Behavioral Health Intake & Patient Engagement Specialist

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

The Behavioral Health Patient Engagement Specialist is a remote, patient-facing role that facilitates access to behavioral health care by coordinating patient intake, scheduling appointments, verifying eligibility, managing referrals, and matching patients with appropriate providers. This role serves as a key liaison between patients and care teams, ensuring a seamless patient experience while supporting provider panel optimization and continuity of care.

• →Conduct preliminary screening and assessment of individuals seeking services accurately and within established timeframes.
• →Manage targeted patient outreach lists to support behavioral health intake conversion and patient engagement.  Throughout the day you will utilize techniques to outreach patients in a personalized and engaging way
• →Use strong communication skills to build trust with scheduled, prospective, inactive, or overdue patients to encourage and motivate them to schedule their appointments and complete necessary pre-visit readiness tasks (ie. documentation, payment info on file, etc...)
• →Assist patients with understanding next steps, visit expectations, scheduling needs, and appointment readiness.
• →Proactively manage provider panels and waitlist to maximize patient access and provider productivity.
• →Support provider panels by assisting with high-risk patient lists, overdue follow-ups, inactive patient re-engagement, and provider-directed outreach.
• →Initiate and support targeted outreach campaigns, including:
  • →Intake pipeline conversion
  • →No-show and cancellation reduction
  • →Inactive patient re-engagement
  • →Provider call-out rescheduling
• →Track outreach outcomes, barriers, and patient engagement activity using approved systems and reporting tools.
• →Escalate patient concerns, workflow barriers, or access issues through the appropriate channels.
• →Work collaboratively with behavioral health operations, providers, leadership, and cross-functional partners.
• →Perform additional duties assigned by Supervisor/Manager that align with role scope and business needs.

• Behavioral health, virtual care, healthcare access, or patient engagement experience.
• Experience with Epic, CRM platforms, patient scheduling systems, Five9 or outreach/campaign tracking tools.
• Experience supporting provider panels, patient re-engagement, appointment readiness, or no-show reduction workflows.
• Familiarity with HIPAA/privacy expectations in a remote healthcare environment.

• Associates degree, preferred 
• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent experience. 

The typical pay range for this role is:

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. 
 

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