Patient Access Representative - Southwest Children's Clinic - 20 hrs/wk

Sanford; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 22,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Sanford Health is seeking a part-time Patient Access Representative for the Southwest Children’s clinic. The role focuses on friendly patient check-ins, demographics verification, and initial financial discussions, in a fast-paced healthcare setting.

You will handle registration tasks, scheduling, and basic chart organization, with opportunities to coordinate referrals, pre-authorizations, and telemedicine sessions.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• One year of work experience, preferably in a medical office setting.
• Six months' customer service experience desired.

Responsibilities

• Greet patients & verifies demographics.
• Creating, scanning & routing documents or electronic forms.
• Inform patients what the document is & capture signatures on necessary paperwork.
• Establishes and assigns financial responsibility and assists with arrangements while adhering to appropriate policies and procedures.
• Collects co-payments, pre-payments, and payments on account balances.
• May work through the registration work queue to address and resolve registration errors or denied insurance claims.
• Work with nursing team & providers to coordinate & schedule appointments to meet patient's needs, coordinate provider schedule.
• Obtain and coordinate referrals & conduct pre-authorization.
• Arrange interpreter services
• Check patients in/out
• Operate multi-line phone
• May resolve work queue issues, manage recall and waitlists, & serve as switchboard operator calling codes and paging providers.
• Preparation & coordination of charts
• Organize supporting provider documents
• Initiation & collaboration of patient financial assistance
• Track patient visits & health information management on patient accounts
• Compile, distribute, administer, and score assessments
• Coordination of Telemed appointments
• Reminder calls for appointments
• Hospital admission
• Office duties, such as make copies or send faxes

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Scheduling

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America's heartland.

Work Shift: Varies (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20

Compensation: Salary Range: $16.25 - $23.00

Union Position: No

Department Details

Southwest Children's clinic is a moderate to fast paced department supporting mainly registration duties with some light scheduling, and other general office duties. Looking for someone with strong attention to detail with great customer service being able to adjust easily between tasks. The position works Monday, Wednesday 3:00pm - 7:30, every other Friday 3:00pm - 7:30pm, and every other Saturday and Sunday 8:00am -5:00pm.

Summary

Join our Sanford Patient Access Family and Grow the Good! As a Patient Access Representative, your primary responsibility will be providing extraordinary customer service to patients with every interaction. With being the first point of contact, you will have the opportunity to provide a positive patient experience by creating a welcoming and safe environment, either on the phone or in the clinic.

Job Description

REGISTRATION

• Greet patients & verifies demographics
• Creating, scanning & routing documents or electronic forms
• Inform patients what the document is & capture signatures on necessary paperwork
• Establishes and assigns financial responsibility and assists with arrangements while adhering to appropriate policies and procedures
• Collects co-payments, pre-payments, and payments on account balances
• May work through the registration work queue to address and resolve registration errors or denied insurance claims

SCHEDULING

• Work with nursing team & providers to coordinate & schedule appointments to meet patient's needs, coordinate provider schedule
• Obtain and coordinate referrals & conduct pre-authorization
• Arrange interpreter services
• Check patients in/out
• Operate multi-line phone
• May resolve work queue issues, manage recall and waitlists, & serve as switchboard operator calling codes and paging providers

ADDITIONAL DUTIES MAY INCLUDE

• Preparation & coordination of charts
• Organize supporting provider documents
• Initiation & collaboration of patient financial assistance
• Track patient visits & health information management on patient accounts
• Compile, distribute, administer, and score assessments
• Coordination of Telemed appointments
• Reminder calls for appointments
• Hospital admission
• Office duties, such as make copies or send faxes

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred. Post-secondary education helpful.
• One year of work experience, preferably in a medical office setting. Medical terminology helpful; customer service skills essential. Six months' customer service experience desired.
• May require BLS for certain locations and/or settings.
• Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.