Join Horace Mann and Unlock Your Financial Potential Ready to take control of your financial future? At Horace Mann, we are here to support you in achieving your goals and making a meaningful difference in the lives of the educators who trust you. Join us and take the first step toward building a brighter, more prosperous future. If you're ready to take the next step toward realizing your financial goals, we invite you to join our team as an Exclusive Insurance Agent. With Horace Mann’s expertise and your ambition, together, we can help you unlock your full potential. What We Offer: - Competitive, performance-based [1099] compensation with an industry-leading 48-month incentive package - Earning incentives tied to your activity and success during the first 48 months - Quarterly production incentives for the first 48 months, rewarding consistent performance - Dedicated Service Representative to handle client service work, allowing you to focus on building your business - Exclusive territory in a niche market designed to increase your opportunities for success - Cutting-edge technology and ongoing training to support and grow your operations - A comprehensive multiline product portfolio to meet a variety of client needs - Market and relationship-building programs to help you establish and grow your network - No external office required for 2 years Your Path to Success: Several factors will contribute to your success in this role, including: - A commitment to identifying and implementing solutions that help educators achieve affordable insurance solutions and financial security - A focus on achieving market access and building strong relationships - The ability to confidently present products to both groups and individuals - Active engagement in networking, community, and industry events - A dedication to investing time and resources to ensure the long-term success of your business What We’re Looking For: - Strong interpersonal and business management skills to build and manage your agency - 2-5 years of experience in the insurance and financial services industry (preferred) - Resident State General Lines Insurance Licenses: - Life and Health Insurance License - Property and Casualty Insurance License - Ability to obtain FINRA Series 6 & 63 licenses (if applicable in your region) #LI-WR1 #VIZI#

Our Benefits: - PTO - Paid holidays - Employee Incentive Program (ICP) - Group Medical, Dental, & Vision - Educational Assistance - 401(k) Plan - Sick Time - Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment - Long-Term and Short Term Disability - Medical and Child Care Flexible Spending Accounts - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Job Summary The Insurance Specialist I is responsible for verifying insurance eligibility and benefits, ensuring authorization requirements are met, and completing pre-registration processes for scheduled outpatient and inpatient services. This role ensures compliance with payor guidelines and provides timely and accurate communication with patients, providers, and medical office staff. The Insurance Specialist I supports the financial clearance process by educating patients on insurance benefits and financial responsibilities while maintaining high standards of accuracy and professionalism. Essential Functions: - Verifies insurance eligibility and benefits for scheduled and unscheduled services to ensure coverage and compliance with payor requirements. - Calculates and communicates the patient’s estimated financial responsibility for scheduled services. - Identifies and ensures authorization and referral requirements are met in accordance with payor guidelines. - Validates and documents all authorizations and referrals according to established policies. - Reviews and determines the medical necessity of scheduled services based on payor criteria. - Accurately documents and maintains all required records and communications in compliance with organizational standards. - Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, physicians, and medical office staff to resolve inquiries and ensure adherence to payor requirements. - Educates patients on insurance coverage, benefits, and financial responsibility, ensuring clear understanding. - Processes and indexes incoming orders promptly and ensures compliance with documentation standards. - Provides timely notification of admission or observation status per payor guidelines for inpatient and observation services. - Performs other duties as assigned. - Complies with all policies and standards. - This is a remote position. Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - Required: - Education: H.S. Diploma or GED - Experience: 0-1 years of experience in insurance verification, medical billing, or healthcare revenue cycle Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Strong knowledge of insurance plans, authorization requirements, and medical necessity guidelines. - Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and healthcare information systems (e.g., EMR, eligibility portals). - Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills. - Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with patients and healthcare professionals. - Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities effectively. We know it’s not just about finding a job. It’s about finding a place where you are respected, valued and where your work is purposeful and fulfilling. A place where your talent is recognized, professional development is encouraged and career advancement is possible. The Sarasota SSC operates in support of our hospitals and patients and our commitment is to provide them with exemplary revenue cycle services defined by outstanding customer service and superior revenue cycle performance. SSC Sarasota supports facilities located primarily in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. Community Health Systems is one of the nation's leading healthcare providers. With healthcare delivery systems in 36 distinct markets across 14 states, CHS operates 69 affiliated hospitals with more than 10,000 beds and approximately 1,000 other sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, imaging centers, cancer centers, and ambulatory surgery centers. INDSSFLRCSC

• Handle inbound calls for multiple products with no prospecting or cold calling • Outbound calls to follow up on existing quotes • Establish a good liaison with our client's customers while selling Renters Insurance, Classic Car insurance and other insurance products. • Adopt and develop strategies while meeting departmental monthly sales goals • Track and monitor personal results to meet monthly sales and key performance goals • Follow underwriting requirements and corporate policies while negotiating sales • Navigate a computerized data entry system, internet, and/or other relevant applications for tracking, information gathering, troubleshooting and transaction processing • Complete mandatory licensure continuing education and other training sessions as appropriate • Remain positioned and well informed of changes implemented that affect your work

