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Legal Bill Review Audit Specialist | Farmers Insurance | Oklahoma City, OK
Job ID: 5825
Location:
Oklahoma City, OK
Department: 0LU
Relocation Provided: No
Education Required: Bachelors
Degree
Experience Required: 1 - 3 Years
Position Description:
Responsible for reviewing small to
medium-sized legal bills and/or bills of relatively low complexity to
determine compliance with Farmers Litigation Guidelines and/or the
reasonableness and appropriateness of the charges. SCOPE Responsible for
reviewing invoices under $25,000 and forwarding invoices for approval to
their mentoring attorney when deductions exceed 25% exclusive of inadequate
description deductions. Responsible for reviewing invoices related to
low complexity cases in the Auto, WorkersÆ Compensation, Coverage,
Asbestos and Environmental lines of business.
Position
Requirements:
Review and analyze outside counselÆs billings for
compliance with the Litigation Billing Guidelines. Initial review of
invoices for overlapping activity dates, case information, a timekeeper
summary and the legal budget, which assists the specialist in getting the
necessary background of the file. Review each line item individually
and also, in many instances, groupÆs line items that represent a
progression of activities that should be analyzed together. Utilizing the
Litigation Billing Guidelines, industry standards, circumstances of the
litigation and knowledge of the type of litigation, evaluates the
progression of activities from the start of the case to closure of the case.
Interface and communicate with claims customers and law firms. Contact
the claim professional, as necessary to understand particular activities
and why they were necessary to defense of the case. Explain the process
and address details to help the firm understand this process and the
Litigation Billing Guidelines. Request additional information involving
the receipt and review of pleadings, discovery, deposition reports,
discovery and discovery responses to determine the reasonableness of time
spent. Utilizing the standard firm ôtemplatesö, ôpoints and
authoritiesö, and other reasonableness standards to determine whether an
attorney or paralegal activity was necessary or whether a reasonable amount
of time was spent performing the activity. Utilize the Allegient System
and the Internet to research the jurisdictional variations,
legislative code sections, mileage, local rules, etc. Once an invoice is reviewed
and released in the Allegient System, coordinate payment of the
processed legal invoice with the Central Payment unit. Utilization of the
electronic billing system. Facilitate the appropriate use of the Uniform
Task Based Management System. Run queries to look quickly for billing
trends across programs. Review less complex cases to identify the
simplest best practices that are outlined in FarmersÆ Case Management
Guidelines and then provide reports to the LBRU manager regarding these
positive trends. Maintain awareness of litigation management audit industry
issues/trends. Performs other duties as assigned.
 
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