Patient Access Rep

CommonSpirit Health; Pendleton (OR); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, OR, is seeking a Patient Access Representative to perform patient registration and admitting across access points including Emergency Department and main registration.

You will verify demographic, insurance, and account information in multiple systems, support workflow during high-volume periods, and collaborate with care teams to ensure a positive patient experience while maintaining privacy and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED is required.
• At least 1 year of relevant healthcare experience preferred.
• Knowledge of patient registration procedures, health insurance payers, and real-time insurance eligibility verifications.

Responsibilities

• Register patients across access points with accurate demographic data and insurance verification.
• Index and manage patient documentation to support registration, billing, and clinical workflows.
• Explain patient financial responsibilities using scripts and collect payments as appropriate.
• Schedule, confirm, and revise appointments to ensure timely access to care.
• Identify and escalate registration, insurance, or encounter discrepancies per workflows.
• Provide patient-facing support via phone and other approved channels and document interactions.

Skills

Customer service

Accuracy

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

High School/GED

Tools

EHR systems

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Patient Access Representative, you will perform patient registration and admitting across assigned hospital access areas, which may include the Emergency Department, main registration, and admitting.

Every day you will gather, verify, and update demographic, insurance, and account information in multiple systems for registration, scheduling, and documentation, identify and elevate discrepancies or complex scenarios, support workflow during high-volume periods, and work with the care team, patients, and families to support a positive experience.

To be successful in this role, you will bring accuracy, strong customer service, and accountability for relationship-based care, our mission and values, and privacy and regulatory requirements.

• Perform patient registration functions across assigned access points, ensuring accurate demographic information, insurance eligibility and benefits verification, and complete, confidential documentation within the electronic health record.
• Accurately scan, index, and manage patient documentation to support registration, billing, and clinical workflows in accordance with organizational standards.
• Communicate patient financial responsibility using established education tools and scripts, including estimates and patient liabilities, and collect payments at the time of service as appropriate.
• Schedule, confirm, and revise patient appointments to support timely access to care and adherence to provider and clinic workflows.
• Identify and resolve routine registration, insurance, and encounter discrepancies; follow established workflows to elevate complex or non-standard issues.
• Provide patient-facing support via telephone and other approved communication channels, including answering inquiries, routing calls, and documenting interactions per standard procedures.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Graduate or GED
• One (1) year relevant experience in healthcare, patient access setting is preferred, along with knowledge of the following:
• patient registration procedures and documentation
• knowledge of health insurance payers
• real-time insurance eligibility verifications

Where You'll Work

CHI St. Anthony Hospital is a 25 bed, licensed for 49, faith-based, acute care, level four trauma, critical access hospital and healthcare campus serving the Pendleton, Oregon area for more than 100 years. We are committed to the highest quality of patient care and safety; and to strengthening our community through wellness education. CHI St. Anthony Hospital is designed specifically to ensure that our physicians, nurses, and healthcare professionals can continue to provide extraordinary care for our patients. The 103,000 square foot hospital features 4 operations rooms, 11 emergency rooms, 30 private patient rooms, and the latest medical equipment. St. Anthony Hospital has plenty of room to grow as needed by the community and will continue to provide the safest quality of care possible. St. Anthony Hospital was also named one of the top patient experience hospitals in 2021. CHI St. Anthony is a member of CommonSpirit Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in the nation, boasting an integrated network of top quality hospitals, with physicians from the most prestigious medical schools, and comprehensive outpatient services-all recognized for quality, safety and service. To learn more go to www.sahpendleton.org