Weekend Patient Access Specialist

Trinity Health; Mason City (IA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity Health in Mason City, IA seeks a full-time, weekend-shift registration specialist. The role focuses on patient-focused service, outpatient/inpatient registration, and insurance verification to ensure financial clearance.

You will interview patients/guarantors, collect payments, prepare estimates, obtain physician orders, and generate patient IDs and signatures across hospital settings, supporting accurate registration and billing processes.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Hospital registration or insurance verification experience.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, diagnostic coding & procedural coding.
• Ability to explain insurance benefits.
• HFMA CRCR or NAHAM CHAA within one year of hire.

Responsibilities

• Validate/enter demographic, clinical, financial, and insurance information into the patient accounting system by interviewing patient/family/guarantor.
• Register patients in multiple settings and for various patient types (Inpatients, Outpatients, Ambulatory Surgery, ED, Diagnostic Outpatients, Labor & Delivery, Newborn, Lab).
• Prepare patient estimates and inform patients of liabilities; collect co-pays, co-insurances, deductibles, deposits, and balances at check-in; document payments in system.
• Obtain signed physician orders for tests and procedures from physicians/offices.
• Prepare ID bracelets and collect required forms; secure valuables as needed.

Skills

Hospital registration

Insurance verification

Medical terminology

Billing/coding knowledge

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

HFMA CRCR

NAHAM CHAA

Job description

Trinity Health in Mason City, IA seeks a full-time, weekend-shift registration specialist. The role focuses on patient-focused service, outpatient/inpatient registration, and insurance verification to ensure financial clearance.

You will interview patients/guarantors, collect payments, prepare estimates, obtain physician orders, and generate patient IDs and signatures across hospital settings, supporting accurate registration and billing processes.