Specialist, Patient Access
- Employer
- Missing Recruiter 397714
- Location
- North Chicago, IL
- Posted date
- Aug 27, 2026
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- Discipline
- Clinical, Clinical Medicine
- Required Education
- High School or equivalent
- Position Type
- Full time
- Hotbed
- BioMidwest
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Job Details
Company Description
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.
Job Description
The Patient Access Specialist (PAS) provides support to those patients who are uninsured, underinsured, who have limited benefit coverage and or who have high out of pocket prescription and medical expenses which may qualify them into the AbbVie Patient Assistance Program (PAP). The PAS provides high quality customer service to both patient and health care providers (HCPs) for specialty prescription medication provided by the AbbVie Patient Assistance Program. The PAS will coordinate review of all application documents, conduct insurance investigations when applicable, assess patients financial information and provide an outcome status to patients and HCPs.
Responsibilities
Investigate patients insurance coverage when applicable by conducting payer calls, utilizing insurance intel and web tools
Review financial documents for completion to assist with assessing for program eligibility
Provide subject matter expertise on medical and prescription insurance coverage, medication prior authorization process, and alternate financial assistance opportunities for patients
Apply AbbVie Patient Assistance Program standards to each case to render the appropriate decision of approval or denial into the program
Conduct the outreach process to obtain missing information that is required to complete an application assessment
Ensure all patient cases are documented in the Customer Relationship Management System (CRM) in accordance with all business rules and policies
Receive and handle incoming calls from patients and HCPs
Complete renewal and year end recertifications process as determined by the AbbVie Patient Assistance Program
Readily assists on special project within job scope to improve reimbursement optimization when requested by management
Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent required. College or a 2-year Associate Degree is preferred
A minimum of 1-3 years experience within a call center; healthcare provider, PBM, Specialty Pharmacy or Retail/Mail Order Pharmacy setting, strong core insurance (Medical and Pharmacy Benefit) knowledge preferred
Knowledge of online benefit verification systems or similar experience strongly required
High quality customer service skills
Strong attention to detail and with the ability to multi-task required; strong analytical skills preferred
Ability to express ideas clearly in both written and oral communications
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:
The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
This job is eligible toparticipatein our short-term incentiveprograms.
Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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