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Manager, Intake & Insurance Verification

Centene · FL · Remote available · $70,100–$126,200 a year · Full time

Posted Oct 5, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about a process change you made that improved results for your team.

What they are checking: Evidence they evaluate procedures and drive improvements, not just maintain the status quo.

How do you set expectations and hold people accountable while keeping morale up in a high-volume team?

What they are checking: Balanced people management in a role measured on speed and accuracy.

What would you do

Referrals are piling up and turnaround times are slipping. What do you do this week?

What they are checking: Ability to triage backlog, reassign work and fix causes without sacrificing accuracy.

You notice many referrals coming in incomplete from the same sources. How do you fix it?

What they are checking: Using trend data to address root causes upstream, which the posting calls out.

How do you work with the sales team on tracking new patient admissions?

What they are checking: Ability to build a shared, consistent process across departments with different goals.

A verification error leads to a denied claim. How do you handle it with your team?

What they are checking: Ability to learn from errors without blame and prevent repeats through process fixes.

About the work

What indicators would you use to monitor the quality and turnaround time of intake and insurance verification work?

What they are checking: Ability to define meaningful metrics, which the posting asks them to develop.

Walk me through how insurance verification should work for a new referral before a patient is admitted.

What they are checking: Real knowledge of eligibility, benefits and authorization checks that prevent denials later.

How do you build a quality control process that keeps verification data accurate?

What they are checking: Practical QC design like sampling and audits that protects data integrity.

How do you make sure your team's work follows the laws and contract requirements that apply to it?

What they are checking: Attention to compliance in intake work, including privacy and payer requirements.

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The full job description

As published by Centene.

Position Purpose: Manage all activities related to the intake, referral management and insurance verification functions, including implementation of initiatives. Key Details: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship and future sponsorship are not available for this opportunity, including employment-based visa types H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, or CPT. • Develop indicators for monitoring and evaluating quality of work and meeting turnaround time standards • Establish work directions, resolve problems, and set performance expectations and deadlines to ensure timely completion of all department deliverables • Evaluate current procedures and practices and implement changes ensuring compliance with all related laws, regulations and contractual requirements • Ensure all deadlines related to referral processing and turnaround times for the assigned programs are met • Ensure up to date quality control processes to ensure integrity of enrollment and insurance verification data • Develop and ensure a consistent work process is followed around new patient admission tracking in conjunction with sales team • Evaluate the effectiveness of the intake and related program activities ensuring consistency of work processes and recommend changes • Identify utilization trends of incomplete or inaccurate verification processes and develop appropriate work processes to respond to exceptions and minimize financial risk • Ensure accurate, timely, and efficient reporting for intake core processes • Develop indicators for monitoring and evaluating quality of work and meeting turnaround time standards • Establish work directions, resolve problems, and set performance expectations and deadlines to ensure timely completion of all department deliverables • Evaluate current procedures and practices and implement changes ensuring compliance with all related laws, regulations and contractual requirements • Ensure all deadlines related to referral processing and turnaround times for the assigned programs are met • Ensure up to date quality control processes to ensure integrity of enrollment and insurance verification data • Develop and ensure a consistent work process is followed around new patient admission tracking in conjunction with sales team • Evaluate the effectiveness of the intake and related program activities ensuring consistency of work processes and recommend changes • Identify utilization trends of incomplete or inaccurate verification processes and develop appropriate work processes to respond to exceptions and minimize financial risk • Ensure accurate, timely, and efficient reporting for intake core processes Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience. 4+ years of intake or insurance verification experience. Pay Range: $70,100.00 - $126,200.00 per year At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You’ll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday. Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law , including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility. Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act