Medical Assistance Program Technician pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 39640
- Class code
- 39640
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Medical Assistance Program Technician is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 39640.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 01/01/1984.
What the state says the job is
This is technical and administrative work involving a variety of staff assignments in support of medical assistance program services. Employees in this class are responsible for performing technical assignments which involve the independent review, interpretation, and explanation to service providers or other interested parties of medical assistance program regulations, policies, guidelines, and administrative processes and methods. Work involves researching background information applicable to the respective type of medical assistance program service; preparing supporting documents and correspondence explaining detailed policy, procedures and administrative requirements unique for the various types of service provider groups; resolving provider claims that require technical decisions; and/or reviewing, verifying and recommending disposition of service provider enrollment applications an ...
Examples of the work
Reviews, studies and interprets medical assistance program regulations, policies and operating guidelines; prepares written responses to inquiries explaining the administrative processes and procedures for participation in the medical assistance program, the enrollment process, utilization review process, fee schedules, and the claims and payment processes for medical assistance program service delivery.
Minimum qualifications
Three years of para-technical experience which involved reviewing and responding to inquiries relating to applicable services or benefits in health care insurance programs, health care services, or medical assistance program services; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.