Patient Access Supervisor

Baptist Health; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Lexington, KY seeks a Patient Access Supervisor to assist the Patient Access Manager with leadership of the department, delivering efficient registration, insurance verification, and collection of payments.

The role focuses on improving patient access to care, reducing payment delays, and supporting enhanced customer service while contributing to the financial integrity of the facility.

Qualifications

• Diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum three years of experience in Access Services (registration, patient accounting, or financial services) or one year in supervisory/management roles.
• Experience leading a team and coordinating daily patient access operations will be highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations of the Patient Access department under the Manager/Regional Director guidance.
• Support insurance verification, pre-registration, and patient payments processes to ensure smooth patient flow.
• Assist with staffing, performance feedback, and process improvements to reduce denials and delays.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Summary Job Description:

Baptist Health is looking for a Patient Access Supervisor to join our team in Lexington, KY The Patient Access Supervisor assists the Patient Access Manager/Regional Director with management and provision of leadership to Patient Access department performing duties which include insurance verification, pre-registration, collection of patient payments, document distribution, financial triage, and registration. The Patient Access Supervisor assists the Patient Access Manager/Regional Director with tactical and operational decisions to sustain a high level of customer service and to generate optimal financial results. The goals of the unit are to provide excellent customer service, improve patient access to care and reduce operating expenses associated with payment denials/delays. The supervisor is responsible for assistance with further development of Patient Access to incorporate additional patient services and business functions as set forth by the AVP, Patient Access and Financial Clearance Services

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum three years experience in Access Services related field (registration, patient accounting, and financial services) or one year of supervisory/management experience required.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug‑free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post‑offer, pre‑employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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