Patient Access Representative

CommonSpirit Health; Missouri Valley (IA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Patient Access Representative to register and admit patients across assigned access points, including the Emergency Department and main registration.

You will verify demographics, insurance details, and collect payments as appropriate while supporting care teams to ensure a smooth patient experience in a busy hospital setting.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required at hire.
• 1 year of healthcare or patient access experience preferred.
• Knowledge of patient registration and insurance concepts.

Responsibilities

• Register patients across ED, main registration, and admitting areas.
• Verify demographics, insurance eligibility, and benefits in EHR.
• Educate patients on financial responsibilities and collect payments when appropriate.
• Schedule and adjust patient appointments to support access to care.
• Communicate with care teams and families to ensure a positive experience.
• Handle routine registration and insurance discrepancies per policy.

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Communication

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 escalation 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

For more than 50 years, the mission of CHI Health Missouri Valley has been to nurture and enhance the quality of life for residents of Harrison County in Iowa. As a community hospital, its ongoing commitment is to keep residents in good health. Through the years, CHI Health Missouri Valley has strived to improve the health status of southwest Iowa residents – children, teens, adults, senior citizens, friends and neighbors. CHI Health Missouri Valley is proud to offer health care services – close to home – within this community.

*Pay Range*

$17.24 - $24.35 /hour