Patient Access Representative

Essentia Health; Jamestown (NY); On-site; USD 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Essentia Health’s Jamestown Clinic is hiring for a Registration role. You will greet customers, collect demographics and financial information, and ensure accurate registration and billing.

You’ll handle co-pays, schedule follow-ups, and provide cost estimates to patients, acting as a liaison with scheduling and virtual registration teams. The position emphasizes patient-centered service, attention to detail, and the ability to work across multiple systems to support timely care.

Qualifications

• Experience as Patient Access Representative or Patient Scheduler preferred.
• Completion of Healthcare Business Insight's Patient Access Certification within 6 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Interview patients to obtain demographic and financial information for registration.
• Obtain insurance cards and update patient information in the medical record.
• Collect co-pays and down payments, reconcile cash drawer, report daily deposits.
• Schedule follow-ups and provide cost estimates and itineraries for appointments.
• Answer calls, route to clinical team as needed, and maintain work queues.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

High school diploma

Healthcare Business Insight Certification (Patient Access)

Tools

EMR software

Job description

Building Location: Jamestown Clinic Department: 1006160 REGISTRATION - EH SS Job Description: This position greets customers and facilitates the patient registration process in a timely, professional, and courteous manner. Interviews and obtains demographic and financial information from patients or their representatives through face-to-face and virtual interactions to provide Essentia Health with the documents and data necessary to ensure appropriate care and compliant, accurate patient registration and billing. This position serves as liaisons between patients and Virtual Patient Registration Representatives and Patient Schedulers. They must be able to complete patient checkout, schedule follow-up appointments per the physician's order, and provide patients with cost estimates and itineraries for their upcoming appointments.

Key Responsibilities

• Interviews patients to obtain complete demographic details, financial information, and minimum health information to ensure appropriate care provision
• Obtains copies of insurance cards and other forms of identification, and updates patient information in the medical record as necessary
• Performs point of service data collection, including identifying and collecting patient co-payments and down payments, reconciles the cash drawer, and reports daily deposit records associated with the collection of co-payments to ensure accurate accounting of revenue
• Maintains all assigned work queues according to supervisor's instructions and guidance
• Interacts positively and in a caring manner with patients, co-workers, and others to provide highest level of customer service
• Answers incoming phone calls, schedules appointments, and refers to clinical team as needed
• Sanitizes registration equipment between each use and restocks basic supplies
• Other clerical duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous Patient Access Representative or Patient Scheduler experience
• Completion of Healthcare Business Insight's Patient Access 2nd Level Certification Program within six months of hire date

Job Details

• FTE: 1
• Possible Remote/Hybrid Option:
• Shift Rotation: Day/Eve Rotation (United States of America)
• Shift Start Time:
• Shift End Time:
• Weekends:
• Holidays:
• No Call Obligation:
• No Union:
• Union Posting Deadline:

Compensation

Compensation Range: $17.63 - $26.45

Employee Benefits

At Essentia Health, we're committed to supporting your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, along with supplemental options to fit your needs. We offer a 401(k) plan with employer contributions to help you plan for the future, and we invest in your professional development through training, tuition reimbursement, and educational programs. To help you thrive both at work and at home, we provide flexible scheduling, generous time off, and wellness resources focused on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Please note that benefit eligibility may vary. For full details, refer to your benefit summary or contact our HR Service Center at [phone].

Essentia Health seeks employees who embrace our commitment to patient- and family-centered care in communities both large and small. We're looking for people who are committed to making patients and their families feel known and understood. People who understand what it means to be Here with you. People who are willing to use their strengths to help others.

Values

Quality | Hospitality | Respect | Joy | Justice | Stewardship | Teamwork

Essentia Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Essentia Health does not discriminate in employment because of age, color, creed, culture, disability (physical or mental), ethnicity, familial status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, language, local Human Rights Commission activity, national origin, military service, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or public assistance status.

Job offers are contingent upon successful completion of post-offer screenings. Screenings includes verification of your legal right to work in the United States, a health screening and immunization review, verification of applicable licensure, certifications, education, and experience, and background checks including criminal, urine drug screen and MVR where required.