Career Category Value and Access Job Description Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. Position: Market Access Private Insurance Senior Manager Reporting to: Director, Value & Access What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will sit within the Value, Access & Policy department and operates at the intersection of pricing, reimbursement, and stakeholder engagement, aligning internal teams with external payer needs to drive both access and business outcomes. The role is accountable for ensuring Amgen’s innovative and biosimilar therapies achieve timely coverage and reimbursement by private insurers in Canada. This position focuses on shaping and executing payer strategies, leading negotiations, and leveraging established relationships with private insurance stakeholders to secure optimal patient access. It requires strong executive presence and credibility when engaging with private payers, representing the organization effectively in high-impact external interactions. The role demands deep expertise in private market dynamics, including payers, PBMs, brokers, and policy influencers, to enable successful product listings, defend existing access, and support pipeline launches. It is also critical in providing internal teams with strategic insights and serving as the subject matter expert on the evolving payer landscape to inform decision-making and sustain competitive positioning. Responsibilities: Deliver Results - Lead the development and execution of the Private Insurance strategic plan across the portfolio, including innovator and biosimilar products - Define and execute tailored payer strategies for key private insurance customers to optimize formulary positioning and maximize patient access across the Amgen portfolio - Own and deliver against private payer access objectives, including coverage, patient access, and financial performance - Generate and leverage data-driven insights to identify opportunities, shape strategy, and inform business decisions - Identify access barriers and implement solutions (e.g., coverage policy optimization, prior authorization support) to enhance patient access - Lead private payer strategy for new product launches and indications, ensuring timely, competitive, and sustainable coverage - Evolve payer strategies across the product lifecycle in response to market dynamics, competitive pressures, and policy changes Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management - Strengthen and expand strategic relationships with key private insurance stakeholders, including insurers, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), brokers, plan sponsors, and other payer decision-makers - Represent the organization in external forums, industry associations, and working groups, demonstrating strong executive presence and reinforcing organizational credibility - Lead complex negotiations and strategic engagements with private payers to secure and sustain optimal access outcomes - Shape and influence payer perception of value and reimbursement decisions through targeted, high-impact engagements Cross-Functional Leadership - Partner with internal teams including VA&P (Health Economics Manager, Contracts & Pricing Manager, Government Relations Manager), Medical Team, Commercial Team, Patient Support Team, Legal - Act as the subject matter expert on private payer dynamics, influencing brand and portfolio strategy, ensuring alignment between access strategy and brand objectives - Partners with Patient Support Programs to optimize the end-to-end patient access experience - Communicate complex payer insights clearly to diverse audiences, including senior leadership, and influence cross-functional alignment Pricing & Reimbursement Optimization - Collaborate with Pricing to align on product pricing strategies that support reimbursement - Work with Pricing to develop compelling business cases that assess trade-offs between access, pricing, and profitability to inform decision-making - Optimize reimbursement pathways to ensure rapid, broad, and sustainable access - Support development of reimbursement strategies for both in-market and pipeline products - Provide input into listing agreements, reimbursement terms, contract strategies and financial modeling - Monitor and evaluate the financial impact of payer agreements Contracting & Agreement Management - Lead negotiation of private payer agreements and product listings, while balancing speed and value - Support team to ensure contracts are compliant and aligned with corporate and legal requirements - Track performance against contractual terms and KPIs - Collaborate on the design, negotiation, and implementation of innovative contracting solutions - Support lifecycle management of agreements, ensuring performance tracking and optimization - Identify opportunities for novel reimbursement models and strategic collaborations Market Intelligence & Insights - Monitor competitor access strategies and payer coverage decisions, to inform Private Insurance Strategic Plan - Gather and synthesize insights from payer interactions to inform strategy and Commercial teams - Provide regular updates to senior leadership on access risks and opportunities - Leverage analytics to guide forecasting and planning for current and pipeline products - Identify emerging risks and opportunities within the private insurance ecosystem Evidence & Value Proposition Development - Support development of value dossiers and payer-facing materials - Translate clinical and pharmacoeconomic data into compelling payer value propositions - Influence on how payers assess value, including outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and workforce impact Compliance & Governance - Ensure all interactions with payers align with legal, regulatory, and compliance standards - Maintain documentation and transparency in payer engagements What we expect of you: We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a type of person with these qualifications. Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, business, health economics, or a related field - Minimum of 10 years of demonstrated experience working with or for private insurers and/or payer organizations Preferred Qualifications: - Demonstrated experience of working with or for a pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical manufacturer, with a focus on market access, reimbursement, or private payer strategy. - Recognized expertise in the Canadian private payer landscape, including insurers and PBMs - Strong, established relationships across the private insurance ecosystem - Deep understanding of drug reimbursement processes, pricing frameworks, and formulary decision-making - Proven experience leading payer negotiations - Demonstrated ability to operate strategically and influence at a senior level - Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data and translate insights into actionable strategies - Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills - Ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization What you can expect of us: As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way. The base salary range for this position is 149,929 – 199.919 CAD. Amgen is proud to have been recognized as one of LinkedIn Top 25 Companies in Canada for career growth. Click HERE for more details. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards. Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team. careers.amgen.com As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease. Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. .