WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — More than 100 new positions will be coming to Wausau with WPS Health Solutions over the next four months.
With the celebration of WPS Health Solutions 15th anniversary, the company is adding over 100 claims processing positions for their Wausau office. Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Scott Kowalski explains what the new jobs will entail. “Most of them will be in the claims processing area and the call center area handling calls. As you probably know, most of these folks support our Veterans in the Tricare operation. So we’re handling calls for service men and women both in the United States and overseas.”
The new positions will help to expand the company’s work with TriWest Healthcare Alliance. TriWest Healthcare Alliance administers two different VA healthcare programs, the Patient-Centered Community Care and the Veterans Choice Program. Both programs allow Veterans to have private insurance outside of the VA care facilities as Kowalski stresses. “Under the veterans administration program, but actually outside of the actual VA care facilities. So these are Veterans receiving care from private doctors, private hospitals outside of the VA.”
While those outside of the area can apply for the positions, WPS expects to hire individuals in the Wausau area. Kowalski says, “We’ve been very fortunate to be able to hire and recruit from the area. And while you’re right, we do have people that can commute upwards of an hour away, the likelihood is that we’ll be hiring most of the people from within 30 to 40 minutes of the office.”
Two invitation-only hiring events for the new positions will be held in Wausau on Tuesday, November 13th and Thursday, November 15th. Both events will be held from 3 to 7 pm. You can apply online for the events prior to the 13th at http://wpshealthsolutions.com/careers/index.shtml
WPS is also adding positions in Southern Illinois as part of their VA expansion.
