Patient Access Representative

Memorial Hospital - Hixson • Chattanooga, TN

4d • $16 - $22

About The Position

The Patient Access Representative performs patient registration and admitting across assigned hospital access areas, which may include the Emergency Department, main registration, and admitting. The role gathers, verifies, and updates demographic, insurance, and account information in multiple systems for registration, scheduling, and documentation; identifies and escalates discrepancies or complex scenarios; supports workflows during high-volume periods; and works with the care team, patients, and families to support a positive experience.

The position requires accuracy, strong customer service, accountability for relationship-based care, and adherence to the organization’s mission and values, privacy, and regulatory requirements. Responsibilities include registration, documentation management, communicating patient financial responsibility, appointment scheduling, resolving routine discrepancies, and providing patient-facing support through telephone and other approved communication channels.

Requirements

• High school graduate upon hire, or High School GED upon hire.
• Knowledge of patient registration procedures and documentation.
• Knowledge of health insurance payers.
• Knowledge of real-time insurance eligibility verifications.

Nice To Haves

• One year of relevant experience in healthcare or a patient access setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform patient registration functions across assigned access points, ensuring accurate demographic information, insurance eligibility and benefits verification, and complete, confidential documentation within the electronic health record.
• Accurately scan, index, and manage patient documentation to support registration, billing, and clinical workflows in accordance with organizational standards.
• Communicate patient financial responsibility using established education tools and scripts, including estimates and patient liabilities, and collect payments at the time of service as appropriate.
• Schedule, confirm, and revise patient appointments to support timely access to care and adherence to provider and clinic workflows.
• Identify and resolve routine registration, insurance, and encounter discrepancies; follow established workflows to escalate complex or non-standard issues.
• Provide patient-facing support via telephone and other approved communication channels, including answering inquiries, routing calls, and documenting interactions per standard procedures.
• Gather, verify, and update demographic, insurance, and account information in multiple systems for registration, scheduling, and documentation.
• Support workflow during high-volume periods and work with the care team, patients, and families to support a positive experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED