Patient Access Representative; 0.5 FTE; Day Shift

UnityPoint Health; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefit Eligible

Job summary

UnityPoint Health Meriter in Madison, WI is seeking a Patient Access Representative to support a smooth, accurate, and welcoming experience for patients and visitors. You will assist with patient admission, registration, insurance verification, and scheduling while ensuring compliance with financial and insurance requirements.

This role requires collecting and recording demographic and insurance data, explaining financial obligations, handling phone calls, and coordinating with scheduling teams

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Two years of customer service or healthcare experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collect and verify demographic, insurance, financial, and clinical data in the system.
• Educate patients on financial obligations and POS collections.
• Answer and route phone calls professionally.
• Assist with patient self-service registration processes.
• Refer patients to Financial Advocate when needed.
• Schedule walk-in procedures and coordinate with central scheduling.

Skills

Customer service

Insurance verification

Data entry

Phone etiquette

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

EMR system

Job description

16652BR

FTE: 0.5

Shift: Week 1: Wed 2p-6p, Thu 9:30a-6p, Sat 7a-3:30p. Week 2: Sun 7a-3:30p, Wed 2p-6p, Thu 9:30a-6p.

Compensation: $18.32+

Hours Per Week: 20

Weekends: No

Benefit Eligible

Schedule: Weekdays 7a-3:30p.

We’re seeking a Patient Access Representative to support a smooth, accurate, and welcoming experience for patients and visitors. This role plays a key role in patient admission, registration, insurance verification, and scheduling, ensuring every interaction is efficient and compliant with financial and insurance requirements.

Key Responsibilities & Skills:

• Accurately collect, analyze, and record demographic, insurance, financial, and clinical data in the system, ensuring all required documentation is complete
• Maintain strong knowledge of insurance plans and verification processes
• Answer and route phone calls professionally; take accurate messages
• Educate patients on financial obligations, including point of service (POS) collections and estimates
• Assist with patient self-service registration processes service registration processes. service registration processes.
• Monitor and manage multiple work queues to ensure timely workflow
• Refer patients who need financial assistance with their clinic/hospital bills to a Financial Advocate
• Schedule walk in procedures and collaborate with central scheduling regarding other needs

Why UnityPoint Health – Meriter?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options focused on your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.Here are just a few:

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.
• Dental, health and vision insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
• Tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.

And we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

UnityPoint Health - Meriter and UW Health work closely together to deliver exceptional healthcare services to our community.

Join our team of experts and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• At least two (2) years of customer service or healthcare related experience is preferred

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