the lives of all Linn County residents.
• Ensures a comprehensive program addressing environmental hazards in the home including childhood lead poisoning prevention asthma management, radon, property maintenance, and indoor air quality.
• Develops policy by planning, developing, and implementing environmental programs; provides education and instruction to Environmental Public Health staff; provides technical expertise to staff as needed; writes grants, establishes fees for service proposals, and directs divisional resources to maximize program efficiency.  Stays abreast of regulatory and program changes. Coordinates program activities and new program development with other agency staff.
• Maintains good public relations and public policy by attending board meetings and other required meetings; serves on community boards and task forces; makes presentations to public groups; maintains division records and prepares reports by submitting reports to the EPA, Iowa DPH, DIA, and DNR; prepares monthly reports, instructs and trains division personnel.
• Applies and demonstrates principles of ethics, health equity, and environmental justice and implements improvements to policies, programs, and services to reduce health inequities.
• Under the direction of the Health Director, serves as the chief Environmental Health Officer. Enforces state and local laws and regulations; plans and prepares Division’s budget and grant requests and negotiates the 28E Agreements with state and local jurisdictions.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.
• Knows the products they personally produce and the customers of each product. Listens to the “Voice of the Customer “and closes gaps between customer expectations and experience whenever possible.

For complete job description and application, click here. (Applications open until filled)