Patient Access Representative

CHI; Park Rapids (MN); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI St. Joseph’s Health of Park Rapids, part of CommonSpirit Health, is hiring a Patient Access Representative to handle patient registration and admitting across hospital access points, including Emergency Department, main registration, and admitting.

You will verify demographics, insurance eligibility, and accounts in multiple systems, ensure accurate documentation in the EHR, and support scheduling and patient communications with a focus on quality and privacy.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Preferred: 1 year experience in healthcare/patient access.
• Knowledge of patient registration procedures and health insurance payers preferred.
• Ability to verify insurance eligibility and explain financial responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Perform patient registration functions across assigned access points, ensuring accurate demographic information and insurance verification.
• Accurately scan, index, and manage patient documentation to support registration, billing, and clinical workflows.
• Communicate patient financial responsibility and collect payments at the time of service as appropriate.
• Schedule, confirm, and revise patient appointments to support timely access to care.
• Identify and resolve routine registration, insurance, and encounter discrepancies; escalate complex issues.
• Provide patient-facing support via telephone and other approved channels, routing calls and documenting interactions.

Skills

Customer service

Accuracy

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.

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

Preferred

• 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, and real-time insurance eligibility verifications.

Where You’ll Work

CHI St. Joseph’s Health of Park Rapids, part of CommonSpirit Health, is an award-winning, 25-bed critical access hospital located in the heart of lake country. Fully accredited by The Joint Commission, we offer a full range of services including 24/7/365 Emergency Department and Level IV Trauma Center, hospitalist program, testing, surgery, orthopedics, rehabilitation, and more so that you can experience better health.

Pay Range

$16.50 - $23.30 /hour