Patient Access Representative

CommonSpirit Health; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Patient Access Representative to register patients across hospital access points, including ED and main registration. You will verify demographics and insurance, document in the EHR, and support billing workflows.

The role emphasizes accuracy, customer service, and privacy compliance. You will also communicate financial responsibilities to patients, collect payments when appropriate, and schedule appointments to ensure timely access to care.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required at hire.
• 1 year healthcare experience preferred with knowledge of registration procedures and insurance verifications.

Responsibilities

• Register patients across access points with accurate demographic and insurance data.
• Scan, index and manage patient documents for registration, billing and workflows.
• Explain financial responsibility to patients and collect payments when appropriate.
• Schedule and adjust patient appointments to maintain timely access to care.
• Identify and escalate registration or insurance discrepancies per protocol.
• Provide patient support via phone and other channels, documenting interactions.

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma or GED

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 , upon hire or




• High School GED, upon hire and




• 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, and real-time insurance eligibility verifications.

Where You'll Work

CommonSpirit Memorial is an award-winning, not-for-profit, faith-based health care organization dedicated to the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, we offer a comprehensive continuum of care, from preventative and primary care to acute hospital services specializing in cancer, cardiac, neuroscience, stroke, and orthopedic services. Our commitment to excellence has earned us top prestigious recognition repeatedly from U.S. News and World Report, PINC AI™, CMS, Healthgrades®, Leapfrog, and most recently as one of the Best Places to Work in Tennessee. We are proud to serve Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia with the expertise of 4,700 employees and nearly 500 affiliated physicians.

Pay Range

$15.67 - $22.14 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.