Associate Patient Access Representative - Cancer Prevention

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 26,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

PTO and leave accruals

Tuition Assistance Program

Job summary

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is seeking an Associate Patient Access Representative to support registration, scheduling, and patient communication, ensuring accuracy and compassionate access to care.

The role involves data entry in a healthcare setting, data verification, and collaboration with referral sources, providers, and care teams to create a positive patient experience. Training is onsite with potential hybrid work after onboarding.

Qualifications

• Two years healthcare, insurance, or related field experience.
• High School Diploma or Equivalent required.
• Data entry experience in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Collects complete and accurate demographic and financial data during intake and verifies data at registration.
• Provides financial information to patients including cost estimates and discounts.
• Screen and schedule new patients using acceptance criteria for clinic efficiency.
• Responds to voicemails and messages promptly and documents communications with payors and treatment team.

Skills

Data entry

Patient communication

Healthcare experience

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is a leading institution focused on cancer care, research, education, and prevention. The Access Operations Department plays a vital role in ensuring patients connect seamlessly with the care they need by supporting scheduling, patient access services, and operational efficiency that enables clinical teams to focus on delivering exceptional cancer care.

The Associate Patient Access Representative serves as a key point of contact for patients beginning their care journey. The Associate Patient Access Representative supports registration, documentation, scheduling, and patient communication activities while ensuring accuracy, compassion, and operational excellence. The Associate Patient Access Representative works closely with patients, referral sources, providers, and care teams to create a positive and efficient experience.

The ideal candidate will have data entry experience in a healthcare field.

Position Information

Hourly Breakdown of salary range: Minimum $19.23 - Midpoint $24.03 - Maximum $28.84.

Shift: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. May require some flexibility based on business needs.

Onsite training. Following successful completion of the training period, position may become hybrid.

At MD Anderson, we offer careers built on care, growth, and balance. Our employees enjoy a benefits package designed to support every stage of life, starting on day one.

• Paid employee medical benefits (zero premium) starting on first day for employees who work 30 or more hours per week
• Group Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D and Disability coverage
• Paid time off (PTO) and Extended Illness Bank (EIB) paid leave accruals
• Paid institutional holidays, wellness leave, childcare leave, and other paid leave programs
• Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service
• Teachers Retirement System defined-benefit pension plan and two voluntary retirement plans
• Employer paid life, AD&D and an illness-related reduced salary pay program
• Extensive wellness, recognition, fitness, employee health programs and employee resource groups

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

Registration

• Collects complete and accurate demographic and financial data during intake process to ensure appropriate financial screening of new patients and verifies data during new patient registration to ensure compliance with required forms and consents.
• Provides financial information to patients obtained during verification process by Financial Clearance staff, to include cost estimates, discounts, and patient financial assistance.

Patient Access

• Develop an understanding of the necessity to utilizes medical acceptance criteria to screen and schedule appointments for new patients in a way to ensure optimal efficiency in clinic operations.
• Clearly and professionally communicates information during all patient communication.
• Follow established customer service guidelines and strive to meet all reasonable patient requests.
• Reliably routes patient to appropriate destination with warm transfer whenever possible.
• Supports successful implementation of departmental new tools, support and operational models to improve access to care and employee workflow.
• Completely and accurately captures and documents communications with payors, patients, and the treatment team.
• Captures information using established guidelines for each area while demonstrating appropriate task prioritization and urgency.

Oral and Written Communication

• Uses excellent oral communication and listening skills to communicate with patient, referral source, MDACC physician and MDACC clinical staff regarding obstacles to access or financial clearance.
• Responds to voicemail and myChart messages within one business day and answers phone calls in a timely manner (within 3 rings).
• Completely and accurately documents communications with payors, patients, and the treatment team

EDUCATION

• Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Required: Two years Healthcare, insurance, or related field.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Must pass pre-employment skills test as required and administered by Human Resources.

This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.

http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html

Additional Information

• Requisition ID: 182687
• Employment Status: Full-Time
• Employee Status: Regular
• Work Week: Days
• Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 40,000
• Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 50,000
• Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 60,000
• FLSA: non-exempt and eligible for overtime pay
• Fund Type: Hard
• Work Location: Hybrid Onsite/Remote
• Pivotal Position: No
• Referral Bonus Available?: No
• Relocation Assistance Available?: No

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