Sr Patient Access Rep

CommonSpirit Health; Pendleton (OR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, OR seeks a Senior Patient Access Representative to handle patient registration and admitting across hospital access areas, including the Emergency Department and main registration.

You will verify insurance, review benefits, and communicate patient financial responsibility across varied payers. The role requires 1–3 years of patient access experience and a focus on accuracy during high-volume periods.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 1–3 years of experience in patient access, healthcare registration, or related role.
• Experience with insurance verification, benefits review, and/or registration workflows.

Responsibilities

• Register and admit patients across hospital access areas, including ED and main registration.
• Perform insurance verification and benefits review during intake.
• Communicate patient financial responsibility and collect payments when appropriate.
• Resolve access issues by coordinating with internal departments.
• Flex across access points during high-volume or high-acuity periods.
• Serve as a resource for PAR I staff with guidance on workflows and systems.

Skills

Patient access

Insurance verification

Benefits review

Registration workflows

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Senior Patient Access Representative, you will perform patient registration and admitting across hospital access areas, including the Emergency Department, main registration, admitting, and payer notification workflows.

Every day you will handle moderately complex registrations involving insurance verification, benefits review, and communication of patient financial responsibility across varied payers and non-standard workflows, flex across access points during high-volume or high-acuity periods, serve as an informal resource for less experienced staff, and work with internal departments to resolve access issues.

To be successful in this role, you will bring solid patient access experience, strong insurance knowledge, and accountability for relationship-based care, our mission, and core values.

• Perform patient registration and admitting functions across assigned hospital access areas, including Emergency Department, main registration, admitting, and payer notification workflows.
• Handle moderately complex registration and encounter scenarios, including insurance verification, benefits review, and patient financial responsibility communication involving varied payers or non-standard workflows.
• Apply judgment within established frameworks to resolve moderately complex discrepancies and determine appropriate escalation of complex or exception-based issues.
• Communicate detailed patient financial responsibility, including estimates and coverage limitations, and collect payments at the time of service as appropriate.
• Support operational continuity by flexing across access points, assisting during high-volume or high-acuity periods, and ensuring timely completion of patient access workflows.
• Serve as an informal resource to PAR I staff by providing guidance on workflows, systems use, and routine problem-solving, without formal supervisory responsibility.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Diploma or GED
• One to three (1-3) years of experience in patient access, healthcare registration, or a related healthcare administrative role
• Experience with insurance verification, benefits review, and/or registration workflows

Where You'll Work

CHI St. Anthony Hospital is a 25 bed, licensed for 49, faith-based, acute care, level four trauma, critical access hospital and healthcare campus serving the Pendleton, Oregon area for more than 100 years. We are committed to the highest quality of patient care and safety; and to strengthening our community through wellness education. CHI St. Anthony Hospital is designed specifically to ensure that our physicians, nurses, and healthcare professionals can continue to provide extraordinary care for our patients. The 103,000 square foot hospital features 4 operations rooms, 11 emergency rooms, 30 private patient rooms, and the latest medical equipment. St. Anthony Hospital has plenty of room to grow as needed by the community and will continue to provide the safest quality of care possible. St. Anthony Hospital was also named one of the top patient experience hospitals in 2021. CHI St. Anthony is a member of CommonSpirit Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in the nation, boasting an integrated network of top quality hospitals, with physicians from the most prestigious medical schools, and comprehensive outpatient services-all recognized for quality, safety and service. To learn more go to www.sahpendleton.org