Patient Access Supervisor | Avera McKennan

Avera Health; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO from day 1

Retirement plan with employer match (5

Career development and mentorship

Job summary

Avera Health in Sioux Falls, SD is seeking a Supervisor for front-end Revenue Cycle coordination. The role focuses on ensuring efficient patient access processes, staffing alignment, training, and policy compliance across clinical settings.

You will lead workflow optimization, collaborate with leadership, and drive improvements in pre-authorization, verification, and financial counseling to enhance patient experience and reimbursement outcomes.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or equivalent in Business, Health Information Management, or related field.
• 1-3 years front-end revenue cycle supervisory/leadership experience in a large healthcare setting.
• Proven experience managing multiple projects and personnel effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily tracking of workflow functions and implement solutions to assure turnaround times are met.
• Prioritizes workflow and staffing assignments.
• Maintains statistical information to optimize staffing for customer service.
• Coordinate pre-registration, pre-certification, pre-authorization, payer notification, insurance verification, financial counseling, referrals, and denial avoidance.
• Coordinate staff onboarding and in-services; validate competencies.

Skills

Leadership

Staff Training

Scheduling

Communication

Project Coordination

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent in Business/HIM

Health Information Management

Tools

Scheduling software

Job description

Location

Avera McKennan Hospital Worker Type: Regular Work Shift: Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends (United States of America)

Position Highlights

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM core hours with occasional mornings, nights and weekends

A Brief Overview

Responsible for overall operations and processes within the front end Revenue Cycle coordination. Success in this role ensures compliance with established policies and procedures, project coordination, staff training and scheduling software maintenance, patient estimates, denial avoidance and upholding the financial clearance policy. The Supervisor works with stakeholders to understand complex issues, recognize decision points and deliver creative solutions while partnering with a wide variety of clinical settings and personnel.

What you will do

• Provide daily tracking of workflow functions and suggests/implements solutions to assure turnaround times are met.
• Prioritizes workflow and staffing assignments.
• Maintains statistical information to ensure appropriate staff scheduling for optimum customer service.
• Reports all operating process issues in a timely and accurate manner to the Patient Access Manager.
• Ensures up-to-date policy and procedures and assists in development of new policies and procedures.
• Plans, develop, implement and evaluate goals and objectives, policies and procedures in conjunction with leadership and peers.
• Evaluate daily performance of the staff via productivity to ensure optimal efficiency and compliance, detects unsatisfactory trends/performance deficiencies; reports these to the Patient Access Manager and institutes appropriate actions.
• Effectively coordinate pre-registration, pre-certification, pre-authorization, payer notification, insurance verification, financial counseling, referrals, point of care collections, patient access training and denial avoidance.
• Coordinate staff onboarding and in services, validate to ensure competencies are obtained.
• Assist employees with implementations in all aspects of computer software and process projects.
• Create and maintain staff schedule in accordance with budget.
• Assist in meeting guidelines for reimbursement from government and private providers.
• Demonstrate good rapport, continual education updates and cooperative working relationships with physician office staff, all hospital departments, physicians and co-workers to ensure that all patient access areas operate efficiently in a positive and professional manner.
• Provide timely information to leadership team regarding Patient Access processes, staffing and customer service (patients, physician office staff, all hospital departments, physicians and co-workers) issues.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience

Associate's or equivalent experience in areas of Business, Health Information Management, or a related field. 1-3 years of front-end revenue cycle supervisory/leadership experience in a large healthcare setting 1-3 years Proven experience managing multiple projects and personnel management effectively

Expectations and Standards

Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community. Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship. Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity. Maintain confidentiality. Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment. Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to [e-mail].

At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward.